tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14100987.post2914027124588637156..comments2024-01-12T15:30:29.411-05:00Comments on After Atalanta: "I would rather die than be called a woman"kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09975351996302093224noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14100987.post-16001932405200201572010-02-18T07:36:19.487-05:002010-02-18T07:36:19.487-05:00I thought that the women being moved to the junior...I thought that the women being moved to the junior start because they can't possibly have the men and women going from the same start - what might that imply - sounded pretty insulting to the women, but it just seems to have been reported without comment. More in the vein of the ski jumping debacle I suppose. Katharine UKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14100987.post-30085024549239088762010-02-17T13:38:36.596-05:002010-02-17T13:38:36.596-05:00I think they don't say his name much on NBC be...I think they don't say his name much on NBC because it is one of those "foreign" names that is hard for them to pronounce. <br /><br />The longer these games go on, the worse the organizers look. Not only did they move the women's luge start to the junior starting point, but they <i>taped</i> the Olympic rings to the starting point instead of painting them. Of course, the tape had to be removed.<br /><br />The complaints of the male luge competitors are getting a lot of publicity. The women are complaining just as much, but we aren't hearing about it in the mainstream media.Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07124489754017593105noreply@blogger.com