I really hope that team gb don't win any more gold medals. The amount of patriotism and nationalism that it has generated is really unhealthy.
It just leads to more of these anti-aussie, anti-french and anti-german comments in the work place and the media.
Also it increases the profile of London and the uk and it will make it a target for more immigrants, believing this is the place to be. We are already overcrowded and have 2.5m unemployed.

Also the more gold medals that team gb win, the less value each gold medal will have. If the dressage team were the only gold medalists or one of three, then we would all remember them, however as it is knowone remembers them and even the Daily Express mistook the Dutch dressage team for team gb.

Very well put Robbiex it's good to see people cheer on Great Britain but it's too much we are hugely in debt, the unemployment figure are false it's much higher anyone on the 2 year work program is no longer registered as unemployed.

Silver and bronze medals are worthless you still lost to gold so should be both abolished, we only win medals in games that no other country really plays, such as rowing which is a team sport and sprinting which is boring.

andrew wrote:
Very well put Robbiex it's good to see people cheer on Great Britain but it's too much we are hugely in debt, the unemployment figure are false it's much higher anyone on the 2 year work program is no longer registered as unemployed.

Silver and bronze medals are worthless you still lost to gold so should be both abolished, we only win medals in games that no other country really plays, such as rowing which is a team sport and sprinting which is boring.

Quite right, how dare athletes do well and inspire people who watch them excel! It's outrageous.

All that flag waving nonsense and patriotic .twaddle.They'll be singing this next!!

Stop being so miserable. It's only a few weeks of self-indulgence then, once it's over, it will be tomorrow's chip wrapper. You can go back to reading about your Euro crisis/Syria unrest/massive debt news and revel in deep gloom.

Yes - have you decided to take over being Olympics misery guts from ITK on holiday, Robbie?

Those of us who thoroughly approve of the positive and joyous nature of the Games and want as many Golds as possible, are cheering on Brits and others (Bolt again today please).

And some of us - most of us - disagree with ITK's narrow view of the paralympics and believe the Games is for people of all types, shapes and abilities doing their utmost. That achievement is what the Olympics are about. Pushing yourself to the limit - whatever that limit may be.

JK2006 wrote:
Yes - have you decided to take over being Olympics misery guts from ITK on holiday, Robbie?

Those of us who thoroughly approve of the positive and joyous nature of the Games and want as many Golds as possible, are cheering on Brits and others (Bolt again today please).

And some of us - most of us - disagree with ITK's narrow view of the paralympics and believe the Games is for people of all types, shapes and abilities doing their utmost. That achievement is what the Olympics are about. Pushing yourself to the limit - whatever that limit may be.

I am enjoying the olympics, I'm just saying that it isn't just about team GB winning, I guess that a lot of the winning of gold is down to massive investment from the government for elite sportsmen, money that could be better spent elsewhere in the current economic crisis.
I have enjoyed seeing things like the first woman Saudi Athlete, Usain Bolt, and the fun Beach Volleyball. Remember it is all about the taking part and not the winning.

It's only for 2 weeks! Enjoy it while you can.

you'll be paying for ot for decades.

robbiex wrote:
Remember it is all about the taking part and not the winning.

Winning is a part of taking part .. it's a way of showing how each person is progressing. Competition without goal is pointless.

I get my exams results soon, and my grades are important to me. Without grades it will be near impossible for future employer to assess my ability. It's the same with any field be it sport or anything else.

Everyone in the Olympics has devoted years of hard work and dedication and they deserve to have their efforts rewarded.