BREMPRO
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Fri Dec-03-04 11:10 PM
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| Oil of Olay presents... ICE WARS 2004.... USA vs. THE WORLD |
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OK, does anyone else find this ice skating special's Orwellian title patently offensive, absurd, and a mockery of a gracious "sport"?
I think this says it all for me about what this country has come to symbolize: a corporate sponsored commercial mecca that sells the superficial and false hope of outer beauty for it's self-centered couch potato masses, while actors/celebrities/athletes/soldiers act out our nationalistic ferver and entertain us in "cut-throat" competition for fame, fortune, and titles of honor. War is now the common metaphor we are told to live by. I hope they keep their skate blades sharp.
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| Kitka
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Fri Dec-03-04 11:11 PM
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| 1. I was instantly horrified when I saw this commercial. |
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Though, unfortunately, not suprised.
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| antigone382
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Fri Dec-03-04 11:15 PM
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| 2. Glad I'm not the only one that noticed |
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Yeesh, talk about irony...
USA vs. The World--yeah, that's pretty much right on.
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| Stinky The Clown
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Fri Dec-03-04 11:21 PM
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| 3. This was the event's 11th year under that name ......... |
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........ we commented on the inappropriateness of the name but, as I said, it has been going on for 11 years. In the actual event there was nothign whatever offensive or war-like about it.
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| BREMPRO
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Fri Dec-03-04 11:29 PM
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| 5. wow, we've been at war for 11 years and i didn't even know! |
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has it always been subtitled USA vs. the WORLD too?
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| Blue_Roses
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Fri Dec-03-04 11:22 PM
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| 4. I know but the world won tonight |
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It was in North Carolina and there was clear bias to the "hometeam". I can handle that as long as the judging was fair, but it wasn't. Kurt Browning--from Canada--got low scores on his first skate, but did well the second time around. I wish we could have seen who the judges were. The second judge seemed like a biased jerk by the scores they were giving.
I thought it was great. I love the costumes and the show. It's just that--a show to entertain and it did:D
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| VivaKerry
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Fri Dec-03-04 11:36 PM
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| 6. Ice wars has been going on for 10 plus years! |
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Sorry, closet ice skating wathcher enthusiast!!!
Seriously, it has been an event for a decade or more.
It just has a horrible feel to it now that we really ARE up against the world.
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