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  Feb. 12, 2010 10:14 a.m. integraguy HalfDork

  I just (quickly) read the story on Yahoo about why women are not being allowed to ski jump at the Olympics.....how ridiculous. The "excuses" given for why this has been the case in the past and why it will continue into the forseeable future are laughable? ASSININE? truely Chauvanistic?

  I am by no means a champion of women's rights, and obviously not a follower of sports (Olympic, or otherwise) but why there are events such as 1 AND 2 man luge, but ABSOLUTELY no events where women ski jump.....IN THE 21ST CENTURY?

  Once again, the IOC shows the WORLD just how dumb they are.

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  Feb. 12, 2010 10:15 a.m. Strizzo SuperDork

  all that rage, and no link...
  

  you sound like you need a drink

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  Feb. 12, 2010 10:16 a.m. EricM Dork

  What are the excuses (I am too lazy to google it)

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  Feb. 12, 2010 10:20 a.m. EricM Dork

  "There are 20 in all, including 10 from Canada. The 19-year-old de Leeuw and 18-year-old Tanaka – both from Calgary – are the only two women forerunners, whose job is to jump first, making sure the hill is in good shape before the men's ski jumping competition."

  they can Pre-Jump, but not compete. Really? in 2010? really? I am sure there will be womens ski jumping in the 2012 games. that is if the world doesn't self destruct.

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  Feb. 12, 2010 10:26 a.m. Strizzo SuperDork

  http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100211/us_time/08599196344700

  Gian Franco Kasper, FIS president and a member of the IOC, said that he didn't think women should ski jump because the sport "seems not to be appropriate for ladies from a medical point of view."

  In April 2009, Van and nine other female jumpers sued the Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC) for violating the ban on gender discrimination in Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The British Columbia Supreme Court ruled that although the IOC's decision did qualify as gender discrimination, as an international organization they were not required to obey Canada's laws and that VANOC had no authority to tell them which sports they could and could not include.

  so basically, the VANOC doesn't want to lose their meal ticket that is the olympics.

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  Feb. 12, 2010 10:31 a.m. slefain Dork

  It is purely a logistical problem. The drop from the counter top to the floor combined with the short length of the kitchen makes for a really boring event.....

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  Feb. 12, 2010 10:39 a.m. integraguy HalfDork

  Thank you Strizzo,

  VANOC isn't pushing the IOC....each "hand" is slapping the other on the back in this matter.

  I guess what really bugs me about this, is the "matter of fact" way the IOC has let this situation happen. PLUS, I remember when I was younger, and still watching the Olympics, how great it was that folks from ALL OVER the globe got to meet and compete....even from countries that were at "war" with each other. But I was young and stupid(?) because I didn't think about (or care?) about the sports women did and didnot compete in. I don't like to throw the word around, but it's plain stupid not letting women compete in ANY sport where there is ski jumping involved.
  

  If I didn't think there had to be at least some (token?) women on the IOC, I'd say they were a bunch of dumb, old farts.

  I won't hold my breath waiting for the "major news outlets" to FINALLY wake up to this "issue".

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  Feb. 12, 2010 11:13 a.m. AngryCorvair SuperDork

  slefain wrote:

  It is purely a logistical problem. The drop from the counter top to the floor combined with the short length of the kitchen makes for a really boring event.....

  and their toes get cold since they're barefoot, and their fetuses are at risk during the landings, and ...

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  Feb. 12, 2010 11:14 a.m. DukeOfUndersteer SuperDork

  the oven timer will be going off because the turkey is done, and...

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  Feb. 12, 2010 11:38 a.m. z31maniac Dork

  the beer won't open itself and walk into the living room, and....

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  Feb. 12, 2010 11:40 a.m. aircooled SuperDork

  Maybe thay can add the WNBA, but make them play on a hockey rink with baskets, that might be interesting... and give them a good reason they cannot dunk.

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  Feb. 12, 2010 1:02 p.m. Strizzo SuperDork

  it seems to be becoming more and more obvious that the IOC is run by a bunch of idiots. look at the summer games, there is basketball, a decidedly american sport, but no golf, a very international sport. and table tennis, really....

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  Feb. 12, 2010 1:55 p.m. Trans_Maro HalfDork

  aircooled wrote:

  Maybe thay can add the WNBA, but make them play on a hockey rink with baskets, that might be interesting... and give them a good reason they cannot dunk.

  I think the fan will be upset with those changes.

  Shawn

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  Feb. 12, 2010 3:03 p.m. Giant Purple Snorklewacker SuperDork

  Look, its quite simple. Women cannot ski jump because the wind will blow up their skirts, showing the leg above the knee. Only a wanton trollop would participate in such behavior. Only a pornographer would put such a thing on display.

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  Feb. 12, 2010 3:05 p.m. TJ Dork

  Remember Eddie the Eagle?

  wiki link

  If he can ski jump in the olympics anyone should be able to.

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  Feb. 12, 2010 3:08 p.m. EastCoastMojo SuperDork

  We're too top heavy to jump off ski slopes, we would just land on our face.

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  Feb. 12, 2010 3:13 p.m. oldsaw Dork

  Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote:

  Only a wanton trollop would participate in such behavior.

  The IOC recognizes wanton trollops in the skating disciplines. It must stop there....

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  Feb. 12, 2010 3:44 p.m. aircooled SuperDork

  Trans_Maro wrote:

  aircooled wrote:

  Maybe thay can add the WNBA, but make them play on a hockey rink with baskets, that might be interesting... and give them a good reason they cannot dunk.

  I think the fan will be upset with those changes.

  I think she'll get over it as long as her girlfriend is OK with it...

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  Feb. 12, 2010 4:22 p.m. John Brown MegaDork

  Strizzo wrote:

  it seems to be becoming more and more obvious that the IOC is run by a bunch of idiots. look at the summer games, there is basketball, a decidedly american sport, but no golf, a very international sport. and table tennis, really....

  I blame Canada for basketball.

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  Feb. 12, 2010 9:58 p.m. GI_Drewsifer Reader

  Strizzo wrote:

  it seems to be becoming more and more obvious that the IOC is run by a bunch of idiots. look at the summer games, there is basketball, a decidedly american sport, but no golf, a very international sport. and table tennis, really....

  Maybe it has something to do with the length of time, courses and watch-ability of golf? I dunno, personally I don't miss golf that much.

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  Feb. 12, 2010 10:04 p.m. carguy123 SuperDork

  I know why there's no Golf in the Olympics. Cause if added golf then they'd have to add the paint drying competition. But at least in the paint drying competition there'd be a variety of colors to break up the monotony.

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  Feb. 12, 2010 10:17 p.m. porksboy Dork

  EastCoastMojo wrote:

  We're too top heavy to jump off ski slopes, we would just land on our face.

  But you would be safer cause you have built in air bags.

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  Feb. 13, 2010 12:45 a.m. Wally UberDork

  aircooled wrote:

  Maybe thay can add the WNBA, but make them play on a hockey rink with baskets, that might be interesting... and give them a good reason they cannot dunk.

  You can still dunk on ice http://www.harlemglobetrotters.com/news/index.html?article_id=212 I can't believe the Generals lost again.

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  Feb. 13, 2010 1:09 a.m. Luke SuperDork

  I read somewhere that their periods attract bears. The bears can smell the menstruation.

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  Feb. 13, 2010 8:02 a.m. EastCoastMojo SuperDork

  The bears are smart enough to run away. Very far away.

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