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Listed below are comments made by flyingtomcob between Sunday, 17th August 2008 and Tuesday, 19th August 2008.

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GB show jumpers rue bad luck 6:32pm on 19 Aug 2008 If you don't like it, don't watch it, don't think about it, eliminate it from your psychi.

In the yard at school, when my 5 and 6 year olds can't agree on which game to play, they usually realise they can simply play two different games. Go and play a different game if you don't like it.

I can quite see why people may find dressage boring or even useless, pointless but just watch squash instead, or if squash isn't on, go and do the gardening - or even take time to improve your diplomatic skills. Or make your wifes tea - I can't imagine you're a woman and so arrogant.

It is worth noting that the Olympic games was meant to be a celebration of the achievements of the human body, using whatever 'equipment' necessary to demonstrate this. Why can't you recognise the skill and achievements involved in dressage and other equestrian events? And please don't hark on about house building - it maybe an achievement of the human body, but so might pie eating, tarmac laying, remote control building...
GB show jumpers rue bad luck 12:18pm on 19 Aug 2008 Of course rules are rules. But what is Lizzie supposed to do - not report on it in her blog? It had a significant impact on the British team and therefore is bound to be discussed.
Surely people want to know the extent of the injury etc and it was obviously a fleeting problem putting the team in a difficult position.
Of course Canada competed in the second round with 3 members and won silver. So at the end fo the day, we weren't good enough.
Still no harm in reporting on the ins and outs of the situation and being disappointed for the Brits.
Comparing this scenario to the one in Athens is a bit unfair. Different situations and anyone who's had a horse lame or sore for no apparent reason knows how fustrating it can be!
GB show jumpers rue bad luck 11:57am on 19 Aug 2008 Lizzie, I have enjoyed reading your blogs.

John-Cirencester, what is wrong with being patriotic or wanting to win medals? Not childish at all. And as she says "Full marks to the Americans". She simply can't win and is presenting what she observed on the night and the options that were obviously open to them. If you read carefully you'll see she has written "I can see their point" (re the appeal). There may be a general tone of regret Britain were in that position but surely anyone who supports team GB can feel that? John could have deliberately refused but he didn't go down that route.
Accept horses are living beings and its not as if other nations didn't have their fair share of problems, there was plenty of refusing going on - even from the likes of Bezzie Madden.
After Bolt, the horses 5:31pm on 17 Aug 2008 Glad quijote1303 feels vindicated. Not self opinionated at all.
After Bolt, the horses 4:41pm on 17 Aug 2008 Moutarde, the BBC are giving equestrian events coverage because it is an Olympic sport. The BBC affords coverage to all Olympic sports, it does not pick and choose between ones it 'likes'. Some people who have more than one braincell to rub together are able to do that for themselves.
Furthermore, Brianface, horseracing is not an Olympic sport. So you are obviously in no position to comment on the value for money or pointfullness, if you do not even understand the equestrian events taking place.
In addition the ability to ride horses has been a vitally important skill in very recent history (what did people use before the car?!) and therefore rightly has its place as an Olympic sport, where fundamental survival skills are on display.

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