The Swedish track and field federation asked her to "please respect the rules" and change the color of her nails.
The Swedish track and field federation asked her to "please respect the rules" and change the color of her nails.
Your governments, are hard at work taking your rights away, with the money and assets they've already stolen from you!
She should have just said fvck it lets roll with the dice. What would have really happened to he if she didn't change her nails? Still Emma seems like really cool and this whole thing has made me an even bigger fan than I was before. She also did pretty well today and only missed a medal on count back.
Like I said on the other thread, if this happened then shouldn't the Brazilian marathoners who held hands at the finish be sanctioned for making a pro-gay display?
No hugging same-sex athletes or coaches!
How could anyone ever get upset with Emma? http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6140/5935502024_c5f61be51b_z.jpg
It seems EGT has a history of painted nails.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7037/6845701021_70f5e8166e_z.jpg
this whole thing prompts me to ask
What ever happened to that Swedish Olympic cross-bower that got the Swedish Olympic Committee's panties in a bunch for not wearing panties?
Where is the Swedish Bikini Team when you need them?
Sweden is the country trying to get Julian Assange on bogus charges, so they can send him to the U.S. to be tortured.
Not On wrote:
Do you really want to open this can of worms? Neutrality on the infield is very important, but various national television companies are more and more pushing athletes and rules to get viewing boosts at home. Over the last champs we've begun to see medalist running around shouting Allah Akbar, waving bibles, photos of the black madonna and in the case of Mo Farah 2012 allowing his kid and wife to enter the track during his victory lap. Good television for the Brits, sure - but what do the IAAF do the day someone shows up with a tattoo saying "Support Palestine", "Stop Obamacare", "www.thepiratebay.com" or "legalize (insert drug name here)"?
Tell me about it. Next thing you know athletes will be criticizing the laws and government of their host country, thanking Jesus, crossing themselves before races, holding hands as they cross the finish line, or worse.
Emma is free to do and say whatever she likes. On her own time. But the moment she CHOOSES to don a Swedish uniform, she is no longer representing herself, she is representing her country. She has neither the skills, nor the mandate, to speak for the views of the people of Sweden. She is paid to go to the event and compete. If she didn't like the system in Russia, no one forced her to go there. If she wants to make a personal protest she is more than welcome to buy her own ticket, fly there next week, paint her nails, and march through Red Square. Just not when she is supposed to be representing a nation where her personal views may or may not be the personal views of the rest of the population. If you want to wave your nails in the air, or dedicate your race to some newly acquired left footed friends in order to boost your profile, good on you. Just don't do it in the name of the nation who sent you there. Dance around at a Diamond League event when you only represent yourself and your sponsors.
You mean "what do the IAAF do when people discover that there's politics in life, even sports?"
If neutrality were important, no one would be forced to run with a flag on their chest.
Athletes are frequently held up as "leaders" and "role models," but when they attempt to lead or model something that isn't aligned with the interests of those who govern (sell) sport, they're shut down very, very quickly.
KiwiG wrote:
Emma is free to do and say whatever she likes. On her own time. But the moment she CHOOSES to don a Swedish uniform, she is no longer representing herself, she is representing her country. She has neither the skills, nor the mandate, to speak for the views of the people of Sweden. She is paid to go to the event and compete. If she didn't like the system in Russia, no one forced her to go there. If she wants to make a personal protest she is more than welcome to buy her own ticket, fly there next week, paint her nails, and march through Red Square. Just not when she is supposed to be representing a nation where her personal views may or may not be the personal views of the rest of the population. If you want to wave your nails in the air, or dedicate your race to some newly acquired left footed friends in order to boost your profile, good on you. Just don't do it in the name of the nation who sent you there. Dance around at a Diamond League event when you only represent yourself and your sponsors.
Yes.
Emma was representing her country and she pretty much had the support of her entire country in doing this. Things like homosexuality are much more accepted in Sweden and she has become somewhat of a hero there for this. Even if she did not have the support of her country she is still an individual who has the right to voice her opinion. If someone wants to paint there nails no one anyone else should be able to tell them that they can't regardless of what their political views are.
Oh please. What does Sweden pay her for all this? Maybe Sweden pays their athletes really well and your argument makes some sense from a financial perspective, but the reality for the vast majority of athletes is that they're given very little in return for complying with a huge amount of regulation (regulation that just happens to be political).
Couldn't tell it was fake from the photo per se, although anyone who's seen these woman or track athletes in general would question it...
Impressive work!
KiwiG wrote:
Emma is free to do and say whatever she likes. On her own time. But the moment she CHOOSES to don a Swedish uniform, she is no longer representing herself, she is representing her country. She has neither the skills, nor the mandate, to speak for the views of the people of Sweden. She is paid to go to the event and compete. If she didn't like the system in Russia, no one forced her to go there. If she wants to make a personal protest she is more than welcome to buy her own ticket, fly there next week, paint her nails, and march through Red Square. Just not when she is supposed to be representing a nation where her personal views may or may not be the personal views of the rest of the population. If you want to wave your nails in the air, or dedicate your race to some newly acquired left footed friends in order to boost your profile, good on you. Just don't do it in the name of the nation who sent you there. Dance around at a Diamond League event when you only represent yourself and your sponsors.
Says the obvious homophobe.
"Left-footed friends?"
Dick Pound wrote:
Athletes are frequently held up as "leaders" and "role models," but when they attempt to lead or model something that isn't aligned with the interests of those who govern (sell) sport, they're shut down very, very quickly.
This.
youclown wrote:
Says the obvious homophobe.
"Left-footed friends?"
Oh yeah, well you're an obvious homophile! So there.
This really isn't that hard, folks. If you accept an invitation to someone's home and insist on insulting your hosts, you'll probably not be warmly welcomed.
Meanwhile, the NY Times is devoting two reporters to the swirling fingernail controversy while running AP wire stories on the the actual events.
So much for the sport of T&F.
Funny when the sexy triple Jumper from Greece simply retweeted a JOKE about Africans and the West Nile virus, SHE WAS BANNED FROM THE OLYMPICS. Didn't see anyone coming to her defense. Liberals are only upset when things don't go their way. They wouldn't care if people with conservative views were slaughtered.
