Olympic Judging

Last night's Women's Figure Skating final has already produced a protest from the Russians, saying that Irina Slutskaya should get a gold medal just like Sale and Pelletier did when the Canadians protested the pairs results. Of course that ignores a fall in the pairs finals, and the fact that while Slutskaya skated cleanly, her routine was nowhere near the difficulty of Sarah Hughes' performance, and lacked most of the passion and artistry as well. Now, if Michelle Kwan had won gold, that would be an issue for protest.

Similarly, South Korea is complaining of the disqualifictaion of their skater in men's short track after he illegally blocked , American an American skater, saying that they are victims of home ice advantage. Of course, thet are conveniently forgetting the boxing controversy at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, where Roy Jones, Jr., clearly beat his South Korean opponent, but lost due to bad judging, and they've ceratinly forgotten the behaviour of another South Korean boxer who refused to leave the ring after losing his match to an American.

Basically, people have decided that the rules don't apply to them, and if the results don't go their way, they protest. This will only get worse as time goes by.