SA Footy

Berlin 1936, Nazis done, less than a decade later.
Moscow 1980, Berlin Wall & Iron Curtain fall in the same time span.
Beijing 2008. Will the barbarians that rule China be gone in 2017?
Lets hope so.

Sydney 2000 - Howard gone less than a decade later.
Athens 2004 - but the Mafia are STILL running around town!

Squawk wrote:Sydney 2000 - Howard gone less than a decade later.
Athens 2004 - but the Mafia are STILL running around town!

not quite geographically correct but piss funny all the same

All jokes aside, if you have ever seen Jesse Owens defying Hitler in Berlin in 1936 with his gold medal performances, it's pretty incredible to watch, consider and reflect upon. The Olympic ideal, huh?

Squawk wrote:All jokes aside, if you have ever seen Jesse Owens defying Hitler in Berlin in 1936 with his gold medal performances, it's pretty incredible to watch, consider and reflect upon. The Olympic ideal, huh?

Some great footage that. Amazing to think it really was not all that long ago. I'd like to think we've come a long way since then but unfortunately such prejudice and ignorance still plagues society to this day.

Just in case there's anyone out there who hasn't seen the newsreel footage of the great Jesse in action...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXIe5GbLSUs

Regards
JAS

JAS wrote:Just in case there's anyone out there who hasn't seen the newsreel footage of the great Jesse in action...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXIe5GbLSUs

Regards
JAS

You need only read a few of the comments about that video to realise what sad and pathetic people still exist today. Such incredibly ignorant and stupid people. I actually feel sorry for them.

What an amazing athlete Jesse Owens was. To do what he did under those circumstances makes it even more remarkable.