Olympics: Apology for N Korea in wrong flag row

[KhornateMonkey]

Olympic organisers have apologised to North Korean athletes whose images were shown next to the South Korean flag. [READ MORE]

[Mikal]

Isnt Athletics illegal in North Korea? Just like leaving North Korea?

Banned for another month for continuing with inconvenient behaviour. - JayL

[Kizzu]

Nukes incoming.

[Teddy]

Nukes incoming.

Implying they can get it too fire properly... which they kinda suck at.

[SugarD]

People should stop ****ting on North Korea for trying to compete in a friendly manner with the rest of the world. They may have had a bad past, but that doesn't mean they are any less deserving of respect. The fact that they are in the Olympics at all is an incredibly good sign. If people keep up the negative attitudes towards them, then maybe they will get mad and nuke their enemies. Give them a chance people, jeezuz. They are human too...

[ElMartu]

Isnt Athletics illegal in North Korea? Just like leaving North Korea?

I'd like to see your reaction if your national team was suddenly presented with the flag of the United States instead.

[Alsatian]

I'd like to see your reaction if your national team was suddenly presented with the flag of the United States instead.

Would you honestly care that much? It was a honest mistake.

[Julio.]

I'd like to see your reaction if your national team was suddenly presented with the flag of the United States instead.

I'd laugh hard.

[Mikal]

People should stop ****ting on North Korea for trying to compete in a friendly manner with the rest of the world. They may have had a bad past, but that doesn't mean they are any less deserving of respect. The fact that they are in the Olympics at all is an incredibly good sign. If people keep up the negative attitudes towards them, then maybe they will get mad and nuke their enemies. Give them a chance people, jeezuz. They are human too...

Implying it's still not bad in North Korea.. :trust:

I'd like to see your reaction if your national team was suddenly presented with the flag of the United States instead.

Wouldn't suprise me if it happend, would be a fuckup just like the opening ceremony is going to be.

[SugarD]

Implying it's still not bad in North Korea.. :trust:

Implying that implying means anything at all relevant to this discussion.

Seriously guys, come on now. Have a mature conversation for once.

Would you honestly care that much? It was a honest mistake.

I'm fairly certain people of both North and South Korea cared a lot. It may be an honest mistake, but given the tense situation between the countries, it's embarrassing and insulting. They recognized it was an accident and allowed it to be corrected, but that doesn't change that it happened either.

[Jubin]

I'd like to see your reaction if your national team was suddenly presented with the flag of the United States instead.

One of my friends always mixes up Uruguay and USA flags.



Well actually he just don't know its Uruguay flag so he always says something like, It was like the USA flag, but instead of stars there was a sun.

[Boromir]

Cant believe Olympics are being organized by such uneducated retards.

[Reece]

Cant believe Olympics are being organized by such uneducated retards.

Not necessarily "retards" all it takes is one mistake, such as a person saying that it's just "Korea" to the person who was doing the scoreboard, and this person assumed S. Korea rather than North Korea, it's a pretty simple mistake, everybody makes them, part of being human.

[Boromir]

Not necessarily "retards" all it takes is one mistake, such as a person saying that it's just "Korea" to the person who was doing the scoreboard, and this person assumed S. Korea rather than North Korea, it's a pretty simple mistake, everybody makes them, part of being human.

They are retards to me as they regard themselves "pro" when they are not.
The extension to which we can consider a mistake excusable depends on where and when it is made.

They were hired because they were professional for their jobs. This indicates nothing but the fact that they were too lazy to double-check things.

And Reece, dont get me wrong. I am not referring to the whole country; I am referring to the specific people who did this.

[Jack Rosso]

People should stop ****ting on North Korea for trying to compete in a friendly manner with the rest of the world. They may have had a bad past, but that doesn't mean they are any less deserving of respect. The fact that they are in the Olympics at all is an incredibly good sign. If people keep up the negative attitudes towards them, then maybe they will get mad and nuke their enemies. Give them a chance people, jeezuz. They are human too...

I think someone is scared to get his house bombed here....

I'd like to see your reaction if your national team was suddenly presented with the flag of the United States instead.

i honestly wouldnt give a shit, same for about 70 % of the fellow people living in my country.