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Originally posted by Ronn_Bman:
I will agree that, personally, I believe figure skating is more art than sport. 
Obviously, this scandal isn't the end of the world, and as the article I linked to pointed out, it certainly wasn't the first time something like this has happened, but does that make it "unworthy" of discussion? Is this any less important to talk about than anything else on this board?
Is this more important than people dying in a plane crash? No, but no one implied it was more important. Are roll playing games and joke threads more important? No, but that's what we do here. Play around, joke, and discuss. What's important to some may not be important to others, buy that doesn't mean it isn't important at all. Because people cheat anyway we shouldn't expect more?
BTW, the point was that there appears to have been an agreement prior to the event to determine the outcome. If the judges aren't going to, at least, wait until the competition to decide their scores, why bother?
No, I wasn't talking about this thread or Ironworks in particular, but a few days ago, no one cared at all about figure skating; now however it seems to dictate major news channels and newspapers, as if it's the biggest schandal ever. Which is nonsense. But I have my doubts if this particular case would have been blown out of proportions the same way if it was a team from a big and popular country unfairly beating a team from a very small and insignificant one...
Oh well, I think this is just what people call "silly season".