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Why does Puerto Rico have an Olympic team?
Posted on 8/6/16 at 3:50 pm
Posted on 8/6/16 at 3:50 pm
It's not like they are a real country....
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Posted on 8/6/16 at 3:53 pm to TigerBait1971
They were sovereign nation until...
Posted on 8/6/16 at 3:53 pm to TigerBait1971
IOC classifies Puerto Rico as a country
Posted on 8/6/16 at 3:53 pm to TigerBait1971
Posted on 8/6/16 at 3:54 pm to TigerBait1971
Good question- does Guam have a separate team ?
Posted on 8/6/16 at 3:56 pm to TigerBait1971
Because they tend to pick and choose when they want to be a part of our country or not. They only consider themselves part of the US if it benefits them.
This post was edited on 8/6/16 at 3:58 pm
Posted on 8/6/16 at 3:56 pm to Jim Rockford
frick reading all that shite...
Posted on 8/6/16 at 3:57 pm to TigerBait1971
You asked a question, I provided an answer. I can't help it if you're too lazy to read it.
Posted on 8/6/16 at 3:58 pm to Jim Rockford
You could give some bullet points...
Posted on 8/6/16 at 3:58 pm to TigerBait1971
We'll remember this, Puerto Rico, next time you bitch about no representation.
Posted on 8/6/16 at 3:58 pm to TigerBait1971
I think most territories have separate Olympic Teams.
Just scrolling through the participating National Olympic Committees on the wikipedia page... American Samoa (U.S.), Aruba (Netherlands), Bermuda (UK), British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands (UK), Cook Islands (I think New Zealand), Guam (U.S.), Hong Kong (China), Puerto Rico (U.S.) and Virgin Islands (U.S.). And probably a few others that I scrolled through too fast.
Just scrolling through the participating National Olympic Committees on the wikipedia page... American Samoa (U.S.), Aruba (Netherlands), Bermuda (UK), British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands (UK), Cook Islands (I think New Zealand), Guam (U.S.), Hong Kong (China), Puerto Rico (U.S.) and Virgin Islands (U.S.). And probably a few others that I scrolled through too fast.
Posted on 8/6/16 at 3:59 pm to TigerBait1971
Nope, I've done all I'm going to do. The rest is up to you. Use it as a learning experience on the value of self-motivation.
Posted on 8/6/16 at 3:59 pm to TigerBait1971
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You could give some bullet points...
What, are you fricking paying him for answers to your questions?
Christ almighty retard make your own bullet points.
Posted on 8/6/16 at 4:01 pm to AbitaFan08
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Christ almighty retard make your own bullet points.
You sure are angry...
Posted on 8/6/16 at 4:01 pm to AbitaFan08
I have a number of PR friends.....and 10000x this.
They don't really regard themselves as Americans except in the sense that someone from Columbia considers themselves an American: in that passive aggressive way that calls US citizens self absorbed for using a continental phrase to call themselves that they feel they have equal title to.
Also trashes a lot of US policy
But they wouldn't give up US citizenship for *anything*
I've learned to stay away from politics with them.
They don't really regard themselves as Americans except in the sense that someone from Columbia considers themselves an American: in that passive aggressive way that calls US citizens self absorbed for using a continental phrase to call themselves that they feel they have equal title to.
Also trashes a lot of US policy
But they wouldn't give up US citizenship for *anything*
I've learned to stay away from politics with them.
This post was edited on 8/6/16 at 4:02 pm
Posted on 8/6/16 at 4:01 pm to AbitaFan08
They are like Notre Dame then.
Posted on 8/6/16 at 4:01 pm to maine82
Also, in soccer, they do even more of this. England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland all have separate soccer teams.
I think these organizations base it upon what you consider a nation and what you consider a nation-state. A nation is just a group of people with a separate identity and geography. A nation-state is the right of those people to govern themselves as their own country. The IOC and FIFA are more flexible with allowing nations as opposed to just nation-states compete separately.
I think these organizations base it upon what you consider a nation and what you consider a nation-state. A nation is just a group of people with a separate identity and geography. A nation-state is the right of those people to govern themselves as their own country. The IOC and FIFA are more flexible with allowing nations as opposed to just nation-states compete separately.
Posted on 8/6/16 at 4:05 pm to AbitaFan08
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Because they tend to pick and choose when they want to be a part of our country or not. They only consider themselves part of the US if it benefits them.
Can we move all the feminists there? Sounds like they would be right at home.
Posted on 8/6/16 at 4:10 pm to AbitaFan08
Yeah, well, the US decided to come in and occupy. Reap what you sow.
Posted on 8/6/16 at 4:16 pm to Jorts R Us
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Yeah, well, the US decided to come in and occupy. Reap what you sow.
Losing wars have consequences. ..
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