Submitted by Adina Kutnicki, Sep 1, 2008 16:01

I could not agree more. What after all is the big deal in proving that you are a fraction of a second better than someone else? It almost borders on mania. As a new immigrant to Israel (from the US, where I have witnessed plenty of Olympic mania over the years) I am most proud of my two sons for their wonderful characters, and their nothing to sneeze at MIT & Caltech degrees. Now THAT is an olympic feat to brag about!

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