[the scotsman]

Clearly a British ceremony for a British olympics which will host the entire world should have simply pandered to purely one nation whose knowledge of the UK dosent seem to extend beyond beefeaters, The Beatles, ‘Montee Pythonnnnn’, and Benny Hill.

Silly us.

Imagine the audacity to remind the planet that we basically built the modern world.

[nerdwithagun]

Cool down man, I like cowboys and rodeos and wouldn't begrudge people of other countries for wanting to see them. I made a similar comment of how I think longbowmen, pikemen, and knights are pretty cool. This is an American right of center political website, and sometimes people vent on countries that are doing something blathering leftwing stupid like this Olympic ceremony.

You're well within your right to argue against broad based comments made about your people, but don't take things so personaly.

[CharlesWayneCT]

I thought it was funny that NBC wouldn’t tell us what Tim Burners-Lee was known for.

That, of course, is because he was the inventer of the world wide web. And Obama told us it was the United States government that did that. And NBC can’t make him a liar.

So sorry, Britain.

BTW, Did you catch the TARDIS sound during the “Bohemian Rhapsody”?

We were hoping they’d let David Tenant run the torch into the stadium.

[Tailgunner Joe]

The ceremony's snapshot of British history started with a depiction of the pastoral idyll mythologised by the romantic poet William Blake as "England's green and pleasant land", degenerating with the Industrial Revolution into "dark Satanic mills". - reuters.com

Then the ceremony took an awesomely downbeat turn, to the Industrial Revolution. On the BBC, an announcer explained that Boyle had deemed this segment of the evening Pandemonium, a word that was invented by Milton to designate the capital of hell. So belching smokestacks emerged from the formerly verdant earth. - newyorker.com

[Mike Darancette]

Imagine the audacity to remind the planet that we basically built the modern world.

Then why celebrate the destruction of your culture? National healthcare as a crowning achievement, really.

[Boston Blackie]

Imagine the audacity to remind the planet that we basically built the modern world.

Thank You and have a Sam Adams.