# Does anyone else want the Cold War back just for the Olympics? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 10, 2008, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-want-the-cold-war-back-just-for-the-olympics/459454 "2008-08-10T00:38:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2008, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-want-the-cold-war-back-just-for-the-olympics/459454/1 "2008-08-10T00:38:14Z")
I miss the days when it was the Cold War in the Olympics. The East German judge giving the Brit or the American a 6.3 when the other judges were in the 9.2 area. Pounding beer and cheering against the Ruskies. Now, that was entertainment… ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2008, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-want-the-cold-war-back-just-for-the-olympics/459454/2 "2008-08-10T00:42:25Z")
At least back then the off-the-mark judges were motivated by ideology. Today they are just crooked or stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-want-the-cold-war-back-just-for-the-olympics/459454/3 "2008-08-11T03:37:17Z")
Eh … I think a lot of them still hate Americans. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-want-the-cold-war-back-just-for-the-olympics/459454/4 "2008-08-11T03:56:15Z")
Yeah, we could use the Cold War back for movies, too. I miss the East German judge - hell, the _Russian_ judge wasn’t as much of a bastard as those guys. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-want-the-cold-war-back-just-for-the-olympics/459454/5 "2008-08-11T04:08:49Z")
Geez, I was just thinking, “Man, the Olympics were so much better during the Cold War.” I think the Olympics have lost a lot of intensity since then, although I still enjoy them. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-want-the-cold-war-back-just-for-the-olympics/459454/6 "2008-08-11T04:45:31Z")
And the east German women swim team had mustaches and you know if those little commie gymnists won a gold medal their parents got a week off from the gulag. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-want-the-cold-war-back-just-for-the-olympics/459454/7 "2008-08-12T18:23:44Z")
For a very recent related thread: [Did the end of the Cold War change your interest in the Olympics?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=477984) ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-want-the-cold-war-back-just-for-the-olympics/459454/8 "2008-08-12T20:06:10Z")
At work I have on occasion made reference to the “East German judge”; my more youthful co-workers look at me with blank faces. I feel so old. We really need to divide Germany again and face off across Checkpoint Charlie. Plus, John le Carre is really struggling to come up with relevant material. _The Constant Gardener_ was pretty good, but _The Tailor of Panama_ was a bald ripoff/homage to Greene’s _Our Man in Havana_, and _The Night Manager_, _Single & Single_, _Absolute Friends_, and _The Mission Song_ are pretty weak. Stranger