Garbanzo

I'm not going to win a cup stacking competition anytime soon either, but that doesn't mean I have to take it seriously as a sport and respect the competitors.

Yeah, absolutely. They're the world's best Candy Land players while we're playing Catan or some shit over here.

What do you mean?

Olympic shooting is so specialized and restricted that you can no longer claim its champions are the best in the world at the general sport of shooting.

Why is more power in the equipment being used automatically better?

Because more power is required to reach the distances where everything matters more.

Shooting is a test of accuracy.

Uh-huh. Do I really need to explain how one degree of error is a bigger issue at 1000 meters vs 50?

there's no need to disparage the sport and disrespect the athletes

When OP is implying my tribe can't shoot I take it as disrespect and I'm compelled to belittle the competition itself in response.

I didn't watch it, but I did run across some bullshit on the Internet implying that the Chinese dominating ping pong somehow means the US can't compete at Tennis.

It's like if they wanted to have motorsports in the Olympics but they only did go-karts and 49cc motorcycles. The people who show up to compete will be talented, but they aren't driving F1 or MotoGP.

The world's best target shooters under a very specific and particular set of circumstances, usually indoors. It's like you're trying to insult me for not being impressed at the driving skills of the world's best indoor go-kart racers.

I'm just not impressed with any marksmanship that maxes out at 50 meters. Regardless of how powerful a gun is it's not impressive to be accurate at such a short range. I don't care about how powerful the gun is, I just want to see it fling something far enough to be interesting.

They do in California too. It's the whole country.

The children were being raised by someone who thought pulling a gun out to settle a traffic dispute was a good idea. They're likely better off now despite the trauma.