[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

I guess the country as a whole could be upset, but I wouldn't be (which is what I indicated in my other post). What do I care if the media in another country decided not to show the entire ceremony?

But again, that could just be me.

Another forum I frequent is Ship of Fools, a site focused on faith based in Britain and where probably most of the posters are Brits, although there are posters from around the world. SoF has a "Hell" forum ("asbestos underwear recommened"), where posters and others can get flamed. I saw this thread there this morning: British Olympic Opening Ceremony Not American Enough ... From the OP of that thread:

The Olympic Opening Ceremony was a suitably bonkers celebration of British life … Taking in everything from Jerusalem, maypoles and cricket via the Industrial Revolution and the Victorian captain’s of industry to the foundation of the NHS, Windrush, a tribute to the fallen in wars and terrorist attacks to heroes and villains of children’s literature, ET redux, the Queen becoming a Bond girl, a UK greatest hits mega-mix and a celebration of the digital age …Plus the construction of the torch using a kettle representing each nation and the neat by-passing of the debate about who is our greatest Olympian by getting them all along.

. . . . I hope Shipmates from other elsewhere enjoyed it as well. In most places the ceremony was played in full, in it’s unedited glory. Except in the US, where NBC aired an edited version. Many US viewers didn’t get to see Jerusalem or the Sex Pistols or Windrush or find out who Sir Tim Berners-Lee was … [Although the suggestion that they Google him was deliciously ironic].

. . . . It strikes me as sad that NBC truly believes that the majority of US viewers can’t cope with the celebration of another nation’s culture or that they would be more interesting in watching celebs than honouring another nation’s dead. Or are incapable of using the space offered to reflect on stuff closer to home.

I’m also trying to imagine reaction in the US if the BBC had cut away from a tribute to 9/11 or even the Aurora shooting to watch Tom Daley having a chin wag with Holly Willowby … But it’s likely to involve the US Ambassador popping down to Number 10 and asking for someone's head on a platter.

NBC = No Bloody Clue.

An interesting discussion, mostly from a British perspective, follows.