. I think it's good for all of us, regardless of who our personal favorites are, to remember that the skaters themselves are responsible for their skating--and that's it. We can hate results, we can really be ticked off at the judges for generating those results, we can be disgusted with the politics behind a lot of it, but we should never hate the skaters themselves. They're doing their best, they're putting their heart, soul, money, trust, and who knows what else into this life-consuming process. And with the advent of the Internet and message boards like this, they're basically throwing themselves to the wolves sometimes. In short, they're human beings, and I think that sometimes we forget that.
Thank you for saying this - it is so true for many different skaters. For example, Domina & Shablin are far from being my favourite ice-dance team, but I don't think they deserve the hate directed at them.........same goes for so many others too!
Sometimes one just has to laugh, when a certain poster (or posters) write in a certain thread - you pretty well know in advance what they are going to say.....& they rarely let you down!