Cesar Cielo made it about halfway through the Brazilian National Anthem today before he started crying. If that were you up there receiving a GOLD Medal and having your flag raised and your country's national anthem played, do you think you would also get emotional?
Seems as if crying in public undoes a guy's political career--witness Edmund Muskie (for those of us old enough to remember).
I don't see why it should. It's just a normal way of showing emotion but boys continually get the "Boys don't cry" speech as youngsters (maybe less so now?).
I think that many people are frightened of any strongly felt emotions, their own or others'.
As for whether I'd cry on a medal stand at the Olympics or World Champs... since my being on the medal stand at either of these venues would be as likely as my winning the Powerball jackpot on the same day I set the world record for the 100 meters and won the Nobel Prize while a blizzard raged in Honolulu, I doubt I'd cry. More likely I'd have fainted from the shock of it all.
But if I were conscious, I might tear up some. :)
Seems as if crying in public undoes a guy's political career--witness Edmund Muskie (for those of us old enough to remember).
I don't see why it should. It's just a normal way of showing emotion but boys continually get the "Boys don't cry" speech as youngsters (maybe less so now?).
I think that many people are frightened of any strongly felt emotions, their own or others'.
As for whether I'd cry on a medal stand at the Olympics or World Champs... since my being on the medal stand at either of these venues would be as likely as my winning the Powerball jackpot on the same day I set the world record for the 100 meters and won the Nobel Prize while a blizzard raged in Honolulu, I doubt I'd cry. More likely I'd have fainted from the shock of it all.
But if I were conscious, I might tear up some. :)
