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Is anyone else dreading the Olympics? . I am.
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Did you know that China is a "peace-loving nation" ? Apparently they are because a trucked-in by China, anti-protestor protestor with a I heart China banner proclaimed it so before she lost her voice and burst a blood vessel. (This type of stuff was at the torch relay in Australia where reportedly the torch came and went, though nobody saw it because of the para-military Chinese goons in their light blue trackies who got in the way.) Giving the Olympics to China is like taking it off Ancient Greece and giving it to Imperial Rome.
The Olympics is a nauseating display of everything nauseating. Think of the money nations waste on it, and for what? A few feel good moments on the telly and some medals that individuals take home and hope don't get nicked and sold off on Ebay!
Nowadays, sport is the opiate of the masses. Give them bread and circuses.
I guess the level of how sickening it is depends on what level your country is insane about sport. For Australia that is about Level 1. Perhaps, though, there are little kingdoms or republics or principalities somewhere that go in for the Eurovision Song Contest more than they do the Olympics. Places where they eat sheep cheese etc. Places where a mankini is a good look. I'd like to see the 500m swimming relay done in mankinis.
On second thoughts, maybe I wouldn't.
Oh boy, and I bet they will shove the ol' "Spirit of the Olympics" thing down our throats as well. I'm sick of that "Spirit of ... (insert subject)" device that gets trotted out for pretty well you name it. The Spirit of the Olympics, the Xmas Spirit, the ANZAC Spirit, the Australian Spirit, the AFL Spirit, School Spirit; yeah, that's the spirit. Not.
Fake.
That's why I don't like it. It's the money-cranking, euphoria-manufacturing, national grand-standing, funds-guzzling, Disney-smiling fakeness of it all.
I wonder if the Tibetan monks who are still alive will watch it?
I guess it's compulsory viewing in China.
posted by anonymous jones @ 10:32 AM
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who is that sketch of??
I like it
I honestly wouldn't be surprised if the Olympics were canceled this year. China basically wants to ban all countries, other then themselves, from showing off their colors. I'm waiting to see what will happen to the Olympics after this year, because China is pretty much ruining a tradition that has been around for years (and by years, I mean millenniums).
It's Karl Marx. Not related to Groucho.
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I work for a television station that broadcasts the Olympics and we had to do an Olympic University seminar and what I learned was that the Olympics committee is rediculously corrupt.
It kind of tainted my view of the Olympics.
The only reason I ever liked the Olympics is because it provides you with semi-viewable television for at least 20 out of 24 hours a day, no matter what continent the games are played on. That was a lifesaver when I was in college.
hi
anonymous jones
i had never given olympics that kind of thought...but its making sense...i definitely however do not like what china is doing in tibet...they have no sense at all....it seems to be more a victory of the aggression of the material world over the spiritual.
I was always more of a winter Olympics fan
You disappeared for awhile. Just came across you in a comment on another blog. Came here to wave hello.
Was at Tara's blog and was laughing at your comment about the "i" before "e". So, had to come over and see your blog. LOVE the mankini! KC
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