>for every viewer I know, it's about national competition between incredible athletes
That's like asking people in China about how the government treats dissidents,
because hey, they watch TV. Surely that will be on TV, yes?
And yes, the comparison with China is apt. The IOC is a bunch of corrupt,
corporate prostitutes who will do anything for their corporate overlords. London
is in a state of military lockdown for the duration of the games - heard about
the missile pods on civilian houses, for example?
Besides, about those "incredible athletes" - the olympic games were never about
that, either. It's supposed to be a friendly competition between amateurs.
Professional atheletes have their world championships/cups/leagues/whatever, and
should have never been admitted to the games. They have absolutely no
business being there.
My point still stands: the very absolutely and definitely last thing the
olympic games are about is sports. It's about mind-numbing commercialisation,
corporate greed and senseless destruction of local economies, all neatly hidden
behind entertainment for the masses - panem et circenses!
>All of your reasons are why it sucks for the host city.
Yes, and that's more than enough reason to boycott the games, and loudly
demand their abolition, instead of hiding behind "it doesn't concern me" and
mindless patriotism. It concerns millions of people. Show some compassion. We'll
lose nothing by abolishing the games that hasn't already disappeared long ago.
That's like asking people in China about how the government treats dissidents, because hey, they watch TV. Surely that will be on TV, yes?
And yes, the comparison with China is apt. The IOC is a bunch of corrupt, corporate prostitutes who will do anything for their corporate overlords. London is in a state of military lockdown for the duration of the games - heard about the missile pods on civilian houses, for example?
Besides, about those "incredible athletes" - the olympic games were never about that, either. It's supposed to be a friendly competition between amateurs. Professional atheletes have their world championships/cups/leagues/whatever, and should have never been admitted to the games. They have absolutely no business being there.
My point still stands: the very absolutely and definitely last thing the olympic games are about is sports. It's about mind-numbing commercialisation, corporate greed and senseless destruction of local economies, all neatly hidden behind entertainment for the masses - panem et circenses!
>All of your reasons are why it sucks for the host city.
Yes, and that's more than enough reason to boycott the games, and loudly demand their abolition, instead of hiding behind "it doesn't concern me" and mindless patriotism. It concerns millions of people. Show some compassion. We'll lose nothing by abolishing the games that hasn't already disappeared long ago.