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China barring Joey Cheek from Olympics
Chesire Cat:
--- Quote from: KharBevNor on 08 Aug 2008, 08:44 ---Oh and thanks, I had forgotten the utterly grotesque nationalism element of the Olympics.
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Why do people hate both Nationalism, and Globalisation. It seems like your should like one or the other, no?
KharBevNor:
Only if your ideas about politics are about as complex as a Dr. Seuss book.
jimbunny:
Khar's right; we should just go back to watching basketball, baseball, soccer, whatever. I mean, because those are the real sports - you know, the ones that haven't been polluted by large corporations and advertising. That's why they're the ones that everybody cares about, right?
And who gives two shits about stuff like ping-pong? Other than millions of people across Asia, that is?
And national pride is just a part of it (and to label it "nationalism" is a bit dirty, in a lot of cases at least). Really, it just gives people an excuse to root for somebody. I'd say that most people watching the games do so more from a desire to admire what people can do when they pour massive amounts of time and energy into something, than as a vicarious way of feeling national superiority. It's humanism, basically, the spirit of the games. And you don't see that as clearly in many places besides the Olympics, nowadays.
KharBevNor:
I dissaprove of all professional sport.
This guy here sums up a lot of what I feel about the olympics more succintly than me. Dunno what Olympics this is even talking about, but hey:
http://plover.net/~bonds/olympics.html
Scandanavian War Machine:
yeah! damn those professional Olympic athletes!
...oh wait.
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