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malaise

(269,157 posts) Tue Jan 9, 2018, 11:23 AM Jan 2018

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Re North Korea and the Winter Olympics

It would be nice if some of these hacks read a book on Sport and International Relations
I recommend Houlihan.

Geez.

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Re North Korea and the Winter Olympics (Original Post) malaise Jan 2018 OP

Politicizing the Olympics is so wrong. Great post. marble falls Jan 2018 #1

The IOC has set itself up to be politicized malaise Jan 2018 #2

There's just too much money involved in the campaign for cities to get to host them. The Salt .... marble falls Jan 2018 #3

100% correct malaise Jan 2018 #4

And everything else. MontanaMama Jan 2018 #5

Greed, money and power are destroying the world. Irish_Dem Jan 2018 #6

marble falls

(57,181 posts)

1. Politicizing the Olympics is so wrong. Great post.

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Tue Jan 9, 2018, 11:27 AM

Jan 2018

malaise

(269,157 posts)

2. The IOC has set itself up to be politicized

Reply to marble falls (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 9, 2018, 11:31 AM

Jan 2018

Notice its President is the first one to celebrate.
Name any other sports organization that believes it promotes world peace. That may or may not have been true for the Ancient Olympics but the Olympic Movement has been politicized from day one in terms of race, gender, ideology and hegemony.

marble falls

(57,181 posts)

3. There's just too much money involved in the campaign for cities to get to host them. The Salt ....

Reply to malaise (Reply #2)

Tue Jan 9, 2018, 11:37 AM

Jan 2018

Lake Olympics come to mind. Compound that with national agendas and the Olympics have seriously departed from their original intent: to provide a neutral setting for everyone to meet with everybody else and find common ground.

malaise

(269,157 posts)

4. 100% correct

Reply to marble falls (Reply #3)

Tue Jan 9, 2018, 11:39 AM

Jan 2018

Greed, money and power have destroyed the Olympics.

MontanaMama

(23,337 posts)

5. And everything else.

Reply to malaise (Reply #4)

Tue Jan 9, 2018, 11:48 AM

Jan 2018

Irish_Dem

(47,360 posts)

6. Greed, money and power are destroying the world.

Reply to malaise (Reply #4)

Tue Jan 9, 2018, 11:54 AM

Jan 2018

Can human nature change?

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