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Post by Latch on May 9, 2008 21:31:58 GMT -5
The constant protests about Tibet are driving me crazy. I don't know what to think about it. I thought the Olympics were supposed to be like... peace between nations. I honestly don't know.
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Post by redacted on May 9, 2008 21:56:20 GMT -5
In ancient Greece the Olympics were regarded as an armistice between Athens and Sparta, which were classically perpetual arch-enemies.
But now they're political. The Tibet thing really isn't new; back in the '80s a whole bunch of nations didn't send participants to the Olympics because they were being held in Moscow, and a year earlier the Soviet Union had invaded Afghanistan.
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Post by Latch on May 10, 2008 9:19:06 GMT -5
In ancient Greece the Olympics were regarded as an armistice between Athens and Sparta, which were classically perpetual arch-enemies. But now they're political. The Tibet thing really isn't new; back in the '80s a whole bunch of nations didn't send participants to the Olympics because they were being held in Moscow, and a year earlier the Soviet Union had invaded Afghanistan. YEs, but they were never meant to be political. |
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