Sir Rols 1902 Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 Okay, this is about the last place where you would find anti-Olympics curmudgeons (though a few have cropped up from time to time), and few of us are going to agree with many of the arguments presented, but in my researches I just came across these papers presented by an Australian academic arguing against the Olympics. Thought it would be interesting to get members' views on his arguments. 10 Reasons to Oppose All Olympic games Design Flaws of the Olympics Very ideological, IMO, especially when he starts going on about the Olympics encouraging spectatorism, which is a prop for the dominant value system (!?). Guess the guy doesn't like any sports at all. Love his statement that stamp collecting and community gardening do more for international peace and cooperation than the games. Interestingly, he never brought up the few anti-Olympics arguments that many here would actually recognise and acknowledge _ the cost burden of hosting a games and building facilities and the security aspects and risks the games place on their hosts. Link to post Share on other sites
baron-pierreIV 1693 Posted April 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 well, so long as he also didn't object to The Promotion of the Party Favors Aspects of the Games (i.e., the Ceremonies); or Obsessive Mascotism, then we're safe. Whew! Link to post Share on other sites
arwebb 133 Posted April 8, 2006 Report Share Posted April 8, 2006 He must have had a bad experience in school sports. What a lot of sanctimonious claptrap. Link to post Share on other sites
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