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A pandemic Olympics, without all the crowds: What gets lost?
By TED ANTHONY TOKYO©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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Septim Dynasty
The economy will be devastated.
https://thediplomat.com/2021/07/noriko-hama-on-the-tokyo-olympics-and-japans-economy/
kurisupisu
Japan’s image as a high-tech efficient country, unable to manage viral spread-that’s what.
Zaphod
Nothing really. It has been a TV event for years now.
Pukey2
Septim:
Lifted from the article in your link:
Pukey2
And another sentence from that article:
starpunk
The thrill of it all. Toyota ain't even sponsoring this flopola. There's nobody to cheer them on. It's so unhuman.
starpunk
And you don't even get a hug from whoever gives you your medal. A droid gives the medal to you. That's not the same, folks.