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By STEPHEN WADE NEW YORK©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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robert maes
These organisations care only about their own interests and revenue.
IOc is the one that must be challenged first, than the sponsors and YES also the athletes. Like any other individual they must choose between ethical and moral values over selfinterest. They can not be excused from that. They are young, but in most cases young adults, not children.
Bjorn Tomention
The olympics is not now what it once was, time it was tipped over and the corruption , hypocrisy, double standards, greed, abuse & social damage exposed.
If you support the olympics in any way you and your brand should become tarnished and boycotted.
GdTokyo
Berlin 1936
Sochi 2014
Beijing 2022
The Despot games. They should be boycotted.
Stev
@GdTokyo...so is Tokyo 2020
Baradzed
I think the very concept of Olympic Games is kind of outdated. But it will probably be here for a while. Also China and other dictatorships happily use these types of events as the platform for propaganda and money laundering.
Pukey2
I remember when the fat guy supported China's treatment of the muslims. That is, until Xi said he didn't want to help the fat guy win the US election.
1glenn
In the old Greek world, the Olympic Games were a time when partisanship was left at home. In 1936, the games were held in Nazi Germany.
IMO, the games should be held without so much attention to other issues.
Tobia
I personally think that the IOC should cancel these games unless there is a 'transparent and open inquiry' regarding the Uighers. This is not to mention Hong Kong, Tibet, parts of Chinese administered Mongolia, and for unleashing a deadly virus - Coronavirus. China should be held accountable. Silence means complicity.
GW
Perhaps a number of western countries are considering a boycott of beijing: