Dude, who kicked dirt on your Nikes?
This guy reallllly hates the torch. And I guess the Olympics too. He’s glad the “sham” of the torch relay didn’t pass through Sacramento this time around.
I saw it on its last visit in 2002. It went right down Folsom Blvd. I lived right off Folsom Blvd. It was FREEZING (below, maybe) and some friends and I walked the few steps down from my house to see it, cheer it, and then hurry back to a warm fire inside. You know what I thought when I saw it? Hint: a Nike swoosh or Adidas stripes never crossed my mind. The politics of the country in which the games were held? No. I though, cool the torch. That fire is crossing this whole country and the world and here it is on freakin’ Folsom Blvd. Nutty!
I don’t think dissing the Olympics or avoiding them helps any political cause. I think it does more potential harm than potential good.
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Care to elaborate on "I think it does more potential harm than potential good." ..? Not that I disagree, but you make a bold statement without expanding on the thought.
The spirit of the Olympics includes political causes. It’s right there in the manifesto/document that founded the modern Olympics. And they’ve been politicized for decades, so it’s nothing new today, and not new since 2002.
There are non-political events, we need them, but the Olympics isn’t one of them.
Aside from Hitler starting the tradition of the Olympic torch run, I’m against any sort of event that shuts down roads and makes my drive around town that much more painful. Call it post traumatic anger from driving in the Bay Area for a decade.