tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407400997653328847.post5556625924308993143..comments2024-03-04T21:44:22.372+11:00Comments on Mountaingirls Musings: Further Olympic AbominationsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11389289174284068772noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407400997653328847.post-4673904748296736372008-08-01T12:18:00.000+10:002008-08-01T12:18:00.000+10:00Ok, the Olympics are a forum for non professionals...Ok, the Olympics are a forum for non professionals, preferrably not drug enhanced. Personally I gave up watching when the American basketballers were included.<BR/><BR/>Thinking, whatever happened to the Commonwealth games?<BR/><BR/>The sheer amount of money used up in this crap gets me, and Australia is not lily white ethically either. Remember when they moved the homeless and korris out of Sydney before the games here...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407400997653328847.post-49148463441528673932008-07-31T14:19:00.000+10:002008-07-31T14:19:00.000+10:00I am all for supporting athletes when they train s...I am all for supporting athletes when they train so hard and dedicate their lives to a sport - but I don't think the Olympic games are about supporting athletes any more. Especially these games. I will not be following them either.<BR/>I also have a problem with anyone- be it an individual, an organisation or a committee- claiming that the Olympic games are inclusive and non-discriminatory. Purely from a disability perspective, the LAST thing the Olympic games are, are inclusive. The special olympics get hardly any support or coverage and apart from that, creating a whole different event for people with a disability is incredibly exclusive! They couldn't have removed people with a disability from the games any more if they tried. If they really wanted to be "inclusive", EVERYONE would compete at the same time.<BR/>But that is a whole new soap box. lol.<BR/><BR/>I'm with you - There will be no politically fuelled Olympic garbage entering our home or car!Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06960199428417526306noreply@blogger.com