Comments on: Olympics, Politics…and other ‘-icks’ http://blog.xanthippas.com/2008/04/08/olympics-politicsand-other-icks/ A place for raw, uncensored ideas to be hurled about, recklessly... Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:19:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: xanthippa http://blog.xanthippas.com/2008/04/08/olympics-politicsand-other-icks/#comment-177 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 03:21:03 +0000 http://xanthippaschamberpot.wordpress.com/?p=42#comment-177 I could not agree more!

But, should we ask ‘the French judge’???

]]> By: Powell Lucas http://blog.xanthippas.com/2008/04/08/olympics-politicsand-other-icks/#comment-176 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 03:05:10 +0000 http://xanthippaschamberpot.wordpress.com/?p=42#comment-176 And when a number of special interest groups decide to riot and burn in protest to Canada’s treatment of aboriginals, or the seal hunt or because we aren’t green enough and they boycott the winter olympic games in BC what will be our response?
Personally, I’m fed up with the all the nonsense. As you say, the games are, and always have been political. The difference now is that the politics has turned to violent protest in places far removed from the source of the problems, and who needs it. Let’s just drop the games altogether.

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