The Olympics: Killing People With Sports
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The Olympics: Killing People With Sports
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Let Us Not Forget that Olympians Are Simply Glorified Dumb Jocks
I think it’s horseshit that news commentators are urging us not to politicize the Olympics, when the whole affair is already politicized from the beginning. When the Olympics committee decides to hold the Olympics someplace, it provides an economical boon to the local businesses. Tourism is bumped up and governments have the attention of the world where they can go ahead and pull off all sorts of propaganda shenanigans…
Jesse Owens publicly claimed Hitler wasn’t such a bad guy when the Olympics were held in Germany of all places. Yeah let’s not politicize the Olympics by having our athletes compete in Nazi Germany, way to go Olympics Committee, you just provided Nazi Germany with a 1 Million Mark profit which was probably shuttled right into the death camps.
I don’t like American Football, but I understand the power of their franchise, and if they wanted to hold the next Superbowl in Iran or go back in time and hold it in Mussolini’s Italy, I wouldn’t begrudge a few clever people protesting that fact.
And let’s be honest here, what exactly ARE the Olympics if not a showcase for dumb juiced up jocks? They were the same people who bullied you for being too smart when you went to high school, and now we’re expected to let them run around like maniacs pumping profits into whatever Banana Republic and Communist Empire wins the bid just so they can have a fun widdle compwetwitwion?
In short, fuck the Olympics.
i can think of better things to fuck.
and no, not vegetables.
wdl
10 Apr 08 at 1:23 pm
Like me?
Kevin
10 Apr 08 at 1:25 pm
I was thinking the po’lice, like fuck the police. Not Sting’s police.
keywork.
10 Apr 08 at 2:00 pm
Typical Keywork.
Police is so vulnerable. Don’t shot at it. It’s too easy. It’s not worth the effort.
And Sting’s Police are even worse.
E.
Entomo
10 Apr 08 at 2:10 pm
I need a translator, pls.
keywork.
10 Apr 08 at 2:15 pm
I think it is a shame that the athletes themselves are caught up in this.
Ben Keeler
10 Apr 08 at 2:16 pm
I think it’s a shame that Mussolini is dead.
keywork.
10 Apr 08 at 2:17 pm
Anybody read Inferno by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle?
It’s Dante, updated…with Mussolini as hell’s tourguide.
The Bagel of Everything
10 Apr 08 at 2:24 pm
I’m listening.
keywork.
10 Apr 08 at 2:32 pm
Did anyone ever sea Tea with Mussolini, starring Cher?
No one did.
Kevin
10 Apr 08 at 3:05 pm
I didn’t have a chance to answer, but, no.
keywork.
10 Apr 08 at 3:07 pm
I did! It wasn’t horrible!
The Bagel of Everything
10 Apr 08 at 3:07 pm
Next you’re going to tell us that you enjoy Arby’s.
keywork.
10 Apr 08 at 3:09 pm
Fuck the Olympics, make love to a Tibetan monk. THEN LIGHT HIM ON FIRE!
Kevin
10 Apr 08 at 3:12 pm
Just make sure you don’t pay for it. That’s what free Tibet is all about. Not paying for sex.
keywork.
10 Apr 08 at 3:14 pm
I enjoy Arby’s the same as I enjoy free sex with frosty slanteyes.
With melted cheddar.
The Bagel of Everything
10 Apr 08 at 3:22 pm
I’m the same way with garbage.
keywork.
10 Apr 08 at 3:30 pm
You and your thesaurus!
The Bagel of Everything
10 Apr 08 at 3:30 pm
Yeah. That’s how daddy rolls.
keywork.
10 Apr 08 at 3:37 pm
Where micky be at?
The Bagel of Everything
10 Apr 08 at 3:37 pm
He’s having technical difficulties today.
keywork.
10 Apr 08 at 3:40 pm
Need help untumbing his ass, again?
I’ll get the plunger, you get the margarine.
The Bagel of Everything
10 Apr 08 at 3:41 pm
Check. ‘Untumbing’?
keywork.
10 Apr 08 at 3:42 pm
I love how they actually extinguished the Olympic torch in France a couple of days ago. Had that ever happenned before?
Soylent Ape
10 Apr 08 at 5:04 pm
Yes, the whole thing sucks, and will most likely intensify as the Olympic get closer.
I loved the Golden Gate Bridge protest thing when they unleashed the giant banner…really cool to watch and then see those words…..
Of course somewhere in America someone was probably saying, “Free Tibet? Is there a new dog food out for free?” I could just see some moron going into a store saying, “I saw on the news Tibet is free, do you have any left?”
Freddy
10 Apr 08 at 5:50 pm
unthumbing
The Bagel of Everything
10 Apr 08 at 6:45 pm
???
E.
Entomo
11 Apr 08 at 3:23 am
Let’s face it, the Olympics represent little of the nobility for which they were originally intended. Professional athletes competing, foreign athletes competing for other countries, ubiquitous corporate sponsorships and tie-ins, etc… have reduced the Olympics to just another over-hyped sporting event like the Super Bowl–er, I mean, Big Game.
Soylent Ape
11 Apr 08 at 5:54 am
Damn right Soylent Ape! If they weren’t completely corrupt, I might have some truck with the argument not to politicize the Olympics. But if you give the Games to China — and don’t think money didn’t have a lot to do with that decision — then you’re asking for it.
BTW, Tibetan monk is very stringy.
m.
Mark
11 Apr 08 at 9:06 am
Those camps were being built during those olympics.
I think the olympics are great.
Its all the shit that comes with it that can get fucked
micky2
13 Apr 08 at 11:55 am
um, I saw tea with mussolini.
don’t forget, i am the paragon of jewiness, if its jewish, i’m watching it.
and yes, i cried.
along with all the other senior citizen women sitting next to me.
so suck it.
xo,
WDL
WDL
13 Apr 08 at 2:48 pm
Oh and as a final addendum, I throw this at you.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/14/sports/olympics/14torch.html?ex=1208318400&en=12150f3abc4873e7&ei=5070
Hitler invented the Olympic torch relay!
I rest my case.
Kevin
14 Apr 08 at 4:29 pm
“Did anyone ever sea Tea with Mussolini, starring Cher?”
No offense. But I’ve never seen any movie, starring Cher.
“Of course somewhere in America someone was probably saying, “Free Tibet? Is there a new dog food out for free?” I could just see some moron going into a store saying, “I saw on the news Tibet is free, do you have any left?””
There’s nothing wrong with being a sample whore.
“Hitler invented the Olympic torch relay!”
Hitler invented the internet, too.
Stiletto
18 Apr 08 at 10:46 am
You didn’t see Mask?
Dude! It’s the most unintentionally funny film of all time!
The Bagel of Everything
18 Apr 08 at 10:48 am
Depends on what you’re sampling, Stil.
keywork.
18 Apr 08 at 10:48 am
boob bacon?
The Bagel of Everything
18 Apr 08 at 10:51 am
I thought there was something up with Cher’s face. I clearly had no idea she was wearing a mask!
Stiletto
18 Apr 08 at 10:51 am
I’d sample that but only if it’s turkey. Much prefer to die of a heart attack from sausage intake.
Stiletto
18 Apr 08 at 10:52 am