Say It Ain’t So
I’ve seen people in various places decrying the “politicization of the Olympics” in protesting the torch relay. They have apparently been led to believe that the Olympics are supposed to be some larger version of the Disney “It’s a small world” exhibit, without the annoying music.
Fortunately the British still maintain that the study of history is of actual significance in the world, and the BBC reports on The Olympic torch’s shadowy past.
I was involved in a insignificant way in the 1972 Munich Olympics while stationed in Germany. I have a rather different view of the games than others.
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I have a rather different view of the games than others.
i’ll bet. i’m pretty sure i grew up watching the olympics on television, coming from something of a sports-mad family, but that was the first olympics i remember vividly.
My view was mainly of the back lot and a lot of frantic officials speaking a dozen languages. I had tickets that I gave away when we got recalled and put on a bus without being told what was going on.