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Chinese Gymnasts Investigated for Cheating? Blame the USA!

August 24, 2008 - 12:15 am - by Pam Meister
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2008-08-24 09:38:11

The Olympic Games were an anachronism from the beginning and cynicism replaced idealism before the first torch was lit. They have never been about peaceful competition but have always been a way to prove national superiority by co-opting individual athletic performance. They have long since ceased being about athletics at all. Now they are just about marketing and making money for the neo-fascists who run them. It is time to let the games die.