I love the Olympics, the competitive spirit, the pride, the winners and the losers. I am however confused. Did you hear the opening comments by Thomas Bach, IOC President? He stated, "In this Olympic world there is one universal law for everybody. In this Olympic world we are all equal". We are all equal? As John Oliver pointed out, this is not only false but completely contrary to the whole purpose of the Olympics. Are we not all cheering for our country to win and to beat all the other countries? If we are all equal, lets give everyone a medal and ask them to stay home. It reminds me of children sports programs where all kids are awarded medals for participating, regardless of being the winners or the losers.
I say, let the winners stand tall on the podium and the losers going home but looking forward to next time. Celebrate "triumphs" and not "nice try". Competition is good and pushes all of us to be better. If not, below might be what we can look forward to in future Olympics.
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