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Pedro Baera
You care about the Olympics because you like to see a good train wreck, which these games look like they are going to be. China has not lived up to virtually any promises that they had made to the IOC in order to have the games held there, including allowing the press full access to cover the games (which usually includes talking about the local culture), and reducing pollution (pic related). Imagine running a marathon in that shit? Some people do collapse during that event, but not usually after like, two miles in.
>> Anonymous
Wonder how they ran the 1984 Olympics...
>> Pedro Baera
L.A.'s smog is bad, but not as bad as Beijing.

Keep in mind also that they are running the Olympics a bit early, as they usually start sometime in like, mid-September. The air quality is usually worse when heavy smog is combined with heat. Now, I don't know exactly how hot it gets in Beijing, but August is generally hotter than September, which worsens the air quality.

Anyway, I wanna watch the Olympics if for no other reason than because I like to see a good clusterfuck.
>> Anonymous
>>234408
LA's smog is still quite bad. If they can run in that, I believe they can run in Beijing.
>> Anonymous
>>234359
I want to see the Olympics because I love the symbolism that the games stand for. I love the idea of friendly competition instead of fire fights and the world coming together, even for a couple of weeks.

I support the reason the Greeks started the games, and why they were continued. Countries and athletes that protest the games deserve to miss out on everything, missing out on one time you shouldn't be political. Honestly, if I were a world leader I wouldn't care what shit my country is in, I'd do whatever it takes to make sure there isn't fighting during the Olympiad.
>> Anonymous
>>234408
When I caught the end of the women's soccer matches this morning the smog was pretty visible when any of the stadium lights were in the shot. Imagine how much it would suck having tickets in the upper row.