Boycott or not Boycott that is the question! What people think!
April 24th 2008 23:50
Boycott or not Boycott that is the question! What people think!
On the 24th of April, Australia has the pleasure and pride to welcome the Olympic flame in Canberra. After the explosive events occurring in Paris, London and the massive security that needs to be set up now in the countries where the torch will be, what can we expect here at home?
It isn’t new to see political issues rising at the Olympics Games. The old tradition from the ancient Greece where the first game started in Olympia, the city of Gods around 770BC has a long history of controversial and political outbursts. Already in around 400AC the games were forbidden as Christianity imposed itself in the area. It’s only much later in 1859 that the games reappeared... near Athens. French aristocrat, Pierre de Coubertin at the initiative of the IOC was looking for “a way to bring nations closer together, and to have the youth of the world compete in sports, rather than fight in war”. Despite Coubertin ideals of peace and togetherness 3 games were cancelled because of war, WW1 and WW2
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On the 24th of April, Australia has the pleasure and pride to welcome the Olympic flame in Canberra. After the explosive events occurring in Paris, London and the massive security that needs to be set up now in the countries where the torch will be, what can we expect here at home?
It isn’t new to see political issues rising at the Olympics Games. The old tradition from the ancient Greece where the first game started in Olympia, the city of Gods around 770BC has a long history of controversial and political outbursts. Already in around 400AC the games were forbidden as Christianity imposed itself in the area. It’s only much later in 1859 that the games reappeared... near Athens. French aristocrat, Pierre de Coubertin at the initiative of the IOC was looking for “a way to bring nations closer together, and to have the youth of the world compete in sports, rather than fight in war”. Despite Coubertin ideals of peace and togetherness 3 games were cancelled because of war, WW1 and WW2
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