Comments on: How can I side with the ignorant? http://www.holycow.com/joe/archives/2008/04/12/how-can-i-side-with-the-ignorant/ I don't want to believe, I want to know. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:31:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: toren http://www.holycow.com/joe/archives/2008/04/12/how-can-i-side-with-the-ignorant/#comment-158154 toren Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:33:23 +0000 http://www.holycow.com/joe/?p=618#comment-158154 Yes, all olympics should be boycotted. Yes, all olympics should be boycotted.

]]> By: Rog http://www.holycow.com/joe/archives/2008/04/12/how-can-i-side-with-the-ignorant/#comment-158123 Rog Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:53:29 +0000 http://www.holycow.com/joe/?p=618#comment-158123 It's boggling to see a sign like that, but I guess Nazi is like saying 100% bad, which is why invoking Godwin's Law becomes so cartoonish. To make the whole issue seem even more absurd and contradictory, the 1936 Berlin Olympics were the start of the Olympic Torch rally, it might have even been Speer's idea, I'm not sure. But it just illustrates that good things can come from any source. I'm not much of a sports fan myself, but I agree, the purpose of the Olympic games was to rise above politics and the abuse of that ideal is reflecting poorly on the western world. This is the wrong avenue to show support for Tibet or Darfur or whatever other human rights issues, because all these protests are doing is dividing our cultures when we both need to show more goodwill. It’s boggling to see a sign like that, but I guess Nazi is like saying 100% bad, which is why invoking Godwin’s Law becomes so cartoonish.

To make the whole issue seem even more absurd and contradictory, the 1936 Berlin Olympics were the start of the Olympic Torch rally, it might have even been Speer’s idea, I’m not sure. But it just illustrates that good things can come from any source.

I’m not much of a sports fan myself, but I agree, the purpose of the Olympic games was to rise above politics and the abuse of that ideal is reflecting poorly on the western world. This is the wrong avenue to show support for Tibet or Darfur or whatever other human rights issues, because all these protests are doing is dividing our cultures when we both need to show more goodwill.

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