3 ms·
This is plain and simple prejudice and bullshit. The government has been following thru on commitments. * When Rio was announced people said the venues wouldn'
by diego_moita 10y ago
This is plain and simple prejudice and bullshit. The government has been following thru on commitments.
* When Rio was announced people said the venues wouldn't be ready on time. They were.
* When zika broke out people predicted an Olympic pandemic. Then came southern hemisphere winter and you're more likely to get zika in Florida than Rio.
* When media discovered pollution in Guanabara Bay people asked for cancellation of events out of health concerns. No event was cancelled and no evidence of health hazards.
* when a chemical imbalance turned a swimming pool green people called for cancellation. It turned out to be harmless algae.
* when American swimmers claimed to be robbed a media uproar denounced a security chaos. Turns out they lied to hide a visit to a brothel.
All of this is a continuation of a pattern. Rich countries freaked out with the Olympics in Beijing and Sochi too. Rio would have to endure the same.
- rbritton 10y ago> * when American swimmers claimed to be robbed a media uproar denounced a security chaos. Turns out they lied to hide a visit to a brothel. Do you have a reference for this? I'm aware of the inconsistencies with the stories in this situation, but I've never seen a brothel mentioned anywhere.
- deleted 10y ago[deleted]
- no_cake 10y agoI believe he is talking about this. Still, no brothel mentioned. http://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/olympics/2016/08/18/lochte-teammates-meet-authorities-over-reported-robbery/88943016/ http://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/olympics/2016/08/18/...
- PhantomGremlin 10y agoDo you have a reference for this? He's conflating two separate events. It was the basketball players not the swimmers who "accidentally" visited a brothel: http://www.tmz.com/2016/08/05/team-usa-basketball-players-brothel-rio-spa/ http://www.tmz.com/2016/08/05/team-usa-basketball-players-br...
- sooheon 10y agoAnd Brazilians continue to boo foreign athletes. To the point of tears. As a nation of sports fans and as hosts, that is the face they choose to show the world: booing their guests in athletic competition.
- praneshp 10y agoBooing happens everywhere. A lot of the people complaining on reddit are Americans, and American sports are quite partisan. Elite athletes competing for silver at the Olympics should be able to handle booing.
- 0xdeadbeefbabe 10y ago> Booing happens everywhere. And right here too.
- sooheon 10y agoMaybe, they should be able to handle some booing. Doesn't make it appropriate behaviour to force them to go through it, as hosts. It's an event whose entire premise is to rise above partisanship in the name of sportsmanship, we can expect a little more sportsmanship from the crowds too.
- praneshp 10y agoNobody is forcing anyone to go through it (except North Korea maybe?). If an athlete cannot handle the booing, he is welcome to skip the Olympics. I agree that the whole thing would be so much better if the crowds were nice, but it is what it is.
- sooheon 10y agoI didn't mean parent countries were forcing their athletes, I meant Brazil, as the host, are not living up to reasonable expectations on hosts of an international sporting event. You say it as if all athletes were given due notice, and agreed that they would take racist, partisan abuse. The crowds are uniquely, surprisingly bad. The answer to this isn't "you're welcome to leave", that does not deflect blame from the way Brazilians have been behaving. And just saying "it is what it is" downplays just how far below basic standards of decency such booing is.
- rayvd 10y agohttps://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/aug/17/british-athlete-held-at-gunpoint-robbery-rio-olympics https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/aug/17/british-athlet...
- jessaustin 10y agoIt should be like the first rule for brothel customers: don't hold a press conference to talk about what happened that night!