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To be honest, I have never seen sports as "culture". Neither the Oscars. They are just PR events in this day and age. By the way, hosting the Olympics does not
by jfkebwjsbx 7y ago
To be honest, I have never seen sports as "culture". Neither the Oscars. They are just PR events in this day and age.
By the way, hosting the Olympics does not boost the local economy. Quite the opposite, in fact, at least in many cases. They are a heavy loss and increase in debt for almost every city that did it, as well as detrimental for the environment overall. Governments do it as a long term investment in publicity.
- unethical_ban 7y agoWell there is the big difference - you don't see sports as culture. What is culture to you?
- jfkebwjsbx 7y agoEducation, science, art, "enlightenment"... Giving awards in a posh ceremony to commercial movies and running very fast for a medal does not sound like any of those to me. Yes, sports are a very big deal in many countries. Fancy social gatherings too. Neither means necessarily "culture".
- obmelvin 7y ago> To be honest, I have never seen sports as "culture". As always it is extremely important to remember that your culture is not everyones' culture!!! You may not view sports as any sort of culture and as far as I'm concerned that's totally fine. But I would say that I feel connected to running "culture", and I dare you to try telling an Italian 'ultra' (soccer super fan) that their sport is not part of their culture ;)