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>in the spirit of celebrating peaceful achievement. Maybe a much smaller take on it would go back to those roots. It is blasphemous that countries actively wag
by Dalewyn 2y ago
>in the spirit of celebrating peaceful achievement. Maybe a much smaller take on it would go back to those roots.
It is blasphemous that countries actively waging war or passively engaging in proxy wars or other conflicts (eg: trade wars) get to play in the Olympics.
The first requirement to participating should be that the country is at peace with others, in the literal sense. Yes, this is going to evict like 90% of the world including countries like the US, but this is a philosophical hill worth dying on.
- DiggyJohnson 2y agoWhat if participation helps mollify the conflict?
- Dalewyn 2y agoThe rhetoric should be "You wanna play? Then declare peace with your enemies.", not "You wanna play? Let's see what bullshit we can craft so you can play without making peace." leading to nonsense like Americans and Russians playing despite literally waging war, and so on.
- DiggyJohnson 2y agoYou just restated the context for my question. Your idealism is getting in the way of this discussion, I think.