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Exactly. Heads in the clouds, or heads in the sand. The sport world is rife with corruption, the big events are scams, and half the participants are doping.

Exactly. Heads in the clouds, or heads in the sand. The sport world is rife with corruption, the big events are scams, and half the participants are doping. I won't miss robots replacing this lot.

npizzolato 12y ago
Or, less cynically, heads in their own world. People don't have the time to learn and care about everything. They're much more concerned about things going on in their immediate life, on their local city, on their state, and on their nation. What the major news outlets reports on also has a big influence here, and coverage of the olympics also tends to focus on the athletes, not on the olympic committee. As a result, I'm pretty sure what goes into creating the olympics generally ranks pretty far down on the list of people's priorities.
Squarel 12y ago
It is not just sports, we all ignore things, whether it be working conditions of those producing our goods, the environmental impact of the overseas factories, the suppression of unions by corporations in various parts of the world. We do not, for whatever reason, act on the information we have. Example: A documentary was widely watched here showing child labor and dangerous conditions involved in obtaining the materials for mobile phone components. Do you think this changed the purchasing patterns of those who use mobile phones and watched the program?
- TillE 12y ago
  > Do you think this changed the purchasing patterns of those who use mobile phones and watched the program? You have to actually give people ethical alternatives before they're able to meaningfully change their buying habits. "Fair trade" is a real thing for many products, as well as labor and environmental certification (eg, UTZ). Not everyone will care, but that number is certainly more than zero. The problem is that all major electronics manufacturers are some degree of awful.

Exactly. Heads in the clouds, or heads in the sand. The sport world is rife with corruption, the big events are scams, and half the participants are doping. I won't miss robots replacing this lot.

npizzolato 12y ago

Or, less cynically, heads in their own world. People don't have the time to learn and care about everything. They're much more concerned about things going on in their immediate life, on their local city, on their state, and on their nation. What the major news outlets reports on also has a big influence here, and coverage of the olympics also tends to focus on the athletes, not on the olympic committee. As a result, I'm pretty sure what goes into creating the olympics generally ranks pretty far down on the list of people's priorities.

Squarel 12y ago

It is not just sports, we all ignore things, whether it be working conditions of those producing our goods, the environmental impact of the overseas factories, the suppression of unions by corporations in various parts of the world. We do not, for whatever reason, act on the information we have. Example: A documentary was widely watched here showing child labor and dangerous conditions involved in obtaining the materials for mobile phone components. Do you think this changed the purchasing patterns of those who use mobile phones and watched the program?

TillE 12y ago
> Do you think this changed the purchasing patterns of those who use mobile phones and watched the program? You have to actually give people ethical alternatives before they're able to meaningfully change their buying habits. "Fair trade" is a real thing for many products, as well as labor and environmental certification (eg, UTZ). Not everyone will care, but that number is certainly more than zero. The problem is that all major electronics manufacturers are some degree of awful.