Olympics and ordure

I've been watching the Olympics recently( who hasn't?), and though I missed the opening ceremonies for the most part, I know for a fact that the Chinese delivered (they always do, because of the issue of "losing face"). And I am proud of their accomplishments as a nation, for all the upward mobility, the evolution of their state into a capitalist economy, the way they have pulled everything off so well. And of course there is the China-Tibet controversy. While I admit that there is a whole bloody lot of discrepancies to be sorted out, especially those regarding China's human-rights violations (which, by the way, have existed as part of their civilization throughout the millenia), I also think that other countries (the powers that be, or so they think) have been full of duplicity in their dealings, as well. We, the innocent masses, have no real, absolute idea of their under-handed negotiations, and the United States is a fine example of the oppressed becoming oppressors, and of absolute power corrupting absolutely. But I have digressed, I have rambled. So do let me start over again.

Well, as I've said, I've been watching the Olympics and the athletes are really hungry for success. Some have been playing dirty, such as Angola and Germany, and others have played fairly, such as the female weightlifters (no steroids). However, all this grand display of wits, brawn, strength, camaraderie, calumny, and drama come from one enterprising Baron (or Count, I forget which title he claimed), whose name I have forgotten. If you subscribe to Reader's Digest, try to look into the issue with the article about the myths of the Olympics. Anyway, I agree with the ideology of the Olympics and disagree with its reality. It is really nothing more than a chance to show off, to be famous, to earn recognition so you can turn heads and make commercials. Every time there is an Olympic celebration, boodles of moolah are spent to beautify the damn city where it's to be held. So THE WORLD has seen your capital in all its synthetic glory. What then is to be done to ameliorate the present conditions? How can you find more moolah to replace what you've just spent in a vain effort to cater to the needs of foreigners who don't give a damn for the country anyway? Does the spirit of being "One world, One dream" present itself as reality? Or is it a dream deferred?

For instance, there was great rejoicing during the Berlin Olympics during the Nazi occupation. ("Heil, Hitler!") The whole who's who of Europe came to see the event. However, athletes who were of Negro or Native American ancestry were ignored by the Aryan-loving Fuhrer, who was himself an AUSTRIAN JEW. It may then be concluded that the heroism (?) of athletes, the sacrifices made by the welcoming committee, the untold hours spent by laborers in building edifices, belie the inherent hypocrisy and selfish nature of the Olympics. It is quite humorous that the human race is too cowardly to openly acknowledge that everything is a stunt, and that it needs a sporting event every four years to generate income, to unite people under the delusion of unity. We keep this farce up until the last of the banners has been taken down. We remember for a while, then we forget. We are the people, the mob, the crowd, the mass. We are the Iks, who defecate on others' doorsteps. Let us accept this fact. Only then can we say that we are one world working toward one dream.