I do not care about the Olympic Torch really; it is dumb. The other day, there was an attack on the Olympic Torch where protesters tried to douse the flame, using a fire extinguisher. (Cojones!) (Linkage) There are probably a few who support the effort but many are saying what a travesty it was to have the torch attacked as the Olympics are about sport and unity and blah blah blah.
While I believe the flame to be a good symbol as the games are running, what do we need the relay for? It seems like it takes a lot of money and planning and commotion for something that is not entirely necessary.
If that does not convince you, then how about the information that the Nazis invented the relay:
The torch relay that culminates in the ceremonial lighting of the flame at the Olympic stadium was ordered by Adolf Hitler, who tried to make the 1936 Berlin Games a celebration of the Third Reich. Hitler's Nazi propaganda machine also popularized the five interlocking rings as the symbol of the Games. (Linkage)
Not only did the Nazis invent the relay but they also invented the symbol of the games. It is a new millennium. Shouldn’t we invent some new symbols? One’s that do not have anti-Semitic backgrounds?
::GR::
in los angeles, it's like they jog for two hours a day and then they think they're morally right. that's when you want to choke people, you know? ~liam neeson~
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So should we get rid of every idea that a corrupt and immoral government as put together? I don't think we should get rid of it just because it was a Nazi idea.
I say we should get rid of it because it is dumb. The Nazi's just help drive that point home.
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