Fuck the Olympics... Fuck the Committee and fuck the Russian organization of this fucked up event.

[earthside]

3. I'm with you.

Ever since the Reagan Olympics and "USA! USA! USA!" I have refused to watch or be supportive.

Now I know that nationalism has always been a part of the Olympics, but I thought the 'ideal' was that athletes from all nations got together to compete to help lessen the divisions between nations.

And ... of course, the corporatism and commercialism has tainted the Olympics more and more and more with each passing event. Furthermore, the waste of money in moving theses games around -- especially the summer games -- borders on the immoral and unconscionable to me.

Indeed, even the obsession of some of the athletes and the athletes' families and the athletes' country makes me wonder how healthful and ethical is this extravaganza. The notion of twelve and thirteen year old gymnasts and/or ice skaters, etc. strikes me as weird.

Then there is the dictatorial nature of the governing body of the Olympics ...

I am boycotting and I would like to see some major reform in the Olympic institution -- but we know that is not going to happen -- there are too many hundreds of millions if not billions of dollars to be made by the elites on the backs of week-meaning athletes.