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earthside

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1. Time for a viewer boycott.

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Tue Jul 17, 2012, 02:22 PM

Jul 2012

The Olympics has gotten so commercial and corporatized.

It is run by a small group of supreme elitists.

This moving the site of the games around every four years is just plain wasteful and silly.

And, they need to get the games back to a more 'amateur' type event.

There are also too many events and too many that are barely sport and are more dance, art, pastimes, etc.

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A Preview of an Olympic-Sized Fiasco [View all] marmar Jul 2012 OP

Time for a viewer boycott. earthside Jul 2012 #1

Time to move the games back to their real home Marooned Jul 2012 #2

+ a gazillion. Great idea and welcome to DU...n/t monmouth Jul 2012 #6

Every four years I read stories about how effed up the Olympics are going to be tularetom Jul 2012 #3

They should have skinned Blair alive for this dballance Jul 2012 #4

You ought to see it during the DC Fireworks or a major protest. HughBeaumont Jul 2012 #5

"and a better subway." marmar Jul 2012 #7