> the Rio Olympics as a whole seem to be a mess,
As a Brazilian let me ask this: because Munich 72 and Atlanta 96 where so much better ? (hint: no terrorism in Rio)
As a Brazilian let me ask this: because Munich 72 and Atlanta 96 where so much better ? (hint: no terrorism in Rio)
Many respected "first world" journalists have also commented on the same pattern of people from richer countries condescending to poorer countries that host the Olympics.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/16/opinion/brazils-uplifting-...
Because "tu quoque" is a lot more obnoxious than just calling something bad.
Rio is the government and other sponsors just plain failing to follow thru on commitments.
* When Rio was announced people said the venues wouldn't be ready on time. They were.
* When zika broke out people predicted an Olympic pandemic. Then came southern hemisphere winter and you're more likely to get zika in Florida than Rio.
* When media discovered pollution in Guanabara Bay people asked for cancellation of events out of health concerns. No event was cancelled and no evidence of health hazards.
* when a chemical imbalance turned a swimming pool green people called for cancellation. It turned out to be harmless algae.
* when American swimmers claimed to be robbed a media uproar denounced a security chaos. Turns out they lied to hide a visit to a brothel.
All of this is a continuation of a pattern. Rich countries freaked out with the Olympics in Beijing and Sochi too. Rio would have to endure the same.
Do you have a reference for this? I'm aware of the inconsistencies with the stories in this situation, but I've never seen a brothel mentioned anywhere.
He's conflating two separate events. It was the basketball players not the swimmers who "accidentally" visited a brothel: http://www.tmz.com/2016/08/05/team-usa-basketball-players-br...
And right here too.
Booing is not something invented and exclusive to third world countries or Brazil for that matter.
Hypocrisy much?
In any case, that fact that booing has happened in previous events I can accept, but that seems a false equivalence. I'm pointing out that to my knowledge, this is the first time it has happened with such vigour and insistence at a world wide sporting event. What is the point of the Olympics if not to overcome partisanship in the name of good sportsmanship? A lot of the Brazilian fans' behaviour seems to come from the worst of futbol hooliganism, which no-one could seriously defend, and their booing of Argentinians in particular shows an unwillingness to rise above regional rivalries even for the Olympics.
I find it quite disturbing accusing Brazilians of "booing" at sports event when you could and can see this in events such as US Open, Wimbledon and other "clean and gentlemany" sports when the opponent is from some other country than US or UK. Let's not get into more "dirtier" sports now where booing is de facto standard.
What exactly do you want to see from me that you can't find yourself?
Unless there was violence why would you even care?
It seems like the true competitors eat that stuff up. Is it just the difference between professionals and amateurs?
There's a reason the /r/apocalympics subteddit is so popular.
You must not be a bathroom door.