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Originally Posted by T@T
Miss the point much?
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Actually, you are missing the point, both of my post, and of the entire (now lost) purpose of the Olympic movement.
"I think this sport is better/more exciting than that sport" is simply dumb when arguing the desire to include a sport. The Olympics are a world event and just because our side of the world does not have a passion for a certain sport does not make it inferior to one we do.
The fact that we are arguing the merit of a sport based on assumptions of popularity pretty much shows that the original Olympic movement is dead.
The arguments for or against the inclusion of golf, and any other sport, should revolve around the level of competition around the world. I personally think it has enough to merit inclusion, but "x is better than y" is not a valid argument in my view.