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Originally Posted by JiriHrdina
The problem is the Olympics love to trot out phrases like "A celebration of humanity". If they want to live up to that - then these issues must come to the fore.
Otherwise they should start describing themselves for what they are: Sports and nothing more.
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A giant sports competition of best vs. best from around the world is a celebration of humanity. It's a celebration of human excellence and drive to improve in the physical sphere. That's worth celebrating, and it reduces economic and political influences on prominence for individuals by instead making it all about physical excellence, which is a very nearly universally understandable and uniting aspect of humanity.