Olympics Hypocrisy

For idealists, the Olympics are about men and women at the peak of their physical fitness competing in their specialised field, representing their respective countries.

For the realist, it is political, a war, a battle by another means. Countries face each other in the ring, pool and track fighting to top the medal table; America and China always near the top.

The 2008 Olympic games, held in China have presented an opportunity for the western media to focus and scrutinise Chinas human rights record, one party state and anything else the ‘West’ frowns upon.Before the games began, the Western media were suggesting political leader’s boycott the games because of Chinas Human rights abuses and failure to pressure Sudan to act on the Darfur crisis.

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