Hey, Swami:
I've been glued to my television in recent days catching every bit of Olympics coverage I can. I'm just a teenager, so I can't speak from too much experience, but it seems this year's games are full of controversy and politics. Have things always been like this? Aren't the Olympics supposed to be about sports? And what do we have to look forward to if Chicago lands the games in 2016?
Young and Innocent
Dear Young:
Controversy? What could you be referring to? The supposedly homely child singer who had a body double at the opening ceremonies? The supposedly 16-year-old Chinese gymnast who might just be 14 and looks to be about 8? The Swedish wrestler who threw his puny bronze medal on the ground because he thought the judges screwed him? What controversy?
And politics? You mean the Chinese dissidents who have mysteriously disappeared? You mean the whole Georgia/Russia thing casting a cloud over the athletes from those nations? What politics?
My young friend, this is the Olympic Games. They have survived everything from Adolph Hitler as a host to Israeli athletes being slaughtered to a mad bomber striking on American soil. All of this is just the proverbial sound and fury.
Yes, indeed, the games will go on. Just as they will in Chicago, eight short years from now.
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