THIS WOULD BE THE EASIEST RANT IN THE WORLD TO SIMPLY SAY THAT YOU ARE BORING, AND IT WOULD BE INDISPUTABLY TRUE. BESIDES PERHAPS HOCKEY (WHICH ITSELF IS ONLY ENTERTAINING FOR THE BREAKS IN THE "ACTION") THERE IS NOT ONE COMPETITION YOU PROVIDE THAT ANYONE BUT THE ATHLETES AND THEIR FAMILIES WOULD SIT THROUGH MORE THAN ONCE EVERY FOUR YEARS.
BUT YOU ARE MORE THAN BORING. YOU ARE A SHAM. YOUR GOVERNING BODY, THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE, IMPLICITLY COMPLIES WITH ANTI-GAY HARASSMENT BY ENFORCING YOUR HOST COUNTRY'S BAN ON OPENLY HOMOSEXUAL "PROPAGANDA." YOUR HOST COUNTRY'S OLIGARCH OPENLY FLAUNTS HIS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, ARRESTING AND DETAINING DISSIDENTS FOR NO OTHER REASON THAN EATING IN PUBLIC WHILE GLADHANDING IN FRONT OF EVERY POSSIBLE CAMERA, AND YOUR ATHLETES REWARD HIM BY FAWNING OVER HIM IN PERHAPS THE MOST EGREGIOUSLY STUPID TWITTER HASHTAG EVER.
FINALLY, YOU ARE BAD FOR THE WORLD. WE WILL SPEND ANOTHER WEEK OR SO BASKING IN THE GLOW OF THE SMALL ACHIEVEMENTS OF INDIVIDUALS WHILE IGNORING THE FOMENTING SOCIAL UNREST OF A COUNTRY WHOSE LEADER IS NOT ONLY ATTACKING HIS OWN CITIZENS BUT GIVING FIREARMS TO BOTH UKRAINE AND SYRIA FOR THE SPECIFIC PURPOSE OF KILLING THEIR OWN CITIZENS. A RECENT PHOTO SPREAD REMINDED ME OF ANOTHER FORMERLY SOCIALIST COUNTRY THAT HOSTED YOU JUST 30 YEARS AGO. THAT COUNTRY WAS ALSO ATTEMPTING A CONVERSION TO A MARKET ECONOMY WHILE SHOWING AN INCREASING APTITUDE FOR KILLING ITS OWN PEOPLE.WE ALL KNOW HOW THAT WENT.