March 2010

Olympics Bring Unity

There has been a lot of negative talk in many of the blogs that I have read on this site regarding the Olympics, and that really intrigues me.  Obviously they have their views, and I respect them, but they may be missing the point.

Let's start with the symbol of the games, the Olympics rings, five interlaced rings showing a coming together of the five continents that participate in the games.  It is a showcase of unity, and there aren't many events in the entire world that bring as many countries and people together.  Athletes compete on the biggest stage, representing their countries with honor, pride and grace.  

Olympics are Not Sustainable, Let Alone Sacred

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Are you an Olympic protestor? Every time the Olympics roll around everyone always hushes me and my protests with some kind of misguided interpretation of the Olympics, usually along the lines of, “But they’re a sacred tradition! They’re like the Greek gods and stuff.”

Oh, really, the Greek gods, you say? Then you’ll have no trouble with me guffawing in your face when you start to push your Christian ideals on me as well (as most of these people do) and calling you a hypocrite when you condemn me to hell for being a pagan.

Torch Is Passed: 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics

The 2010 Winter Olympics Games in Vancouver have recently finished, which means all eyes are now on the 2014 Winter Olympic host Sochi, Russia. This will only be the second time the Olympics have been held inside Russia's borders, with the first being Moscow, then apart of the Soviet Union, when they held the 1980 Summer Olympic Games. Sochi compares with Vancouver in many ways in that it narrowly won the Olympic bid. In the first round of voting Sochi was actually second behind PyeongChang, South Korea, with Salzburg, Austria not able to get enough votes to make it out of the round. However, when Sochi went up against PyeongChang for the final voting it came out victorious by a 51-47 vote margin.