via eurotopics a short excerpt of this article (in french):
Marie-Hélène Miauton, director of the Swiss polling firm MIS Trend, doesn’t believe the threats of an Olympic boycott this summer in Beijing. “The Olympic universe has its own momentum, media rituals that it has to respect to the letter. … It’s in the lead up to the event that the critical commentaries appear. Currently, we have pollution, seeing as it’s a cause in style, as well as the destruction of historic districts and, of course, political reservations. This preliminary effervescence has a cathartic goal because it allows us to get our disturbing hang-ups out during a time consecrated to the Games when only records will make headlines. Once the music of the closing ceremony falls silent, and the final medal count is done, there will certainly be questions about money that arise… . It is thus useless to throw a fit; we are squarely in this period. Neither the opening ceremony, nor the Games themselves will be boycotted.”
Don’t let it happen! Let’s break the rule and establish new rituals!
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