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We have been here before.(The Week ...)(Brief article)
We have been here before. In 1936 and 1980, as now, the Olympics were held in powerful despotic states, which used the games as a promotional spectacle and imposed various restrictions on journalists, athletes, and their own by-standing subjects. Compared with the great crimes of these regimes, or even their business as usual, their Olympic misdeeds were small potatoes. Compared with the ideal of sportsmanship, they seem ...
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