Australia’s Channel 7 team was all about ignoring history as its selected commentators went into describing, poorly, the closing ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics. The trio was poorly equipped culturally, geographically and totally (the Japanese component was barely credible: “We want to make things warm for you,” she chirped), to […]
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Tokyo Olympics: American Victimhood vs. Chinese Victory
Many countries in the world don’t embrace the US’ victimhood culture of unquestionably celebrating those who present themselves as victims whenever they fail to meet their goals. The Olympics should be a time of global goodwill, not political polemics, but the New York Times (NYT) attempted to exploit it in […]
Greenwashing The Tokyo Olympic Games
“The gap between rhetoric and reality is a persistent one when looking at the sustainability of commitments of Olympic Games hosts”. Martin Müller, European Urban and Regional Studies, 2015 The organisers of the Olympics have always been into appearances and grand theatre. And the International Olympic Committee has always been […]
Tokyo’s Pandemic Games Open
The auguries are not good for the Tokyo Olympic Games. Resignations have filled the ledger, including Japanese composer Keigo Oyamada, organising committee president Yoshiro Mori and the creative director Hiroshi Sasaki. Then there is the lamentable behaviour of the authoritarian International Olympic Committee and the obsequious conduct of the Suga […]
Suicidal Games: Tokyo’s Coronavirus Olympics
A pandemic crisis. A state of emergency. Overwhelming public opinion bristling with alarm. Notwithstanding these factors, Tokyo is still on track to host the Olympics that was cancelled last year in response to the global pandemic. The first sports team – Australia’s softball crew – has touched down. Is all […]
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