A Real French Farce.

[VaughanJB]

Countries are given 7 years notice when they win their bid to host the Olympic games, so France had plenty of time to build, or to upgrade their facilities for water sports.

The River Seine does from time to time become polluted with sewage (as now), so how come the powers that be decided to use the river for the games. Was it a matter of cost or plain stupidity?

Athletes from all over the globe have travelled to France to take part in the games, but surely the wont be asked to compete in a filthy river.

What are your thoughts?

The larger mystery for me is, why would any country want to host the games? There are reports from Paris today that hotels are suffering because of a drop in tourism. But worst, so much money is spent in preparations and it never leaves a legacy as promised. It just lines the pockets of the organizers.

In modern times, it's way passed time for this hopping from continent to continent to end. Set up a place where the Olympics will be held, and stay there. Hell, I'm sure Greece - given its financial issues - would love it to stay there. As it is, millions are wasted each and every time it moves around.

 

[Cinderella]

..but they did, and they discovered that they were men ..that they had XY chromosomes .


In Khelif and Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan, these Olympics have two boxers who were thrown out of last year’s world championships due to concerns over their testosterone levels.

The fact that the IOC would rather shame anyone critical of the boxers’ involvement for not being kind enough rather than hold themselves accountable for what's happening to women who have fairly trained for a sport for years.. only to have a man destroy that in literally seconds is just beyond credibility.

The whole world now is standing up against this, and I hope that this is never permitted to happen again. ..perhaps next time, they should allow a category for Trans people to fight each other.. Feminist groups think the Eiffel Tower is an outdated symbol of male dominance, a thousand-foot phallus. Looks more like a radio mast, or maybe I need better specs.

 

[hollydolly]

Cinderella...you've added this to my post that you've quoted... as tho' I said it... please can you correct it..

''Feminist groups think the Eiffel Tower is an outdated symbol of male dominance, a thousand-foot phallus. Looks more like a radio mast, or maybe I need better specs.''

 

[Cinderella]

Cinderella...you've added this to my post that you've quoted... as tho' I said it... please can you correct it..

''Feminist groups think the Eiffel Tower is an outdated symbol of male dominance, a thousand-foot phallus. Looks more like a radio mast, or maybe I need better specs.''

Sorry, hollydolly.

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Definitely a radio mast.