Comments on: What are the Olympics actually for? http://volesoft.com/2008/04/11/what-are-the-olympics-actually-for/ Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:28:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Four against 4,000 demonstrate for Tibet « Mad Mike Magee’s Musings http://volesoft.com/2008/04/11/what-are-the-olympics-actually-for/#comment-898 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:45:05 +0000 http://madmikemagee.wordpress.com/?p=177#comment-898 [...] course, in all the hoohah about the useless concept called the Olympics, everyone seems to have totally forgotten the British expedition to Tibet in 1904, headed by a man [...]

]]> By: Glenn http://volesoft.com/2008/04/11/what-are-the-olympics-actually-for/#comment-631 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:37:12 +0000 http://madmikemagee.wordpress.com/?p=177#comment-631 The olympics are for all of the sports that no one really likes.*

*And political messages.

]]> By: richard http://volesoft.com/2008/04/11/what-are-the-olympics-actually-for/#comment-624 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:09:39 +0000 http://madmikemagee.wordpress.com/?p=177#comment-624 I don’t know, it is all Greek to me.

It should be obvious to pretty much everyone that the Olympics or indeed most competitions have nothing to do with ideal, good natured competition, but rather, just another way to stick it to the other guy, rub his nose in it and claim it is all good, healthy fun, promoting exemplary values to the young.

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