The great city of
“A considerable boost to the economy.”
“Yes, but do we really want the city infested with a bunch of non-English speaking foreigners who can’t drive as well as us.”
“Ah, a very good point. I mean, I’m happy to eat their food, but I don’t necessarily want them in my city.”
“I know! We’ll build a fence and keep them out!”
But I think the greater piece of this debate is being largely ignored:
The Olympics suck.
All this bullshit about national pride and love of the competition is all well and dandy, but do you honestly enjoy watching people run around a track or seeing who can throw a shotput farthest?
There is plenty of merit to the tradition that the Olympics represent. Jesse Owens gold medals in
Did that change what I thought about gymnastics? Were they suddenly interesting to me? No.
I watch one Olympic event when they’re on. Hockey. Because I actually had the chance to see it. It was on NBC and I have never had Versus, so it’s exciting to actually watch hockey. And I don’t even root for
If the college kids were still what made up the Olympic basketball team I would watch that. I like college basketball. But now it’s the NBA, and if I may borrow from Will Leitch’s God Save The Fan, do you think the notion of “playing for
I have no vested interest in the Summer Olympic events and couldn’t care less if
And the economic boost that may or may not come (they sure helped
I love
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I think the olympics would be great for Chicago, it would open the world's eyes to its pasty residents who won't stfu about how great Chicago is.
People who are from Chicago are like people who went to Notre Dame - you never have to ask them to volunteer the information. They will do it. Over. And over. And over again.
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