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originally posted by: chr0naut
originally posted by: carewemust
originally posted by: chr0naut
originally posted by: carewemust
Sunday, August 8, 2021
Take a look at yesterday's GOLD MEDAL award ceremony for the Men's Basketball team, at the Tokyo Olympics. WHY are athletes being forced to wear masks during such a high-profile, once in a lifetime award ceremony?
All the Olympic athletes have been vaccinated against Covid-19.
All the Olympic workers have been vaccinated against Covid-19.
Even when contracted, Covid-19 does NOT make people sick who have been vaccinated, according to the WHO and CDC.
The MASKS makes them look more like controlled, well-behaved slaves, than Individuals possessing his/her own unique gifts of athleticism and personality.
The IDIOTS who decided to force these wonderfully-gifted Olympic medal winners to wear masks that cover 50% of their face, during their special few minutes of glory, should be ashamed of themselves!
It's hard to watch. No wonder NBC Olympic ratings are in the tank. That's too bad for the athletes. And unfortunate for NBC, because the United States is now THE LEADER in the number of Gold Medals, and Olympic Medals overall! (China was the "Gold" leader up until yesterday.)
Current Medal Standings: olympics.com...
-CareWeMust
Why do they have to wear "dehumanizing masks", instead of just normal ones?
Masks that are even bigger than what a commercial painter wears, are dehumanizing. Considering the importance of the moment, any mask is an insult.
They'll either be humored by it, or pissed off, when looking back on this moment in 5 years.
They nearly cancelled the whole of the games this year.
And, it's just games. It'll happen again of four more years. And again four years after that. And so on...
originally posted by: TerryDon79
They weren’t forced to do anything. They have a choice. Wear a mask and take part, or don’t wear a mask and don’t take part.
I don’t understand some of you with this “forced” BS. There’s always a choice.
originally posted by: chr0naut
originally posted by: carewemust
originally posted by: chr0naut
originally posted by: carewemust
Sunday, August 8, 2021
Take a look at yesterday's GOLD MEDAL award ceremony for the Men's Basketball team, at the Tokyo Olympics. WHY are athletes being forced to wear masks during such a high-profile, once in a lifetime award ceremony?
All the Olympic athletes have been vaccinated against Covid-19.
All the Olympic workers have been vaccinated against Covid-19.
Even when contracted, Covid-19 does NOT make people sick who have been vaccinated, according to the WHO and CDC.
The MASKS makes them look more like controlled, well-behaved slaves, than Individuals possessing his/her own unique gifts of athleticism and personality.
The IDIOTS who decided to force these wonderfully-gifted Olympic medal winners to wear masks that cover 50% of their face, during their special few minutes of glory, should be ashamed of themselves!
It's hard to watch. No wonder NBC Olympic ratings are in the tank. That's too bad for the athletes. And unfortunate for NBC, because the United States is now THE LEADER in the number of Gold Medals, and Olympic Medals overall! (China was the "Gold" leader up until yesterday.)
Current Medal Standings: olympics.com...
-CareWeMust
Why do they have to wear "dehumanizing masks", instead of just normal ones?
Masks that are even bigger than what a commercial painter wears, are dehumanizing. Considering the importance of the moment, any mask is an insult.
They'll either be humored by it, or pissed off, when looking back on this moment in 5 years.
They nearly cancelled the whole of the games this year.
And, it's just games. It'll happen again of four more years. And again four years after that. And so on...
originally posted by: TerryDon79
a reply to: ketsuko
You don’t understand that people aren’t being “forced” to wear masks and they have a choice?
Seems like a you problem.
originally posted by: Freeborn
a reply to: chr0naut
That's not exactly right, I have competed in sports and have the usual trophies, pennants, and medals that you get for the standard mediocrity - as a younger person,....
Participation medals?
Not everyone is.
....but it's true I'm not actually much of a sportsman.
Many aspire to being great sportsmen and women - there's only the two options! - but very few have the ability.
Even fewer people have the necessary drive and determination.
I dare say very, very few of those aspiring sportsmen and women view The Olympics as 'just games'.
Neither do the literally millions upon millions who watch the Games and appreciate the skill, application and drive that has gone into each and every one of those competitors getting there and trying their very best.
To say The Olympics is 'just games' does it quite a bit of an injustice.
I genuinely congratulate you in your personal achievements - which some may denigrate and belittle as irrelevant? - Academia and The Arts can play an important role in both society and culture.
But I have achieved some small recognition in academic performance, and in the arts.
originally posted by: carewemust
originally posted by: chr0naut
originally posted by: carewemust
originally posted by: chr0naut
originally posted by: carewemust
Sunday, August 8, 2021
Take a look at yesterday's GOLD MEDAL award ceremony for the Men's Basketball team, at the Tokyo Olympics. WHY are athletes being forced to wear masks during such a high-profile, once in a lifetime award ceremony?
All the Olympic athletes have been vaccinated against Covid-19.
All the Olympic workers have been vaccinated against Covid-19.
Even when contracted, Covid-19 does NOT make people sick who have been vaccinated, according to the WHO and CDC.
The MASKS makes them look more like controlled, well-behaved slaves, than Individuals possessing his/her own unique gifts of athleticism and personality.
The IDIOTS who decided to force these wonderfully-gifted Olympic medal winners to wear masks that cover 50% of their face, during their special few minutes of glory, should be ashamed of themselves!
It's hard to watch. No wonder NBC Olympic ratings are in the tank. That's too bad for the athletes. And unfortunate for NBC, because the United States is now THE LEADER in the number of Gold Medals, and Olympic Medals overall! (China was the "Gold" leader up until yesterday.)
Current Medal Standings: olympics.com...
-CareWeMust
Why do they have to wear "dehumanizing masks", instead of just normal ones?
Masks that are even bigger than what a commercial painter wears, are dehumanizing. Considering the importance of the moment, any mask is an insult.
They'll either be humored by it, or pissed off, when looking back on this moment in 5 years.
They nearly cancelled the whole of the games this year.
And, it's just games. It'll happen again of four more years. And again four years after that. And so on...
I hope "they" will cancel the Feb 2022 Winter Olympics in CHINA.
Why honor CHINA..the country who is responsible for over 4,300,000 deaths in the past 18 months?
China - Crime Against Humanity: www.worldometers.info...
If President Biden was not OWNED by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), he would initiate some level of MEANINGFUL protest.
Mostly.
I actually got one for golf, which isn't a team sport. I don't actually enjoy playing golf and chose it only because it was preferable to being forced to play other sports where I definitely didn't excel. I think, as Mark Twain once suggested, that golf is "a good walk - spoiled".
And, despite attempts to eschew the commercial, they are very expensive to run and are seen as a commercial enterprise by many.
Definitely, the marketing and ceremonial side of things often takes precedence over the actual competitions and sportspersons achievements.
originally posted by: Freeborn
a reply to: chr0naut
Mostly.
Ha ha, doesn't surprise me.
I actually got one for golf, which isn't a team sport. I don't actually enjoy playing golf and chose it only because it was preferable to being forced to play other sports where I definitely didn't excel. I think, as Mark Twain once suggested, that golf is "a good walk - spoiled".
Being a sports lover that's not a predicament I've ever found myself in, must be torturous.
I played golf for quite a few years, got my handicap down to a modest 14.
I won a couple of local competitions, a few near misses but was an also-ran more often than not.
Loved it though, but somewhere between my brain and the rest of my body the more technical parts of the game sort of went amiss.
Unfortunately a couple of knee injuries sustained playing football - at which I was quite a bit better at than golf - put an end to my sporting pursuits.....other than pub sports like darts, pool and dominoes!
Perhaps you achieved greater heights in your academic equivalents?
And, despite attempts to eschew the commercial, they are very expensive to run and are seen as a commercial enterprise by many.
They bring a certain amount of prestige with them and in recent years have provided huge stimulus for urban regeneration and provision for future sporting resources etc.
There's particular focus and emphasis put on 'games legacy' nowadays.
However, its very hard to escape the commercial aspect of the Games nowadays.
But for me at least none of that detracts from the sporting achievements of the competitors.
Definitely, the marketing and ceremonial side of things often takes precedence over the actual competitions and sportspersons achievements.
For some maybe.
I found the athletics - track and field - a bit flat at Tokyo.
I usually enjoy them but I think the empty stadium made it a bit of a non-event for me.
But I really enjoyed many of the other sports some of which I'd never really watched before.
originally posted by: ChaoticOrder
originally posted by: TerryDon79
They weren’t forced to do anything. They have a choice. Wear a mask and take part, or don’t wear a mask and don’t take part.
I don’t understand some of you with this “forced” BS. There’s always a choice.
So in other words, they are forced to wear a mask if they want to participate in the thing they've probably spent their life training for. And for just a few minutes while they celebrate a victory they may never get again, they aren't allowed to show their full smiling faces despite being fully vaccinated and some of the most healthy people on Earth? I'm sorry but anyone who thinks like this is DELUDED and so deep into the fearmongering that they can't get out. It takes a true lack of empathy to enforce such absurd rules on athletes at such an important moment in their life. I see celebrities having unmasked interactions all the time but these athletes can break a world record and still have to wear a mask when being awarded? What about all the contact sports, do they wear masks while playing? I'm pretty dang sure they don't, so why is it necessary for the brief period of time while they celebrate victory? It's nothing but clown world logic.
originally posted by: TerryDon79
a reply to: ChaoticOrder
No. They had a choice, so nothing was “forced”.
Participate and wear a mask. Don’t participate and therefore no mask necessary as they aren’t there. That’s called a choice, not being “forced”.
I don’t get what’s so difficult for some of you to understand.
originally posted by: ChaoticOrder
originally posted by: TerryDon79
They weren’t forced to do anything. They have a choice. Wear a mask and take part, or don’t wear a mask and don’t take part.
I don’t understand some of you with this “forced” BS. There’s always a choice.
So in other words, they are forced to wear a mask if they want to participate in the thing they've probably spent their life training for. And for just a few minutes while they celebrate a victory they may never get again, they aren't allowed to show their full smiling faces despite being fully vaccinated and some of the most healthy people on Earth? I'm sorry but anyone who thinks like this is DELUDED and so deep into the fearmongering that they can't get out. It takes a true lack of empathy to enforce such absurd rules on athletes at such an important moment in their life. I see celebrities having unmasked interactions all the time but these athletes can break a world record and still have to wear a mask when being awarded? What about all the contact sports, do they wear masks while playing? I'm pretty dang sure they don't, so why is it necessary for the brief period of time while they celebrate victory? It's nothing but clown world logic.