By Robert Merkel on February 2, 2009
It seems like Australia is to make a bid to host the 2018, or possibly 2022 World Cup. And Melbourne and Brisbane are apparently mulling over a hosting bid for the 2024 Olympics. Why we bother is beyond me. The [...]
Posted in Policy, Sport | Tagged fifa, ioc, Olympic games, Sport |
By tigtog on August 1, 2008
Like Andrew Bartlett, I agree entirely with Andrew Bolt regarding the shameful weaseling by the International Olympic Committee regarding the whole idea of granting the 2008 games to the authoritarian dictatorship of China in the first place. crossposted UPDATE: It [...]
Posted in Authoritarianism, China, Ethics, Media, Sociology, Sport, The Web | Tagged andrew bartlett, andrew bolt, authoritarian, China, conroy, Culture, dictatorship, false positives, games, international olympic committee, internet filtering, intolerance, ioc, ISP filtering, Nationalism, Olympics, Sociology, sports&spectating |
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