Should Olympics be canceled??
 

Olympics: Rio 2016's 'perfect storm' - CNN.com

The Olympic Games arrive in Brazil at a time when the country is ravaged by crises.
With two months to go until the cauldron is lit in Rio de Janeiro, the host of South America's first Games is grappling with a public health emergency, a governmental meltdown and economic woes.
While pressure and scrutiny in the build up to a major sports event is nothing new, Brazil faces a unique cocktail of difficulties.

Thoughts.

I think so, from a report I heard, the water in Rio is basically a sewer with floating human waste everywhere, just two teaspoons ingested causes infection. (Who tested 1 teaspoon??)

I think it will be one of the more interesting Olympic Games in a while, certainly one of the worst prepared.

The Olympic committee needs to be investigated like FIFA

Yes they should be canceled.

Can't cancel them. That would be deemed racist.




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Only drink bottled water, all will be well!

I completely agree with that - Greece, Russia, China and Brazil are our recent host countries..... absolute sham.

I don't think Brazil should be cancelled though - zika only causes problems for pregnant women. Not a huge issue for olympic athletes (although a problem from the Brazilian people).

Dave

Will make Sochi look like Shangri La.

That's not entirely true. Zika can cause illness in anyone - fever, rash, joint pain, fatigue, etc. It is usually mild but there have been deaths related to complications arising from the infection.

Zika virus: first American dies of complications linked to disease | World news | The Guardian

Obviously not something to panic over but still something worth considering.



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the olympic games are about sports and athletes competing...they should be free from politics and peoples opinions...

was watching a documentary the other day on greg luganis that gay diver athlete who won tons of medals and got aids...like in 1980 when carter decided to fuck over every single athlete who prepared for the olympics by deciding "boycott" ...they gave the american athletes medals of honor LOL what a joke...who the fuck is fuck face carter to decide anything?

the only people who should be asked are the athletes themselves...I do not know where people get off on canceling events for others...if you do not like the games in rio dont watch...very few people understand the level of preparation needed to compete and how hard people train...

should the USA cancel schools because of mass shootings? :1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

"oh some rooms were dirty in sochi lets cancel the games" :1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

get your fat asses out of your chairs and go do some sports :2 cents:

they always say this about the world cup, Olympics, any big sporting event. "its gonna be a disaster, they are not ready, country in shambles"

and it always turns out fine...the venues and athlete housing are always miles away for the real problems

Hahaha good 1 :thumbsup

A huge waste of money for just a short period of time.They should spend it on living conditions and health care.

Thats huge tradition so canceling the Olympics cant be.Lookin forward to it

I was under the impression that it could also cause problems for future pregnancies too?

A lot of Olympic athletes are going to be dipping into that Brazilian Zika pussy and flying it back to their home countries to start some nice outbreaks.

i just want to see how they cope with all the shit thats going on

The flame was passing by some weeks ago on the way to Rio.

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Of course, nothing but a world class joke! Pathetic

They should move the Rio Olympics on a later date. The Brazilian government is telling everything is under control but it's not.

This might be a disaster.

Oddly enough I've never been interested in the Summer Olympics. The Winter Olympics is always so much more fun.

The 'sportman' are just pussies. Even tourist are swimming there.
There is a bigger chance you get robbed when you get out of the water than getting Zika.

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rio is fine if you do not carry an expensive camcorder and you stay out of the favelas...theres petty stuff like pickpocketing mostly...its one of the most beautiful cities in the world, it makes up in charm what it lacks in unrealistic expectations...

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Save the mosquito!

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the games will bring up awareness..

Perhaps Brazil should never have petitioned for the games until they were actually ready, but no, the games themselves should never end or "be cancelled."

They should have permanent facilities where they hold the Olympics. Won't happen as the committee is so use to getting bribes

They should only hold Olympics in countries that can financial handle it. Brazil should us that money to help their people. They also should be awarded for two Olympics on a rotation for a couple of cycles. UK-US-UK-US-EU-Japan-EU-Japan. Something like that. A country could monetize them the second time around with out much more investment to the 8-10 year old games infrastructure.

Yes, in a perfect world. In Brazil the government would just steal that money also to put it in their pockets. Just like with Petrobras.

Their govt. is like ours. Here in Russia they "spent" 50 billion dollars to the winter olympic games. In fact Putin and his gang just stole all those money.

we will see what happens soon

People would go mad if they would cancel it..

Think I'll attend the Olympics then :thumbsup:thumbsup:thumbsup