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Originally posted by Svip
I thought the olympics were about putting aside political differences and compete on an unbiased platform.
That's a nice thought, but it hasn't historically been that way:
Olympic boycott overview
1972 Israeli Olympics team killed in Munich
1976 Montreal Olympics boycott
1980 Moscow Olympics boycott
1984 Los Angeles Olympics boycott
So, the recent events are nothing out of extraordinary. Despite what you've been told, the Olympics have been a political instrument for at least the last 75 years.
