From Munich 1972 to Beijing 2022 - Must the Olympic Games Always Go On?
Posted 11-28-2021 at 08:53 AM by jbgusa
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I wasn't sure if this thread was bound for Sports, Great Debates or POC, so here it is. From Munich 1972 to Beijing 2022 - must the Olympic Games always go on? Moral repugnance dominates the coverage for the beginning of the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing, People's Republic of China. See In I.O.C.’s ‘Quiet Diplomacy,’ Critics See Whitewash of China’s Actions - The handling of the Peng Shuai case raised new questions about the I.O.C.’s relationship with China. One Olympic official called its actions ‘discreet.’ Critics called it collaboration (link to article). Excerpt:
This, sadly, is nothing new. In 1972, eleven Israeli athletes were massacred by Black September, a division of the Palestine Liberation Organization. The games went on. Here are two excerpts of New York Times coverage at the time:
No question about it; these are horrific situations. The world must not knuckle under to terrorist and totalitarian urges to normalize themselves.
I wasn't sure if this thread was bound for Sports, Great Debates or POC, so here it is. From Munich 1972 to Beijing 2022 - must the Olympic Games always go on? Moral repugnance dominates the coverage for the beginning of the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing, People's Republic of China. See In I.O.C.’s ‘Quiet Diplomacy,’ Critics See Whitewash of China’s Actions - The handling of the Peng Shuai case raised new questions about the I.O.C.’s relationship with China. One Olympic official called its actions ‘discreet.’ Critics called it collaboration (link to article). Excerpt:
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Originally Posted by NY Times
The International Olympic Committee was under siege. Peng Shuai, a three-time Olympian from China, had not been heard from for weeks after making sexual abuse allegations against a senior political official, a man who had played a central role in preparations for the coming Winter Games in Beijing. Initially silent on the disappearance of Peng, a women’s tennis star, Olympic officials were now facing a growing global chorus of concern. The WTA Tour, through its chief executive, was demanding answers and an investigation. Fellow tennis stars like Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka — but also human rights groups, politicians and everyday fans — were using social media to ask #WhereIsPengShuai? Media organizations were flooding the internet with news coverage. Cornered by the criticism, the I.O.C. finally responded. This, Olympic officials insisted, was a time not for public statements but for “quiet diplomacy.”
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Originally Posted by NY Times
Munich, 1972 (link): The bodies of the eleven Israeli athletes and coaches killed by Arab terrorists were still unburied when the games resumed yesterday.In the late nineteen‐thirties Munich became the world symbol of appeasement, the city where Czechoslovakia was sacrificed to Hitler's greed. Now Munich threatens to become a symbol of callousness that is utterly repugnant to the Olympic ideal. For millions all over the world, this indecent haste on the part of the International Olympic Committee to go back to fun and games is unacceptable.
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Originally Posted by Avery Brundage in NY Times
Again the Sandbox (link)“We have only the strength of a great ideal. I am ,sure the public will agree that we cannot allow a handful terrorists to destroy this nucleus of international cooperation and goodwill we have in the Olympic movement. The Games must go on and we must continue our efforts keep them clean, pure and honest, and try to extend the sportsmanship of the athletic field into other areas.”
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