Are we so naive that we don't see the dark side to every Olympics and practically every sporting event, really. Do a youtube search for problems with the Beijing Olympics and you will find terrible things. Even London, maybe. Are France's, Italy's, USA's politics and policies completely copacetic? yet we follow the Tour de France, Super Bowl, etc.
It is great we have passionate members ready to ask questions, and we salute and support you. Some of us here, though, are in it for the sports, and if our countries are participating, we want news and information. and pictures, don't forget the pictures. As Always, Eric http://speedorex.blogspot.com/ On Sunday, February 2, 2014 11:52 PM, Miguel Tomas <[email protected]> wrote: Thanks for the informative post. I plan to watch and cheer for our U. S. athletes--politics aside. On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 6:32 PM, Adrián Herrera <[email protected]> wrote: And Russia sends gays to jail! hoorrah! > >why are we paying attention to this? I personaly have decided to block these >Olympics. For plain ethical reasons. > > > > > > >On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 8:28 PM, Eric Rex <[email protected]> wrote: > >Sochi, Russia, site of this year's Olympics, has a climate unlike any other >you might find in that country. Nestled against the Black Sea, Sochi is known >as a Summer vacation paradise, and is one of the few cities in Russia with a >subtropical climate. >> >> >> >>The Crimea is an international place in itself, Russia's neighbors along the >>Black Sea include the Ukraine and Georgia, and many other countries are >>nearby. Sochi reportedly has Russia's longest main street, which stretches >>over 100 km, they say, along the beachfront. The city is incredibly narrow, >>and the other major streets, running out from the seashore, don't always >>connect up one to the other. This has caused logistical questions about >>security concerns and access to medical facilities. >> >> >>The streets do run up from the sea, and end in the mountains, which makes >>Sochi a great site for the Winter Olympics, some beach, some snow. >> >> >> >>We hope to see many new records set in Sochi, best of all, we look forward to >>the Winter sports festival of international brotherhood which is the Winter >>Olympics. >> >> >>As Always, Eric >> >>http://speedorex.blogspot.com/ >> >> >> -- >>You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>"omnisport" group. >>To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>email to [email protected]. >>To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/omnisport. >>For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > -- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >"omnisport" group. >To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >email to [email protected]. >To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/omnisport. >For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "omnisport" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/omnisport. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "omnisport" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/omnisport. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
