The olympics. What, really, is the point?
Discussion
As above really. What's the point, why does it fill all the news coverage, does it really matter at all?
In the run-up there was a hand-wringing article on the BBC News website about the lack of Indian success, blaming it in part on parents pushing their children to excel academically instead of at sports. Surely this is a good thing? What benefit to society as a whole is there in athletics?
In the run-up there was a hand-wringing article on the BBC News website about the lack of Indian success, blaming it in part on parents pushing their children to excel academically instead of at sports. Surely this is a good thing? What benefit to society as a whole is there in athletics?
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