Thats why, as Olympics viewers, we should be paying more attention to what we are supporting with our viewer time and dollars. If we believe in free speech, gay rights, and animal rights, we are also taking a leap of hypocrisy this year when we suppress our principles to the glory of pomp and circumstance – bread and circuses, to quote the old Latin phrase. When we watch the Olympics and boost viewership, when we buy more products from their sponsors and adding to the all-consuming money machine of the Olympics-industrial complex, we are using our money to vote – and that vote is yes to human rights abuses. Its a yes to denying gay athletes their rights. When we use our financial power, we are using it to make a political statement.
Posted on: Fri, 07 Feb 2014 16:02:02 +0000