The top news on the papers this morning was about the press conference of the JOC (Japan Olympic Committee )chairman. He is investigated by the French police in suspect of corruption. The doubt is if he sent a big bribe to the person who could influence the votes to decide the place for the games. The news says he denied the doubt and left without answering the questions from the press. I believe the story of the bribe; JOC used big dirty money to invite the Games. .
The prefecture I live invited the winter Olympic Games some twenty years ago. After the games many doubts and suspicions about money rose up, but the persons who were responsible told there were no problems and they burnt the account books. Burnt the papers and account books! Who believes the story? A friend of mine worked in the office on the spot then and she seemed to see and hear a lot of dirty stories including how to entertain the IOC members with girls. (I’d like to use a very dirty word here!)
I like beautiful sports performances though I’m not an athletic person. But the sports are now big businesses and they are used for nationalism and commercialism, especially in the Olympics. And they just count the numbers of the medals (Is this only in Japan?), and only big rich countries can get them.
Who wants to invite the Olympics? The first is the politics. I’m afraid the people of Japan would become blind and dumb in the fuss of Olympics forgetting important things. (It must be the aim. It is the reason Japan’s Prime Minister worked hard for it saying ‘the radiation from Fuku1 is perfectly under control’. Of cause it’s NOT TRUE.) The other is the economy circle, mainly big construction companies. (After the Games, those big expensive sports facilities are now a useless burden in my prefecture.)
SO, why don’t we stop the Olympic Games? Or only Greece can host it every four years? Why