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This is a sports-culture vignette in honor of the upcoming Winter Olympics (South Korea) and the recent underdog-victory of the Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) in Super Bowl 52 [February 4, 2018].
This vignette was inspired by Munich.
Cheers,
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As the Winter Olympics in South Korea approached in February 2018, people were still thinking about the incredible underdog-victory by the Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) over the seemingly-indomitable New England Patriots in Super Bowl 52. The world was also pensive about U.S. President Donald Trump's dealings with the nuclear-test crisis involving the problematic nation of North Korea during Labor Day weekend 2017. South Korea was a stable democratic trading-partner of America, while North Korea remained a hotbed, so the upcoming Winter Olympics in South Korea had people remembering the Munich Massacre at the Summer Olympics in 1972! Old ghosts were rising to the surface...so what would CNN say?
Fortunately, there were plenty of 'exciting sports stories' being generated ahead of the Winter Olympics in South Korea. Olympic strong-horse Lindsey Vonn (USA) was expected to win multiple gold-medals for her country in skiing events, and Nathan Chen (USA) was considered a promising gold-medal contender in figure-skating. Fans were cheering for their nations and teams, and Russian athletes were even allowed to compete after enduring a doping-allegations related ban from the Sochi Games. Furthermore, Kosovo was sending its first-ever athletic delegation to the Winter Olympics in South Korea. Would Lindsey Vonn be the new Barbie?
After 9/11, the world was tense about terrorism at public events which made social monuments (e.g., Sydney Opera House) feel 'unsafe.' How would the Winter Olympics in South Korea fare? The victory of the Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) generated some nice media attention and fanfare-related merchandising for Americans, so would the Winter Olympics offer anti-terrorism related sports-fanfare consumerism giddiness? Would Lindsey Vonn dolls be the new rave in South Korea? How would U.S. President Donald Trump deal with post-9/11 angst as he continued to address the concerns of hotbed-nation North Korea?
One society-critic suggested that modern globalization, like colonialization/exploration from the early days of the New World, was being 'complicated' by anti-progress profiteers and pirates. Who would be the new diplomats of social networking and culture-exchange? Of course, colonialization yielded all forms of racism, so would finance-paranoia related globalization in the modern age yield more forms of anti-progress minded anti-capitalism terrorism (e.g., ISIS)? President Trump worried about the symbolic impact of the murder of 300 Sufi Muslims in an Egyptian mosque on Black Friday (the annual 'shopping-day' following Thanksgiving in America!) by the terrorist-organization ISIS. Was the world facing a real Babylon-like imaginary 'global' dark-city?
TRUMP: The Winter Olympics (South Korea) gives me heartburn.
GOD: Welcome to politics, Donald...
TRUMP: I hate my life; I thought this would be like Atlantic City!
GOD: No. The world wants you to be a genius with the World Bank.
TRUMP: No one cares about the World Bank...
GOD: Then, that's your real challenge!
TRUMP: I fear North Korea will do something incredibly stupid.
GOD: Stupid...or dangerous?
TRUMP: Both!
GOD: You must keep pace with North Korea through the Olympics.
TRUMP: This might be like Labor Day 2017 all over again...
GOD: At least the underdog Eagles(!) won the Super Bowl.
TRUMP: Who cares? Brady/Patriots will win again (no doubt) next year.
GOD: Use the cheers of the masses to catalyse progressive treaties.
TRUMP: Maybe Olympics-merchandising can create 'mercantile optimism.'
GOD: You have to determine what the world yearns from North Korea!
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This vignette was inspired by Munich.
Cheers,
====
As the Winter Olympics in South Korea approached in February 2018, people were still thinking about the incredible underdog-victory by the Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) over the seemingly-indomitable New England Patriots in Super Bowl 52. The world was also pensive about U.S. President Donald Trump's dealings with the nuclear-test crisis involving the problematic nation of North Korea during Labor Day weekend 2017. South Korea was a stable democratic trading-partner of America, while North Korea remained a hotbed, so the upcoming Winter Olympics in South Korea had people remembering the Munich Massacre at the Summer Olympics in 1972! Old ghosts were rising to the surface...so what would CNN say?
Fortunately, there were plenty of 'exciting sports stories' being generated ahead of the Winter Olympics in South Korea. Olympic strong-horse Lindsey Vonn (USA) was expected to win multiple gold-medals for her country in skiing events, and Nathan Chen (USA) was considered a promising gold-medal contender in figure-skating. Fans were cheering for their nations and teams, and Russian athletes were even allowed to compete after enduring a doping-allegations related ban from the Sochi Games. Furthermore, Kosovo was sending its first-ever athletic delegation to the Winter Olympics in South Korea. Would Lindsey Vonn be the new Barbie?
After 9/11, the world was tense about terrorism at public events which made social monuments (e.g., Sydney Opera House) feel 'unsafe.' How would the Winter Olympics in South Korea fare? The victory of the Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) generated some nice media attention and fanfare-related merchandising for Americans, so would the Winter Olympics offer anti-terrorism related sports-fanfare consumerism giddiness? Would Lindsey Vonn dolls be the new rave in South Korea? How would U.S. President Donald Trump deal with post-9/11 angst as he continued to address the concerns of hotbed-nation North Korea?
One society-critic suggested that modern globalization, like colonialization/exploration from the early days of the New World, was being 'complicated' by anti-progress profiteers and pirates. Who would be the new diplomats of social networking and culture-exchange? Of course, colonialization yielded all forms of racism, so would finance-paranoia related globalization in the modern age yield more forms of anti-progress minded anti-capitalism terrorism (e.g., ISIS)? President Trump worried about the symbolic impact of the murder of 300 Sufi Muslims in an Egyptian mosque on Black Friday (the annual 'shopping-day' following Thanksgiving in America!) by the terrorist-organization ISIS. Was the world facing a real Babylon-like imaginary 'global' dark-city?
TRUMP: The Winter Olympics (South Korea) gives me heartburn.
GOD: Welcome to politics, Donald...
TRUMP: I hate my life; I thought this would be like Atlantic City!
GOD: No. The world wants you to be a genius with the World Bank.
TRUMP: No one cares about the World Bank...
GOD: Then, that's your real challenge!
TRUMP: I fear North Korea will do something incredibly stupid.
GOD: Stupid...or dangerous?
TRUMP: Both!
GOD: You must keep pace with North Korea through the Olympics.
TRUMP: This might be like Labor Day 2017 all over again...
GOD: At least the underdog Eagles(!) won the Super Bowl.
TRUMP: Who cares? Brady/Patriots will win again (no doubt) next year.
GOD: Use the cheers of the masses to catalyse progressive treaties.
TRUMP: Maybe Olympics-merchandising can create 'mercantile optimism.'
GOD: You have to determine what the world yearns from North Korea!
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