Interesting argument for calling an end to the Olympics:
The Summer Games in Beijing are four months away and already a predictable mess. The running of the Olympic torch resulted in arrests and nasty confrontations with the police last week in London and Paris amid protests against China’s recent crackdown in Tibet and other human rights abuses. In San Francisco, the only North American stop, the torch-bearers played literal hide-and-seek with protesters when the route was suddenly changed for security reasons. There have been repeated calls for heads of state to boycott the opening ceremonies. But protests and boycotts are no longer effective remedies.There is only one way left to improve the Olympics: to permanently end them.
I'm personally not opposed to such a proposal. The "magic" of the Olympics that I once felt when I was a kid no longer holds true today. The only global sporting event that excites me, like most of the world population, is the World Cup.