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>>It is at best naiive to say sport is not political, at worst it is an example of how those with power seek to prevent dissident views (which in iteslf is a political act). Politics is the application of power: nations compete for the Olympics for nationalistic reasons. <<

Apault,

Your points are fully comprehensible. As I have mentioned that 
" although Olympic Games has already been blended with national pride and and national intersts, I just don't want to see Olypic Games become the venues for UN conferences."

Sports has been taken advantage of by politics or so-called international prestige. It is no fault for a country to  improve its international prestige through hosting Olympic Games. In fact, it is a postive thing. What I want to stress is that sensitive political issues should be excluded from Olympic Games. Let the UN solve the Problems. Although Olympic Spirit has been fading away to a large extent, any real sports fans should search the original Olympic spirit( this might sound naive,too, but that's my understanding.)

Boycott of Olympic Games to solve the political issue is a political rhetoric in the Cold War period. The old rhetoric should be abandoned in the new era.  The 1980 and 1984 Olympic games were boycotted by two hostile super powers in the Cold War. I don't expect that kind of boycott to happen again in the subsquent Olympic history. Perhaps, it is another naive wish.[/quote]

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