Scholarly Article

i was reading the new york times and i came across this article that really caught my eye. it was talking about the Olympics help canada show the world that it's not so laid back. the olympics were to channel the lethal energies of modern nationalism into a peaceful competition for gold medals. the olympics have shown their part in avoiding the war by using sports. Canada has really tried to win the olympics and think that their mens wil do fairly will in this whole perdicament . All this has shown a interest in Stephen Colbert's eye and has him broadcasting the olympics and showing some humerous commentary. ANd the most important question is how the canadian atheletes are going to do under the pressure that Canada has put on them with their high expection. I think that this article is pretty crazy in the way they say they are avoiding the war by using sports. When people go into war they do not just hate you because of the country problems and they do not just hate you because of the people the country is made up of. In some way they just hate you for everything. They want to beat you at everything. Like these sports sure it is a sport and their are winners and losers but some losers are going to be upset some may have their lives at stake because of gambling. This is very sad because this just contributes to the war. i just hope they realize that some people are die hard funs of their contry and some people will do crazy things on behalf of their countries.