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RE: Olympic Games (Brazil 2016), Good or Bad?!?!

in #sports8 years ago

This is definitely an issue that has not yet been fully brought to light, and thank you very much @coderabbitcrypto, for taking the time and making the effort to do so! My biggest and best hopes and praise go out to all of the AMAZING athletes that will be competing, the patrons that will be attending and, of course, all the people who make it possible across the world - they are what keep the Olympics everything that we know and love, and I very much look forward to watching the best of the best this year. But, with such an imbalance of focus and attention between what is seen and unseen by the rest of the world, you're right - it's important that we not lose sight of these major issues and question the overall gain from it. How will that gain for some fully impact the rest of an entire population who loses and is intentionally excluded from the new advances and opportunities, becoming ultimately forced to surrender their home, lack sufficient clean water (both drinking and bodies of water), public transportation routes, dignity of having a roof over their heads (even if they were initially forced to build it themselves), pride in one's city and country, and, on top of it all, any peace of mind that things may possibly get better soon? You've certainly opened my eyes, and are helping to open the eyes of the rest of us to these ever deepening issues that are not being addressed.

Thank you for this, and welcome to Steemit! I hope to see more from you, and hope even more for the city of Rio de Janeiro!

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Well said @thedarkestplum , He really did address something not a lot people where aware of, all the things that "they" don't want us to see, all the bad things that happen behind scenes so close to us, yet too far away for us to notice, so an post like this can surely make a lot of people aware of this problem and make them see "both sides of the coin", both the Olympics, athletes, beautiful competition and the corrupted politicians or the poor people hidden by a "sound barrier", who again have a "sound barrier" but NO "sewer systems, housing rights...". I encourage anyone to share this post, because people should know and they have the right to know!

hahaha @minion, not a "she" I'm a "he" :P

@coderabbitcrypto I'm sorry :/ . I have corrected the comment :)

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