NYTimes: International Olympic Committee - "elitist, domineering, and crassly commercial at its core"

[Nuno Garcia]

Of course I'm confusing everything...

Alain, please take a look at this and please tell me: is there a point in
discussing this further?

http://atheismresource.com/wp-content/uploads/Debate-Flow-Chart1.jpg
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*Best,

Nuno

Nuno M. Garcia, *Ph.D.*
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On 6 July 2012 17:29, Alain Berranger <alain.berranger at gmail.com> wrote:

> You are perhaps confusing the permanent IOC, the organizing games
> committees (rotating every two years) and the national Olympic committees...
>
>
> On Friday, July 6, 2012, Nuno Garcia wrote:
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>> I have said this once: The Olympic Committee has a budget that is bigger
>> than many nations' budgets. They can afford not  to be for-profit. The same
>> goes for other organizations.
>>
>> And some statements are pure intellectual arrogance.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Nuno Garcia
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>> On 5 July 2012 23:16, Joly MacFie <joly at punkcast.com> wrote:
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>> But you are not disputing their facts, I take it.
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>> j
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>> On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 5:58 PM, Michael Carson <mcarson029 at comcast.net>wrote:
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>> Alain,
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>> I agree.  This op-ed is just that - the opinion of two individuals.
>>
>>   Michael Carson
>>
>> YMCA of the USA
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>> ------------------------------
>> *From: *"Alain Berranger" <alain.berranger at GMAIL.COM>
>> *To: *NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
>> *Sent: *Thursday, July 5, 2012 3:55:09 PM
>> *Subject: *Re: NYTimes: International Olympic Committee - "elitist,
>> domineering, and crassly commercial at its core"
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>>
>> NPOC  really welcomes national Olympic committees as Members because they
>> are true notforprofit organizations...
>>
>> Alain
>>
>> On Thursday, July 5, 2012, Robin Gross wrote:
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>>  As a commercial organization that tried to join NCSG, very relevant…
>>
>> No Medal for the International Olympic Committee says the New York
>> Times…..
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>>
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/05/opinion/no-medal-for-the-international-olympic-committee.html?_r=3&ref=opinion&pagewanted=print
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>> July 4, 2012
>>  **Olympian Arrogance**** By JULES BOYKOFF and ALAN TOMLINSON****
>> ****
>>
>> Brighton, England
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>> WHILE Europe roils in economic turmoil, London is preparing for a lavish
>> jamboree of international good will: in a few weeks, the city will host the
>> 2012 Summer Olympics.
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>> But behind the spectacle of athletic prowess and global harmony,
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