Is this because the IOC still refuses to make caber tossing an official sport?
The fascist overtones from the beginning of the modern games, the early abuse of colored sportsmen and women for the entertainment of the crowds, the pandering to Hitler's government (another element of the fascist history popping up), the complete lack of respect for history... Man, there are so many reasons to be disgusted by the spectacle, but the worst has to be the hundreds who died on mountain mines providing material for the Beijing games. Nothing good comes from it. Medals? What the hell use is a medal when the debts and cost to life accumulated from the avenues of "sporting excellence" thus far has gotten so high.
I'd rather watch Jerry Springer, and everyone knows my opinion of reality television...