Subnostr

Very good note right here. The Olympic Games are a competition, not an exhibition.

I add that by no means I can believe or accept that the inclusion of events like this one, with a weakened, or even completely removed, competitive aspect (which *must* include at least a majority objective, measurable judgment elements for it to be fair) is not intentional and ideologically motivated.

This particular event had red flags all over it from the beginning. B-Girls & B-Boys? Participants with no real names? That is clearly not a sport, but an artistic expression. An exhibition, not a competition.

nostr: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

Leo Fernevak 1y ago

Good distinction between competition and exhibition!

Considering how many impressive breakdancers that exist in the world, it is inconceivable that a mediocre breakdancer with a PhD in questionable social studies is awarded as the best female Australian breakdancer, and then inserted into the Olympics to signal some political point, just by pure happenstance.

They have turned everything into the realm of the political.

A staged exhibition based on some kind of idea of lecturing the public on how to *be* and *think* according to their measuring scale, without any regard for skilled breakdancers that are non-political and had no chance at demonstrating what they can achieve.

Reply to this note

Please Login to reply.

Discussion

hh 1y ago

I think the whole concept of having breaking in the Games was contrived from the very beginning. It's not an individual problem with the specific woke activist that the ideological kommissars in the organization decided to insert.

The "moves" the so called serious dancers are making on the floor are gymnastics techniques -- except there is no technique to them. It's a lazy version of gymnastics, for a lazy generation.

Incidentally, a couple of days ago my friend and I were commenting on this edition's gymnastics performances and how bad they all were. Almost all of the female finalists fell off the bar, and most made big mistakes on the floor too. The difficulties were mediocre, as were the executions.

These athletes wouldn't even make it to the Olympics 30 years ago. It's a relaxation in the training, the emphasis on "safety" instead of effort and difficulty, and a general degradation in culture.

So, including the "urban" (code for lazy and low effort) version of gymnastics as "Olympic sports" and pretending that they have the same standing, and that the participants are equal to the participants in the real disciplines, is purely the Zeitgeist, I guess.

Leo Fernevak 1y ago

Fair enough.

My view is that if breakdancing is added to a competition then at least there needs to be serious competitive rules by which the performance can be ranked. Without established rules there is no sport.