Olympic Doldrums

In his column this week Fr. Andrew Greeley exposes the Games as a phony shadow of their proclaimed intent. Instead of a showcase of universal values promoted by the religious trappings of the opening ceremomies, they capriciously preclude some events like baseball and softball in favor of BB-gun competitions and the like. Their historical roots, reformed at the turn of the twentieth century as optimism about world peace abounded, were betrayed as the western ideals foundered in the great wars morphing into nationalistic contests of supremacy. Capitalist sponsors resorted to the same drugging tactics that the Socialist societies employed to prove themselves more capable than the Fascists at domination. Since then nothing significant has changed. The young athletes are to be admired as long as they stay away from drugs. I read this at agreeley.com and suntimes.com . Why is it that we bother anymore ? What is the true meaning of Victory at these shallow games. Nationalistic hubris isn't good enough for me.