Give us cats one reason why we should care about the Olympics. We hate the Olympics.
Maybe we'd feel differently if we were old enough to have seen Jesse Owens embarrass the Nazis in 1936. But the games have been ruined by a ton of contemptible behavior since. Like the fact that they went on after the Israeli team was massacred in 1972? Obscene.
And the stupidity marches on. Here are just a few stories we've encountered in 2012:
The IOC is continuing to refuse a request for a moment of silence in tribute to those slain Israeli athletes, even though this year marks Munich's 40th anniversary.
Women's teams from Japan and Australia are flying to London in coach while their male counterparts are traveling first class.
Team USA's uniforms were made in China. Way to go, Ralph.
Madeleine Albright says Willard Mitt Romney "kindly" thanked her "for keeping my mouth shut" when she complained to him that America's 2002 uniforms were made in Burma.
And the piece de resistance? The University of Utah says it will release records from the Salt Lake City games before November, but there's a catch — the records have been scrubbed. This, after Willard himself had promised that all the 2002 documents would be made public.
Yes, we know erasing stuff is kind of a Romney thing (and we ain't talking Etch-a-Sketch). But considering the amount of federal bailout money that the Salt Lake Olympic Committee received, those records should be 100 percent transparent.
We cats HISS.
UPDATE: A Greek athlete has been expelled from the games because of her far-right, racist tweets. Tell us again why we should like the Olympics?
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