Winter Olympics Vancouver

I have always liked the Olympic games. They are one of the conerstones of tngv.

Now that the Vancouver Winter Olympics are over tngv looks forward to the next games in London (2012) and Sochi (2014). We love the games. These recent games were awesome. But, in this age of globalization there was a dearth of representation considering how many nations did not make it to the grand stage, or even compete for that matter, The lack of diversity of the athletes in the running for medals is a sad commentary on how far the international community has gone to make the premier venue for international relations truly representative of all nations. The IOC needs to do more to bring the diversity of our global community into the field of competition. The international community needs to do more to support an IOC goal to promote and support more great athletes from every nation. We are all fortunate to have inherited one of the oldest institutions of humanity, the Olympic Games, created for the purpose of memorializing our common bond as humans, paying deference to the value of diplomacy, creating a mechanism for halting state conflict, and demonstrating to all societies that we must always work to cooperate and participate as world citizens.