Paris Olympics: Opening ceremony could be scaled down - warns Macron

[@nigelsmith3719]

An Olympics that requires so much security shows that the spirit of the Olympics is dead. To spend so much money over two weeks, is absolutely absurd. The world as it stands today does not deserve the Olympics. Do we tell the Israelis athletes to stay home, for fear of a repeat of 72? Does a country in conflict, which does not know how to live in peace, deserve to have athletes at the Olympics?

[@etxeberriamirza6656]

Hear hear

[@edgaraldana3205]

“The spirit of the Olympics is dead” Meanwhile the ancient Greeks: organizing games in the middle of wars.

[@gregsama785]

Munich

[@kristiantogunawan2546]

indeed!

[@RaymondHng]

The Olympic Truce is a tradition originating from ancient Greece that dates back to 776 BC. A "truce" was announced before and during the Olympic Games to ensure the host city state was not attacked and athletes and spectators could travel safely to the Games and peacefully return to their respective countries. In 1992, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) renewed this tradition by calling upon all nations to observe the Truce during the modern Games. The Truce was revived by United Nations Resolution 48/11 of 25 October 1993, as well by the United Nations Millennium Declaration relating to the world peace and security. In 1996, the Athens Bid Committee committed to revive the Olympic Truce and promoting it to the world through the Olympic flame relay. Three years later, the IOC announced the establishment of the International Olympic Truce Foundation and the International Olympic Truce Centre in cooperation with Greece. The vision was to protect the interests of athletes and sport, and to promote peaceful principles in modern day. Each host city was encouraged to embrace the meaning and spirit of the Olympic Truce in the planning and staging of the Games. As of 2022, the modern Olympic Truce starts one week before the main opening ceremony of the Olympic Games and ends one week after the closing ceremony of the Paralympic Games.

[@christopherflux6254]

That opening ceremony was always an In-Seine idea!!

[@kmatcyk]

How about the covid virus showing upk in the cerimony before it happened. Loo k dee per

[@jermanietedo]

The most ignorant and stupid idea was to have the OC on a river they havent been able to clean or make safe to swim in.

[@moorthykumar7494]

Ah yes blame the victims instead of the perpetrators

[@m.e.c.5837]

@@moorthykumar7494 what??? who is he blaming, river?

[@JustinJamesJeep]

...it is safe to swim in now ...

[@darrendaily2263]

Stay away from these games people!!!!!

[@stephenanderson1594]

Or just have everyone walk into a stadium like it's always been done 🤷

[@jermanietedo]

@ThePursuitWOD Yeah walking into a stadium filled with thousands of people there to celebrate the best athlete's in the world is so boring LMAO

[@jermanietedo]

@ThePursuitWOD I agree but it’s not safe enough! They should have cleaned it properly and been prepared. They ignored the fact and tried to paint over it with quick fixes.

[@chorlauheung4920]

GIGN are awesome!

[@azurman3]

This is the RAID here (that is part of the French police just like the BRI). GIGN is part of the French Gendarmerie

[@graciestroh]

So so excited! To be honest Olympics Paris !

[@mrpeel3239]

Couldn't they have held it in Coustellet, instead?!😮

[@joeson7700]

Be in Paris , be Paranoid, be Protected / safe .... watch at home .

[@fatinnuraisyah5058]

Religion respect other religion . Other religion respect religion . ❤❤❤

[@stanley1433]

Hope they are ready for hosting the Olympics

[@kimberlycrossley6134]

Well, there goes the Olympic Spirit, folks

[@kmatcyk]

French spirit wins

[@rob-time]

I am curious and concerned about what we never hear about. There must be some serious threats to warrant this level of security. It's always better to prepare for anything. I really hope people embrace the spirit of the games and have political protests peacefully in ways that won't hurt people.

[@hawlikd]

They keep saying the Muslim religion is so peaceful? Not really!

[@AtelierFleur]

yeah CLOSE than the olympics, macron

[@marlontabora1503]

When is the opening? Is it not today? June 26?

[@twilightfilms9436]

I’m worried about one of nostradamus quatrain…..

[@ricfermi5886]

No one is going to Paris !

[@jayp4768]

Paris stinks

[@Axel77430]

I will

[@spotty001dv6]

Is this the most humble olympic in recent decades ??? I keep seeing old building in all news about 2024 olympic.

[@1milliondogs]

Something tells me they are prepping security to protect people from native french people.

[@CarlosRubio-u7b]

👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@ad3mn]

Multiculturalism is so beneficial.

[@vsboy2577]

More wasted money

[@MrLegendra]

This has 100% something to do with the religion of peace, especially since its France.

[@Andrea-jr6xr]

☮️💐☮️🗼💕

[@casusbellio]

Who's going to watch the politicised Olympics anyways

[@Axel77430]

I will

[@markus33able]

Me!

[@Ripley201]

I will be watching the friendship games in Russia, no politics, pure sportsmanship ❤

[@Johnnyrotten-uc2fy]

🙏🙏🙏👍❤️

[@b.j.d9363]

And the warm watching of an Authoritarian government

[@richardmarsden5610]

Israel will be represented under a neutral flag?

[@eastafrica1020]

What about Russia and Iran?

[@richardmarsden5610]

@@eastafrica1020 IOC has no right whatsoever stopping any country competing under it's own flag. My point is the IOC is nothing but a Western political agenda led games competition.

[@ricfermi5886]

@@eastafrica1020 only Israël is against the humanity.

[@catherinethemba]

​@@ricfermi5886 sit down your ignorance us showing.

[@RaymondHng]

@@eastafrica1020 Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the IOC banned Russia and Belarus from the games for violating the Olympic Truce. Russian and Belarusian athletes may instead compete as "Individual Neutral Athletes" (AIN), as long as they did not "actively" support the war and therefore they should not carry the flag of the countries they are going to represent. Individual neutral athletes must be approved by each sport's international federation, but an international federation has the discretion not to approve any athletes in their sport. As individual athletes, AIN will not be considered a delegation during the opening ceremony or on official medal tables.

[@sebastianbarlow2308]

I wonder what is to blaim

[@Alper-hi9mh]

No Exploitations = No France 🇫🇷

[@moorthykumar7494]

Peaceful religion is at work again.

[@Edg5mx]

I hope they train with blacks

[@williammoore27]

Soapbox Derby USA can includes America's most favorite soapbox derby in 2024 Summer Olympic!🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁❤🤍💙❤🤍💙🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅