Sunday, April 20, 2008
Do you agree with a boycott of the olympics?

Topic: Sports/Politics
Issue: Should a boycott of the Olympics stand?
Context: Present; 2008 Beijing Olympics
Keyword: Boycott - to avoid an event
- to avoid to what extent: totally? or still allows the athletes to compete but not under the country name

Topic sentence1 : the boycott of Olympic should not stand for it defeats the olympic spirit.
Topic sentence2 : the boycott of Olympic should not stand for it would strain international relationship of the host and those involved in the boycott
Topic sentence3 : the boycott of Olympic should not stand for it would waste the efforts put in by the athletes for this event.
Topic sentence4: the boycott of Olympic should stand for the host, China, is facing domestic problems

paragraph for topic sentence : I feel that the boycott of the olympic should not be supported for it would defeat the purpose of the olympics. We see from the Olympic flag, that the five rings represents 5 different continents thus signifying the union of all countries during the olympic. Which ultimately goes to show that the main aim of the Olympics is to promote good relations between countries despite the language barrier for sports is an universal event. for example, we see from the times magazine (march 24th; beyond the olympics) that the 'global audiences gather to watch television for 2 reasons; news stories and sporting events' thus from this we can tell that universally sports is an area of concern for everyone no matter where they are or what language they speak. Therefore, since we all have similar interest in sports, the best way to build our relations is through sports and that is why Olympics is started. So we see that if the boycott of the 2008 Beijing Olympic should stand, it would defeat the purpose of the Olympics which is to unify all the five continents in this event that occurs only every 4 years.

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