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Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule
Why would this get more coverage than an event which strives to show unity and competition across the globe? Or more than an event which shows humans of all ethnicities pushing themselves to the extremes of human endurance?
Don't get me wrong, it's quite the fascinating piece of technology. Just don't get why it deserves more hype and coverage than the Olympics.
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It's the difference between learning to play nice with your siblings in the crib, and peeking over the crib to see the world outside.
Competing together worldwide, for stuff like the Olympics and the World Cup, having a forum at the UN that people can get together and talk, is great. But while athletes play, there are people doing real work that can make a far bigger difference than running a faster 100m dash, that should be celebrated. Like NASA, like the people working on curing AIDS. Not that I still don't enjoy stuff like the Olympics and the NFL. But this latest Mars probe is far more significant than this latest Olympics.