Organizers of the Paris Olypmpics have apologized for the offense caused by the Opening Ceremony. Videos of the full ceremony have been removed and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has been busy claiming copyright violations to have videos and images removed.
The recreation of the Last Supper of Jesus with obese, queer and scandily clad characters was especially offensive to Christians and non-Christians alike. Why sexualize the last supper? Even Iranian leaders – non-Christians! – said that it was an “insulting representation of Jesus Christ [and] completely offensive and crossed all red lines.”
The IOC apology was not really an apology. They apologized IF people were offended. Not for the offense. Anne Descamps, an Olympic spokesperson said this: “Clearly there was never an intention to show disrespect to any religious group. [The opening ceremony] tried to celebrate community tolerance…We believe this ambition was achieved. If people have taken any offence we are really sorry.”
Which means that they really aren’t sorry.
Nor are they sorry that athletes are escaping the Olympic village due to the green policies that have made their competition hell. The village does not have air conditioning so the American team brought their own. The athletes were given cardboard beds so many athletes booked hotels. And they are running out of food because they tried to offer a 1/3 plant-based menu and the athletes don’t want that.
In short: The Paris Olympics are a joke and an insult to athletes who work their entire lives to compete for their country.
France will get a chance to embarrass themselves again in 2030 because the country was awarded the Winter Games in the French Alps.
