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Old 06-12-2019, 06:16 AM
Status: "Pickleball-Free American" (set 3 hours ago)
 
Location: St Simons Island, GA
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It's an.....unusual design. I remember a couple of pundits during the Games saying that the cauldron looked like a McDonald's French fry box.
IMO the media brought a lot of bias towards the South to their reportage. Do you recall such things being criticized in previous Olympic Games?
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Old 06-12-2019, 07:01 AM
 
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I wonder why. It rather flies against tradition, no? I thought that it was only to be lit during the ceremony, and then only in the host city.
Atlanta cares little for tradition. It has been this way for years. Not to its credit.
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Old 06-12-2019, 08:12 AM
 
Location: Atlanta
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IMO the media brought a lot of bias towards the South to their reportage. Do you recall such things being criticized in previous Olympic Games?
They certainly did, and no. I don't recall anything other than the usual lovefests we usually see.
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Old 06-12-2019, 08:13 AM
 
Location: Atlanta
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Atlanta cares little for tradition. It has been this way for years. Not to its credit.
Care to expand on this?
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Old 06-12-2019, 05:12 PM
Status: "Pickleball-Free American" (set 3 hours ago)
 
Location: St Simons Island, GA
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Care to expand on this?
It's OT, but there is some truth to it. Atlanta never adhered to "tradition" the way other Southern cities like Birmingham, New Orleans and Charleston did. As far as I'm concerned, it's been Atlanta's Saving Grace.
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