Olympic Silence

[akycha]

Forty years after 11 athletes were murdered in Munich, Israel still mourns alone.I was 11 years old and a fanatical sports fan. I could stay glued to the TV and radio for hours on end, rooting for my hometown teams. The pinnacle sporting event was the Olympics, providing not only a panoply of world-class athletics, but a once-in-four-year

Comments

[stellaglam]

What's the IOCs reasoning behind not having a moment of silence? If they commemorate things like the '96 Olympic bombing etc it's pretty horrific that they still don't have one for what happened in Munich!

[twowaymirrrors]

I think the usual excuse is they don't want the games to become political

[ruby_chalice]

If there's existing precedent where other tragedies have been commemorated at the Olympics, I can't understand the IOC's refusal of a minutes silence for the athletes murdered in Munich. It seems deeply unfair.

[aviv_b]

If there's existing precedent where other tragedies have been commemorated at the Olympics, I can't understand the IOC's refusal of a minutes silence for the athletes murdered in Munich. It seems deeply unfair anti-semitic.

There, fixed that for you.

[vvalkyri]

ESP as they did just have a commemoration of 7/7. http://deadspin.com/5929778/heres-the-opening-ceremony-tribute-to-terrorism-victims-nbc-doesnt-want-you-to-see