Either way, we here in the US lose.
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And lest we forget... it's all about the US...![]()
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Uhh...you lose too. You get to stay either stay up all night to watch it live or avoid spoilers and watch a replay.
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I get it... and there are ways around it... obviously, I'm not sure who sits around the tube watching all day Olympic coverage for two weeks, unless you're unemployed... but there will be special events/games that I will tough it out to watch live... 100 meters... soccer games...etc...
And while extremely difficult, it's not impossible to avoid SportsCenter while you watch the event on your PVR...
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Interesting question. Even if it was referenced, it might be slightly uncomfortable in the sense that it would be the story of one culture's displacement by another. For all that, Turkey is an admirably secular place, and Turks themselves seem to have nationalism as their primary identifier, rather than religion. I think the pre-Islamic past might be given a heavily Roman, cultural rather than religious flavour.If it's in Istanbul, I wonder how much of the Christian Byzantine history will be featured in the celebrations. Would it even be recognized?