2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy
February 13, 06 by kenrichThe 2006 Winter Olympics are well underway in Turin, Italy. On Friday I watched the opening ceremonies to see how Italy did in putting together the show. It was a decent show although there was certainly room for criticism there. Some of the costumes are simple and they seemed to use large groups of actors for a lot of their shows. I thought the Formula 1 Ferrarri was a little inappropriate, but I can understand how Italy wants to showcase their achievements in that area.
My wife believes there are entire countries that don’t care at all about the Winter Olympics. For instance, she thinks that the continents of Africa and South America probably have no interest in these games. I can understand this, because a lot of people have many problems and more don’t even have a Television or a newspaper to read about the events unfolding.
I’m sure once the games are over, everyone will remark on how successful the Olympics were and how gracious a host Italy has been. I think they deserve a lot of credit for this. In the true spirit of the Olympics, I hope it helps people the world over realize that we are all sharing the same planet and it’s in our best interest to take care of one another.
