Posted on 10/01/2009 9:07:41 AM PDT by fujimoh
COPENHAGEN, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Tokyo governor Shintaro Ishihara warned on Wednesday the 2016 Olympics could be the last Games, with global warming an immediate threat to mankind.
Tokyo is bidding to host the 2016 summer Olympics with Chicago, Rio de Janeiro and Madrid also in the running. The International Olympic Committee will elect the winning candidate during its session on Oct. 2 in the Danish capital.
"It could be that the 2016 Games are the last Olympics in the history of mankind," Ishihara told reporters at a Tokyo 2016 press event ahead of the vote.
"Global warming is getting worse. We have to come up with measures without which Olympic Games could not last long.
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I am just sick and tired of this crazy bidding that goes on every couple of years.
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Okay, I’ll bite. If it’s to be the very, very last one, then I would argue that it’s the duty of all nations to make sure it’s NOT in Chicago...it started in Athens, and it should end there ;^)
If the athletes do not get rich, then it must also be because of global warming. See how evil it is?
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