"I expect the Olympics will be alive and well for centuries to come."

I do not consider them alive now and certainly extremely unwell. Yes, some people enjoy watching the athletes show marvellous control of their bodies, their ability to do amazing things. Others enjoy watching the horrors of hockey and others the boredom of curling.

To me all of the sports watching combined cannot possibly be worth the cost to the Russian people. It is not worth the cost to the environment - considerable destruction took place to build the sites for these so-called "games". It is not worth the intolerance to the LGBT community and others or the deliberate murder of hundreds of "stray" dogs and cats.

I consider the spirit of the Olympic Games to be dead - completely. It was once a wonderful thing. Now it is merely another money maker for a few who have no consideration for the planet on which we all need to live or for those who live here. It is contemptible that the IOC has done this to what was once something wonderful. This choice of venue was (unprintably) stupid, thoughtless.... Just another ignorant, self-serving corporation, imo.