Olympic Torch

[kilted scholar]

Although keen on sport (soccer but especially cricket, which I played regularly in younger days) I've never been one for the Olympics. That it's being held here is to my mind a good reason to be out of the country at the time. As for the hoopla over the torch, it's hard to get excited about a ritual started by Josef Goebbels to provide mystique for the Nazi regime at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

Note: the last point is a factual comment and, while it may have political undertones, I am confident that few would consider it a violation of the rule.

[McElmurry]

As for the hoopla over the torch, it's hard to get excited about a ritual started by Josef Goebbels to provide mystique for the Nazi regime at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

Note: the last point is a factual comment and, while it may have political undertones, I am confident that few would consider it a violation of the rule.

Well that didn't stop the Brits from reviving the ritual in 1948. I guess they recognized a good promotional method when they saw one.

http://www.history.com/news/2012/05/...ising-origins/