Chicago may have lost its bid to host the Olympics but two Chicago aldermen, evidently bewildered by all the Olympic spirit, yesterday proposed to build a casino complex where the city had hoped to build an Olympic Village.
The Olympics promote the values of integrity and a love for our fellow man. Casinos promote the values of greed, deceit and exploitation.
Just imagine the Olympics casino-style. There would be no need for any kind of training because all participants are looking to get something for nothing.
In the Casino Olympics, only one group gets to win the gold medal and they win it over and over again. And “they” are the casino owners. There is no second place…everyone else becomes a loser.
The real Olympic spirit has endured for centuries because it appeals to the best qualities of the human experience. Casinos represent the total opposite.