Olympic Opening Ceremony - Ask me {spoilers}

[suranyi]

@ralph124c

Given that most of the ceremony comes from the 1936 Nazi Olympics, why do we still have it?
All that stuff about lighting the torch and passing it sounds so “third reich-ish”-can’t we come up with ceremonies that have less unpleasant associations?
How about an “Olympic Tea Party”? That would be much nicer.

Not true, only the torch run comes from the 1936 Olympics.

[Mahaloth]

@ralph124c

Given that most of the ceremony comes from the 1936 Nazi Olympics, why do we still have it?
All that stuff about lighting the torch and passing it sounds so “third reich-ish”-can’t we come up with ceremonies that have less unpleasant associations?
How about an “Olympic Tea Party”? That would be much nicer.

Lots of things have odd origins. It doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy them now. I enjoy having a Christmas tree and I don’t care that it has pagan(I think) origins.