Officials are dismissing the concerns. MY VIEW Taryn is a fifth-year senior in English. Read her previous columns . I know the Olympics are athletically based, but another part of Olympic controversy, from the past and present, lies in where the games are actually located. A hell of a lot of money and political undermining goes on to get locations secured by countries all over the world.
Tourism is a massive industry throughout the world.
Sydney and Australia as a whole are set to make loads of money off travelers and their expenses while in the country. Sydney obtained the right to be host, so I would think that those attending the ceremonies and games would be cheated in a way by not receiving a glimpse of culture. This is an opportunity for world wide exposure of the power that our generation can have, and that we are going to keep upholding as adults on the horizon of leadership. I have friends who are gay, and they are just the same to me as my straight friends. They might have partners of the same sex, but more than anything I applaud them for acknowledging a step in their lives that I can only imagine as being highly difficult to do.