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As I sit here watching the Opening Ceremonies of the 29th Summer Olympics, I am in awe. I can’t even begin to imagine how much time, effort and thought went into coordinating not only the performances, but also the men, women and children (15,000 of them) executing those performances.
In the weeks leading up to the Games, Beijing received a lot of “negative” press about the strict guidelines, traffic laws and restrictions that they plan on imposing this week. And yes, some of it is a little extreme- like making citizens take a swig of liquids that are in discarded bottles (wish I could find that article again). But, I get it and I applaud them for it.
For one week, their ENTIRE country is not only in the spotlight of the United States, but in the spotlight of every single country that is participating. And, in this day in age, I’m sure a lot of the Olympic coverage will live on for much longer than a week on YouTube, Blogs, Twitter, etc.
If something were to go wrong in Beijing it would be like giving a presentation with a glaring spelling mistake to 2.5 billion people. Okay, not the greatest example, but the take away from both would be the mistake and not all the amazingly right things done.
In the case of the Olympic hosting country, “bad” press is not “good” press. I applaud Beijing for taking every precautionary, proactive step possible to not allow “bad” press to happen.
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