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Re:Was There a Problem with the Rio Pool? by whack on Thursday August 18, 2016 @01:08PM (#12314332)
Not sure why Diego is being downvoted so much, when parent who made an equally incendiary comment wasn't.

Many respected "first world" journalists have also commented on the same pattern of people from richer countries condescending to poorer countries that host the Olympics.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/16/opinion/brazils-uplifting-...

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Re:Was There a Problem with the Rio Pool? by tedunangst on Thursday August 18, 2016 @03:47PM (#12315762)
Black September attacking the Olympic village was a less predictable event than many of the problems occurring in Rio, like chlorinating the diving pool with the wrong chemicals.
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Re:Was There a Problem with the Rio Pool? by Dylan16807 on Friday August 19, 2016 @06:06AM (#12318999)
>Not sure why Diego is being downvoted so much, when parent who made an equally incendiary comment wasn't.

Because "tu quoque" is a lot more obnoxious than just calling something bad.

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