(MENAFN- AzerNews)
By Farman Aydin, AZERNEWS
Theft, religious and ethnic racism, poor quality of service to
athletes, and more... all these criticisms became the main
headlines of stories about the 2024 Summer olympics in Paris.
Let's start with Baku first.
An unpleasant incident that occurred last day, during the
opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris, caused outrage in
Baku after the French television channel France 2 made provocative
remarks about Azerbaijani athletes. Comments by a French
commentator targeting Azerbaijan's territorial integrity during the
Armenian team's appearance was a stark provocation against
Azerbaijan. The fact that France has turned the Olympic Games and
traditional sports into political targets has not escaped the
audience's attention. Undoubtedly, official Baku will complain
about this to the International Olympic Committee, but it is not
convincing that France will draw any conclusions from its bias.
Another reason for this was, for example, the weirdness
experienced at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. The world
media is currently talking about the music presented or more
frankly, the scene that insults Christendom at the opening
ceremony.
Let us look at what social media writes about this
embarrassment.
Italy's Deputy Prime Minister and Infrastructure Minister Matteo
Salvini believes that the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in
Paris was not properly organized.
He wrote about it on the "X".
"Opening the Olympics by insulting billions of Christians in the
world was a terrible start, dear French. Pity," he said in his
tweet.
Salvini also commented on part of the broadcast of the opening
of the Olympics, referring to the biblical story of the Last
Supper, describing it as an insult to millions of Christians around
the world.
Another criticism came from an Italian MP.
"I really enjoyed the Gay Pride ceremony. Do you know when the
Olympics one is scheduled?" - European MP Nicola Procaccini from
Italy's ruling "Brothers of Italy" Party sarcastically assessed the
event in his post on the "X" social account.
Moreover, "Brothers of Italy" senator Lucho Malan emphasized in
his statement that the Paris ceremony "embarrasses France and
Europe", especially the scene imitating the Biblical plot of the
Last Supper.
Dr Eli David, a leading AI expert specializing in deep learning
and evolutionary computation, regretfully addressed a message to
all Christians in the world. He drew attention to France's
immorality towards religion and raised a question about the
reaction of Christians to it.
"Even as a Jew, I am infuriated by this outrageous insult to
Jesus and Christianity... How do you feel about it as
Christians?"
It should be noted that the Olympic Games continue in Paris, the
capital of France. 48 athletes of the Azerbaijan national team are
also taking part in the Olympics in which more than 11,000 athletes
participating.
The Olympic Games will continue until August 11.
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