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...both wrong. I'm afraid," answers the stranger "It's the opening and closing ceremonies. No athletics are performed there, gentlemen. Only a parade featuring all of the Games' participants--despite the political tension, wars and ideological splits of their governments--marching together harmoniously, with a common interest. All have gravitated to the same track, traveled far from the troubled homes and governments to compete...
...stranger has intrigued the not-so-angry--but still angry--men "Just a moment, my good fellow What exactly are you proposing...
...that's true," answers the stranger. "But taken in a historical context, three Olympiads marred by political disputes isn't such a grave development. History goes in cycles it has been said. In 1936, Hitler's regime processed the Munich Games into a format which only exposed his propaganda globally. And World War II prevented the sponsoring of the Games in 1940 and 1944. But, from 1948 until 1972 the Olympics had succeeded in allowing nations temporarily to ignore their political vitality. True, the 1968 and '72 Games had their political incidents, but neither of them signaled the inability...
...stranger distances himself from the table and proclaims. "Gentlemen, think about an Olympics where the best compete against the best, but without associations with their countries. Yes, it would lack the sometimes burdensome political ramifications of the Games, but how empty such an Olympiad would seem, how pointless...
...stranger leaves...