Brendan O\u00c2\u00b4Neill, ritstj\u00f3ri Spiked, er skarpur \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e9lagsr\u00fdnir – eins og margoft hefur komi\u00f0 fram \u00e1 \u00feessari s\u00ed\u00ad\u00f0u. \u00c1 stuttu m\u00e1li gengur ritstj\u00f3rnarstefna Spiked \u00fat \u00e1 tvennt: a\u00f0 berjast fyrir \u00f3skertu tj\u00e1ningarfrelsi og and\u00e6fa bulli og klisjum.<\/p>\n
N\u00fa, \u00feegar annar hver pistlah\u00f6fundur skrifar um \u00d3lymp\u00ed\u00aduleikana og vondu K\u00ed\u00adnverjanna, er n\u00e1lgun O\u00c2\u00b4Neills nokku\u00f0 \u00f3venjuleg. Hann bendir nefnilega \u00e1 a\u00f0 pers\u00f3nunj\u00f3snirnar og l\u00f6greglur\u00ed\u00adki\u00f0 \u00ed\u00ad kringum \u00d3L 2008 s\u00e9 einungis r\u00f6kr\u00e9tt framhald af \u00fev\u00ed\u00ad sem vi\u00f0 h\u00f6fum horft upp\u00e1 \u00ed\u00ad tengslum vi\u00f0 leikanna \u00e1 li\u00f0num \u00e1rum.<\/p>\n
Fyrir \u00feremur og h\u00e1lfu \u00e1ri skrifa\u00f0i Brendan O\u00c2\u00b4Neill \u00feessa grein um \u00d3lymp\u00ed\u00aduleikana \u00ed\u00ad A\u00feenu 2004<\/a>. \u00dear rakti hann hvernig umsvif \u00f6ryggisg\u00e6slunnar v\u00e6ru komin \u00fat fyrir allan \u00fej\u00f3fab\u00e1lk: \u00f6ryggismyndav\u00e9lar, leynilegir hlj\u00f3\u00f0nemar, kerfisbundnar hleranir og lestur \u00e1 t\u00f6lvusamskiptum – allt var \u00feetta hluti af leikunum fyrir fj\u00f3rum \u00e1rum. Munurinn var hins vegar s\u00e1 a\u00f0 \u00fe\u00e1 \u00fe\u00f3tti \u00feetta fr\u00e1b\u00e6rt! \u00c1 nafni „str\u00ed\u00ad\u00f0sins gegn hry\u00f0juverkum“ var \u00fea\u00f0 tali\u00f0 til hreinnar fyrirmyndar hversu \u00f6flugu l\u00f6greglur\u00ed\u00adki Grikkjunum t\u00f3kst a\u00f0 koma s\u00e9r upp. Einstaka menn, eins og besserwisserarnir \u00e1 Spiked \u00f6mu\u00f0ust vi\u00f0 \u00feessu – fj\u00f6lmi\u00f0lar og mannr\u00e9ttindasamt\u00f6k \u00fe\u00f6g\u00f0u \u00feunnu hlj\u00f3\u00f0i.<\/p>\n O\u00c2\u00b4Neill bendir \u00e1 \u00fea\u00f0 \u00ed\u00ad g\u00f3\u00f0ri grein<\/a>, a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 s\u00e9 jafnmikilv\u00e6gt a\u00f0 berjast gegn eftirlits\u00fej\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e9laginu \u00e1 Vesturl\u00f6ndum og \u00ed\u00ad austurvegi – og a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 geti hreinlega veri\u00f0 ska\u00f0legt fyrir frelsi okkar h\u00e9r \u00ed\u00ad Vestur-Evr\u00f3pu ef vi\u00f0 leyfum r\u00e1\u00f0am\u00f6nnum a\u00f0 komast upp me\u00f0 a\u00f0 berja s\u00e9r \u00e1 brj\u00f3st gagnvart K\u00ed\u00adnverjunum og \u00feykjast vera s\u00e9rstakir talsmenn tj\u00e1ningarfrelsins:<\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0The message of this disturbing double standard \u00e2\u20ac\u201c where Greece was assisted by Western elements in its Olympian authoritarianism while China is condemned by Western elements for its Olympian authoritarianism \u00e2\u20ac\u201c seems clear: it is okay for \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcus\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 to sacrifice liberty in the name of security, but not \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcthem\u00e2\u20ac\u2122. Our denigration of rights is somehow more acceptable \u00e2\u20ac\u201c more legitimate, well-meaning, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcevidence-based\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 perhaps \u00e2\u20ac\u201c than theirs. Inexorably, unwittingly, the judgement of China by an entirely different standard to Western countries is rehabilitating the old, foul idea that Easterners are in some way more naturally wicked and malicious than we Westerners: a \u00e2\u20ac\u02dccruel race\u00e2\u20ac\u2122, as Bridget Jones\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 mum referred to them.<\/em><\/p>\n Lesi\u00f0 \u00feessa grein.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Brendan O\u00c2\u00b4Neill, ritstj\u00f3ri Spiked, er skarpur \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e9lagsr\u00fdnir – eins og margoft hefur komi\u00f0 fram \u00e1 \u00feessari s\u00ed\u00ad\u00f0u. \u00c1 stuttu m\u00e1li gengur ritstj\u00f3rnarstefna Spiked \u00fat \u00e1 tvennt: a\u00f0 berjast fyrir \u00f3skertu tj\u00e1ningarfrelsi og and\u00e6fa bulli og klisjum. N\u00fa, \u00feegar annar hver pistlah\u00f6fundur skrifar um \u00d3lymp\u00ed\u00aduleikana og vondu K\u00ed\u00adnverjanna, er n\u00e1lgun O\u00c2\u00b4Neills nokku\u00f0 \u00f3venjuleg. Hann bendir nefnilega … Halda \u00e1fram a\u00f0 lesa: \u00d3L og \u00f6ryggisr\u00e1\u00f0stafanirnar<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2458\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}