“I am always amazed when I hear people saying that sport creates goodwill between nations, and that if only the common peoples of the world could meet one another at football or cricket, they would have no inclination to meet on the battlefield. Even if one didn’t know from concrete examples (the 1936 Olympic Games, for instance) that international sporting contests lead to orgies of violence, one could deduce it from general principles.”
George Orwell, “Notes on Nationalism-The Sporting Spirit)”, 1945.
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