Civil disobedience - a new olympic sport?

Dear reader,  the regular one, the one sort of upset after reading my previous post on civil disobedience but lacking the energy to write in and tell me off, wait until you read this one! Because events the world over constantly overtake me, making me angry and disappointed in equal measure at different times, I want to say a bit more on this subject while I'm still upset in one way or another (I wrote all this some time ago, but only decided to burden you with it now...!).

Let me get the olympic sport bit out of the way first : if civil disobedience can be regarded as a sport, it could be a new form of pentathlon, more up-to-date and ready to appeal to current young people. It contains everything, from throws (ah, those lovely molotov cocktails, just need to get a couple of standard sizes and we're there) to modern combat (batons and thick staves needed, again a standard needs to be established and shields outlawed), adding running with two groups (one running ahead and a chasing group a few seconds behind), weightlifting in the form of ripping out and lifting above shoulder level paving stones and other things, progressively heavier (and hopefully causing more and more damage to adjacent buildings and whatever else handy), a wrestling contest completing the challenge, perhaps similar looking to an arrest by security forces, even ending with a handcuffing to signify a winner.

The modern Olympic Games have become a multi-cultural money festival, where multinational companies compete to pour in money and showcase their name to the world. They bear no resemblance to the Olympic Games that dominated life in Ancient Greece, rooted in competition for glory and a laurel wreath, but involving no money. Today the Games are all about a show - live, as well as the hugely valuable television coverage - and all that goes with it, so that many different new sports seem to be considered all the time in order to add viewers. The main justifications I hear for proposing a new 'sport' is that it involves great difficulty in its execution - wow, like eating an ice-cream cone while hanging upside down from a chandelier, say? - and that it has a 'following'!

That's where Civil Disobedience can step in, natty yellow vests everywhere - or, indeed, the preferred sponsor's colours - adding a splash of much needed colour, not to mention the odd explosion! Think about it: the Olympic Games will get a wonderful new sport, adding variety, the streets can return to their previous peaceful existence once proper training facilities are built and, as an extra bonus, we get to see the people involved without hoodies, as they will want to claim their prizes and things. And more and more young people will want to take part, keeping them off the streets but having fun and, potentially, winning Olympic medals!

A winner plan all around, me thinks!