agosto 23, 2007
Grilhetas Olímpicas
Paris, Museu do Homem (Trocadero), 7 de Agosto de 2007
Por estes dias, em Paris, muitos refugiados políticos chineses, muitos tibetanos exilados e muitos cidadãos franceses manifestam-se contra a organização dos Jogos Olímpicos pelos chineses. Nas suas manifestações, que podem ir de gritadas manifestações de rua a placards móveis tirados por bicicletas, um traço estético dominante: cartazes em que se substituiram os coloridos anéis olímpicos por grilhetas. Os turistas olham-nos e, sem verdadeiramente os ver, seguem o seu caminho. Os locais nem olham. A grande quantidade de liberdade de expressão, paradoxalmente, ofusca quem reclama um minimo de liberdade.
Acontece que como foi um Francês quem estabeleceu a chamada 'Carta Olímpica', a rapaziada da Planície -provincianices...- registou com desagrado a frieza dos franciús de hoje face à hipocrisia dos tiranetes de Pequim que, salvaguardados por interesses comerciais inconfessáveis, lá vão desportivamente trucidando a pacífica cultura tibetana e espezinhando os direitos de cidadania dos seus compatriotas enquanto sorridentes se armam em excelsos sportsmen.
É verdade que em Berlim e em Moscovo não triunfavam regimes muito humanistas quando lá se realizaram os Jogos, mas isso não divide por três o a responsabilidade do hipócrita atropelo chinês. Ao contrário: multiplica-a pelo número de todos aqueles que se calam e se estão nas tintas para os princípios.
Já agora, e para dar a oportunidade ao prezado leitor de, em querendo, fazer alguma coisa, aqui deixamos um site em que pode consubstanciar o seu protesto e, em 'continue a ler', a 'Carta Olímpica' de onde, desde já, julgamos útil destacar o 5º Princípio e, já agora, o 6º.
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Any form of discrimination with regard to a country or a person on grounds of race, religion, politics, gender or otherwise is incompatible with belonging to the Olympic Movement.
Qualquer forma de discriminação baseada na nacionalidade ou na pessoa quanto à sua raça, religião, opção política, género, ou qualquer outra é incompatível com a pertença ao Movimento Olímpico
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Belonging to the Olympic Movement requires compliance with the Olympic Charter and recognition by the IOC.
A pertença ao Movimento Olímpico implica o cumprimento do estabelecido na Carta Olímpica e o reconhecimento pelo Comité Olímpico Internacional
The Olympic Charter
(Tirado daqui)
The Olympic Charter (OC) is the codification of the Fundamental Principles of Olympism, Rules and Bye-Laws adopted by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It governs the organisation, action and operation of the Olympic Movement and sets forth the conditions for the celebration of the Olympic Games. In essence, the Olympic Charter serves three main purposes:
a) The Olympic Charter, as a basic instrument of a constitutional nature, sets forth and recalls the Fundamental Principles and essential values of Olympism.
b) The Olympic Charter also serves as statutes for the International Olympic Committee.
c) In addition, the Olympic Charter defines the main reciprocal rights and obligations of the three main constituents of the Olympic Movement, namely the International Olympic Committee, the International Federations and the National Olympic Committees, as well as the Organising Committees for the Olympic Games, all of which are required to comply with the Olympic Charter.
Preamble Modern Olympism was conceived by Pierre de Coubertin, on whose initiative the International Athletic Congress of Paris was held in June 1894.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) constituted itself on 23 June 1894. The first Olympic Games (Games of the Olympiad) of modern times were celebrated in Athens, Greece, in 1896. In 1914, the Olympic flag presented by Pierre de Coubertin at the Paris Congress was adopted. It includes the five interlaced rings, which represent the union of the five continents and the meeting of athletes from throughout the world at the Olympic Games. The first Olympic Winter Games were celebrated in Chamonix, France, in 1924.
Fundamental Principles of Olympism 1 Olympism is a philosophy of life, exalting and combining in a balanced whole the qualities of body, will and mind. Blending sport with culture and education, Olympism seeks to create a way of life based on the joy of effort, the educational value of good example and respect for universal fundamental ethical principles.
2 The goal of Olympism is to place sport at the service of the harmonious development of man, with a view to promoting a peaceful society concerned with the preservation of human dignity.
3 The Olympic Movement is the concerted, organised, universal and permanent action, carried out under the supreme authority of the IOC, of all individuals and entities who are inspired by the values of Olympism. It covers the five continents. It reaches its peak with the bringing together of the world's athletes at the great sports festival, the Olympic Games. Its symbol is five interlaced rings.
4 The practice of sport is a human right. Every individual must have the possibility of practising sport, without discrimination of any kind and in the Olympic spirit, which requires mutual understanding with a spirit of friendship, solidarity and fair play. The organisation, administration and management of sport must be controlled by independent sports organisations.
5 Any form of discrimination with regard to a country or a person on grounds of race, religion, politics, gender or otherwise is incompatible with belonging to the Olympic Movement.
6 Belonging to the Olympic Movement requires compliance with the Olympic Charter and recognition by the IOC.