Popular events like the football world cup and other international sporting occasions are essential in easing international tensions and releasing patriotic emotions in a safe way. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?
Some people think that international sporting events such as the football world cup and the olympics are crucial for people from all over the world to bond each other as well as ease the intensity of international political events. However, I partly agree with this statement because political and historical elements can still be involved in those sporting occasions.
To begin with, even though the ultimate purpose of holding international sporting events is based on global peace, but for some currently conflicting countries, public emotions toward the other countries and their people can be worsen along the sport game results. Furthermore, even game results can be manipulated by some referees that have negative feelings towards certain countries, which will provoke people’s anger. For example, two neighbour countries, Korea and Japan have been conflicting for a long time because of historical and political issues. Everytime two countries meet each other at sports occasions, not only those sports team members but also people in two countries get extremely intense and become judgemental to game results to each other. This can affect two countries’ international agreements.
Nevertheless, since international sporting events are mutual festivals for people from all over the world, and international meetings also stop during these periods, it is a good chance to know other countries’ identity, culture and background. For example, a lot of people didn’t know about the existence of South Korea before in 1988, which is the year when olympics held in Seoul, the capital city of South Korea, However, after the olympics, People started to get to know about South Korea and also the difference of South Korea and North Korea.
To sum up, International sporting events are essential in the sense that they can bond people from all over the world together without considering political relationships, however, it can also trigger people to hate each other more based on their history.
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