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Re: Medals at Tokyo olympics are recycled from discarded electronic equipment

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Post by goldenkey »

MauranKilom wrote: post #54
Retric wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That’s misleading, gold ore can have an extremely high gold content. The comparison is to the minimum threshold for economic extraction and that’s from rocks via chemical leaching not electronics.

Ok, thank you. I went looking for the numbers before posting, but I mostly found the same "100 times" number repeated in different sources and decided to roll with it. Do you have some reference that could be used to inform instead?

Here's a reference for your convenience: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28016961

Re: Medals at Tokyo olympics are recycled from discarded electronic equipment

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Post by Alex3917 »

Tarsul wrote: post #55
mijamo wrote: post #20

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Is it? Plenty of athletes say they don't feel well. The specificity about Biles is that she was the great favorite and abandoned at the last minute in the Olympics without much prior signals that it could happen. Tennis players for instance have talked about pressure, depression, the importance of mental preparation for decades now. Recently Them for instance admitted he had a terrible breakdown after so many efforts…

For the competition that Biles competes in (all kinds of gymnastics) it is downright dangerous physically to compete without confidence because every small misstep can result in devastating injuries. That's not the case in many other sports.

We shouldn't have sports where you can increase your chances of winning by increasing your chances of becoming a quadriplegic or getting killed. Whether or not Biles should have pulled out of competition is moot, because her event(s) shouldn't exist in the first place.

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Post by new299 »

crakenzak wrote: post #60
new299 wrote: post #7

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I feel like any article on the Olympics should mention that >80% of the Japanese population was against holding the Olympics [1]. And that in most respects it has be a disaster, I've lost count of the number of scandals and resignations... [2] Rather than being good PR for Japan, it feels like it's been overwhelmingly negative. On top of this, COVID19 infections are rapidly increasing (now at their highest level). Wh…

You’re incorrect. The Fifa World Cup is the largest sporting event in the world.

In the context of my comment, I mean largest in terms of number of athletes and support staff. The Olympics is far larger in these terms I believe.

Re: Medals at Tokyo olympics are recycled from discarded electronic equipment

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Post by chrisseaton »

sheepdestroyer wrote: post #43
new299 wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I feel like any article on the Olympics should mention that >80% of the Japanese population was against holding the Olympics [1]. And that in most respects it has be a disaster, I've lost count of the number of scandals and resignations... [2] Rather than being good PR for Japan, it feels like it's been overwhelmingly negative. On top of this, COVID19 infections are rapidly increasing (now at their highest level). Wh…

At least the Games serve to shine light on Japan's refusal to respect UN's Convention on the Rights of the Child, despite ratifying it in 1994. Japan's Law incites and rewards Child Abductions by giving sole custody to the first abductor. Judicial visitation decisions are not enforced. By refusing to protect the fundamental Right of Children to access both their parents directly and regularly, as per the CRC, Japan i…

Whole thing seems to be about the denied rights of parents, not children? Doesn’t mention what any child wants anywhere. Weird to dress it up as being about the children.

Re: Medals at Tokyo olympics are recycled from discarded electronic equipment

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Post by gjsman-1000 »

sheepdestroyer wrote: post #43
new299 wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I feel like any article on the Olympics should mention that >80% of the Japanese population was against holding the Olympics [1]. And that in most respects it has be a disaster, I've lost count of the number of scandals and resignations... [2] Rather than being good PR for Japan, it feels like it's been overwhelmingly negative. On top of this, COVID19 infections are rapidly increasing (now at their highest level). Wh…

At least the Games serve to shine light on Japan's refusal to respect UN's Convention on the Rights of the Child, despite ratifying it in 1994. Japan's Law incites and rewards Child Abductions by giving sole custody to the first abductor. Judicial visitation decisions are not enforced. By refusing to protect the fundamental Right of Children to access both their parents directly and regularly, as per the CRC, Japan i…

The US does not respect these “rights” either.

And just because the UN says it doesn’t make it so.

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Post by goldenkey »

ColonialOne wrote: post #48
spodek wrote: post #46

The 10,000+ athletes who flew around the world and the 100,000-odd attendees who also flew around the world can all offset their emissions with that savings /sarcasm. I love athletics and competition, but do the Olympics promote activity or more sedentariness? They are certainly devastating to the environment. We can achieve more sport, communication, and what they Olympics represent by promoting local fun and games:…

Out of interest do you think it's worth sacrificing international sport competitions for the sake of the environment? What level of travel would you support, are continental competitions ok? National competitions?

The olympics isn't the only international sports competition. It's just the most daft one. It groups unrelated sports together like a circus. It slaps ads, sponsorships, and as much scrooging as it can all over the footage and then ironically pays the athletes a pittance to boot, making them rely on outside sponsorship deals.

Most sports have world championships. They don't need the resources that the Olympics do, because they are sport specific and not necessarily sponsored by the government. If I'm American and I goto the world boxing championship, I don't need Biden's permission to represent America. If I win, then an American won. I just get listed as holding the title. The Olympics on the other hand is an ill scandal based on bribes, doping and awful bureaucracy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Olympic_Games_scandals...

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Post by sheepdestroyer »

chrisseaton wrote: post #64
sheepdestroyer wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

At least the Games serve to shine light on Japan's refusal to respect UN's Convention on the Rights of the Child, despite ratifying it in 1994. Japan's Law incites and rewards Child Abductions by giving sole custody to the first abductor. Judicial visitation decisions are not enforced. By refusing to protect the fundamental Right of Children to access both their parents directly and regularly, as per the CRC, Japan i…

Whole thing seems to be about the denied rights of parents, not children? Doesn’t mention what any child wants anywhere. Weird to dress it up as being about the children.

Children benefit to have both parents in their lives, especially when young and can not express consent. There are enough studies and exemples in every other developed countries where it's the norm that it's not a matter of opinion.

The UN's CRC is indeed about Children's Human Rights. The specific article in question being Art 9.3

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Post by sheepdestroyer »

gjsman-1000 wrote: post #65
sheepdestroyer wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

At least the Games serve to shine light on Japan's refusal to respect UN's Convention on the Rights of the Child, despite ratifying it in 1994. Japan's Law incites and rewards Child Abductions by giving sole custody to the first abductor. Judicial visitation decisions are not enforced. By refusing to protect the fundamental Right of Children to access both their parents directly and regularly, as per the CRC, Japan i…

The US does not respect these “rights” either. And just because the UN says it doesn’t make it so.

Human Rights are Universal and Unalienable. But it's the fact that Japan chose to ratify the CRC treaty that "makes it so".

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Post by gjsman-1000 »

sheepdestroyer wrote: post #68
gjsman-1000 wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The US does not respect these “rights” either. And just because the UN says it doesn’t make it so.

Human Rights are Universal and Unalienable. But it's the fact that Japan chose to ratify the CRC treaty that "makes it so".

Human Rights as defined by the UN and Politicians are not necessarily Universal or Unalienable.

This does not mean I dispute that there are human rights. Politicians have every incentive to claim something as a right when it’s not.

For example, the UN could announce the newfound “Right to a Gun-Free Society.” Despite the name, it’s not Universal or Unalienable.

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Post by lostlogin »

wodenokoto wrote: post #10
new299 wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I feel like any article on the Olympics should mention that >80% of the Japanese population was against holding the Olympics [1]. And that in most respects it has be a disaster, I've lost count of the number of scandals and resignations... [2] Rather than being good PR for Japan, it feels like it's been overwhelmingly negative. On top of this, COVID19 infections are rapidly increasing (now at their highest level). Wh…

No. More than 80% are against doing Olympics during COVID lockdown. I think the majority is for a non-COVID olympics.

> I think the majority is for a non-COVID olympics

When you phrase it like that it has me imagining make the 100m sprint for Covid athletes (maybe 80% SpO2?). It sounds quite interesting. So I guess I’m now part of the 20%.

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