Posted AT 4:14 AM EST on 15/08/08
My Olympic motto: higher, faster, weepier
In the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, the world that emerged from the floor of the Bird's Nest stadium did it to me. Illuminated and perfect, with athletes twirling and running and leaping around its circumference, suspended by invisible support in apparent defiance of gravity, the effect even on television was magical. I was moved. Which means: I cried. Even cynicism for the One World One Dream feel-good propaganda didn't stem the flow.
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