What if Nero didn’t let Rome burn, as he played the violin?
A modern day chapter was written in the famous story about Nero playing the violin (actually it was a lyre) while Rome burned around him. Only in this version, Nero is played by Jacques Rogge and Rome is instead the 2008 Olympic Games. Jacques Rogge is the embattled President of the International Olympic Committee. The man who is responsible for making sure China pulls off the 2008 Beijing Games. And for months as various controversies raged around the Chinese Government handling of human rights issues, Rogge continued to say little and do nothing. Rogge avoided the issues because he was reluctant to criticize the Chinese Government, saying he thought that would “backfire”. But as the World watched the fierce protests of the Olympic flame in Paris, London and San Francisco; Rogge finally broke his silence. He called on the Chinese government to make good on the commitments they made to improve their human rights, which originally landed them 2008 Olympics. He also promised that athlete
