Dear
Editor,
As a very obedient citizen of the god Zeus, I am displeased with the judge of
the boxing event at the Olympic Games. He has insulted all Greek citizens. He
deliberately "missed" seeing a cheat during the final match. The boxer
from Delphi, the (supposed) winner of the event, tripped his opponent and punched
him in the chest at almost the same moment, knocking him down. The Delphi boxer's
timing was off just enough for the judge to notice it (only a blind man would
have missed it)! Yet the judge "did not see" the cheating and claimed
the Delphi boxer was the winner.
I remember seeing the judge and the Delphi boxer earlier, on my way to the Games.
They were down a narrow, abandoned street where I saw the boxer give the judge
a large bag
of money! I couldn't hear what they were saying, but I bet
that it was a bribe to help the Delphi boxer win! Call them to account and make
them face the music!
Gicarius Talnius
Olympia, Greece
This letter was written by Sean Gillespie, a Grade 7 student at South Island
Distance Education School (SIDES) in Victoria, BC