For anyone who still doubts that Western societies are disintegrating, the opening of the 2024 Paris Olympics is proof enough. The French spent more than $1.5 billion to insult half the world and to disgrace a country known for its high culture. The Olympic movement ground to a screeching halt beneath what must have been a divine rain cloud hung over France’s iconic city.

The Missing Sulfur and Fire

The most criticized moment in the otherwise cursed event was the horrific treatment of Leonardo da Vinci’s “Last Supper” acted out, featuring drag queens, a transgender model, and a naked singer made up as the Greek god of wine, Dionysus. No wonder, Paris’ skies opened up to pour down hail and raindrops the size of baseballs. Arson attacks, stranded opening spectators and athletes, the heinous Paris 2024 spectacle was the sports world’s modern Sodom and Gomorrah. After watching some segments, I’m surprised Lady Gaga and other performers were not turned into pillars of salt. Emmanuel Macron’s country seemed to be trying to taunt the almighty as well as human morality.

Christians worldwide expressed dismay over the portrayal of Christ and his apostles as pole-dancing transvestites. One angry viewer of the horrid spectacle in Paris summed up what most of the French must be feeling about now. Commenting on a lacklustre and amateurish performance by pop star Lady Gaga punctuates the rancid horror that unfolded in the city of light.

“It was the equivalent of defecating on the French flag. She........

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