I don’t see how it is irrational. Anyone with eyes can see that it was unfair.
Anyone with eyes could see there was no genocide in Xinjiang. Anyone with a brain could realize how ridiculous the forced labor cotton picking stories were.
Didn't stop them from running those stories, did it?
Need we say more?
We know how the Americans arrange their medals table to suit their needs. Today, I came across how the Indians do theirs.
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They are actually being honest by putting the position number in front of the country names, but this is the first time I see anyone do this.
They arrange the table this way for their own convenience. It takes time to search way down the table.
This is fair. Otherwise they can’t find their country on the roster. Countries like Kazakhstan or Nigeria (no disrespect to either) probably do the same.
For my country Malaysia, if we're showing the full table, Malaysia will be put at exactly where it should be, we'll know where to look for them
If the table is truncated, ie only showing the top ten, then we'll just put Malaysia's tally at the bottom, after the top ten. I've never seen us put it at the top, that would be cringey.
There is nothing wrong with this approach. Indians would naturally want to know thier own medal count as a priority, and there is no shame in doing this. Its also 100% honest and doesn't actually mislead anyone.
Malaysian got it right. I've seen most country would do just that. Showed the top ten. Than have your own country just after with the placing showing. What the Indians doing is just cringey. I'm not sure they are trying to mislead anyone. But all the same they are trying to do something I think.