Sochi 2014 and the Olympic rings have changed. We could be flippant about such a faux pas but there is something interesting about this unintended icon. The HUGE issue about the Sochi games is surely the LBGT one (though I hesitate to rest on that single issue in a repressive state). But this new Olympic icon could come to represent so much more. The inclusive rings of the Olympic spirit - well inclusive for all except those frozen out (i.e., in the snowflake that didn't open into one of the famous rings). But for me to make this as a suggestion I would have to gain support. I will try to write it for The Conversation: http://theconversation.com/uk Of course, the worrying thing is that the person responsible for the faux pas is probably already losing his job and perhaps more - is there elite life on Mars?
