I'm all for watching the opening and closing ceremonies... always prescribed to the same formula laid down by Baron Pierre de Coubertin over 100 years ago.
Politicians are tempted to grandstand the opening ceremony... but Olympic rules require them to only declare the games open.
Here's the rules for the opening ceremonies, straight from the IOC's website: http://multimedia.olympic.org/pdf/en_report_840.pdf
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