The Unpopularity of the Commonwealth Games

I do reckon there are two types of people. There are the people who double down on an initial commitment, because they want to save face. And there are the people that pull out, even though it's unpopular. The thing is, Dan Andrews pulling out at this point is probably the right decision. Like clearly, it's not a popular one. He clearly didn't particularly want to make it. It's that sunk cost fallacy of so many of us when we have put a lot into a course of action where reluctant to pull out. I very much think it's the right decision to cancel it. But you can't then ignore all the issues or the utopian issues, as you said

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