I will boycott the Olympics - Page 3

Aliantha · 08-05-2008, 08:10 PM

really?

Aliantha · 08-05-2008, 08:14 PM

I see

ZenGum · 08-05-2008, 09:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aliantha

I see

Ali, you might want to recalibrate your irony detector.

(At least I really hope so!)

Aliantha · 08-05-2008, 09:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZenGum

Ali, you might want to recalibrate your irony detector.

(At least I really hope so!)

Maybe you need to recalibrate your droll acceptance of irony detector?

ZenGum · 08-05-2008, 09:19 PM

Ok, let's synchronise our snickerometers ... one, two, three....

Clodfobble · 08-05-2008, 09:12 PM

Yeah, it's completely disoriented.

Get it? Nyuk nyuk nyuk...

spudcon · 08-06-2008, 12:55 AM

Where will we hold the next Olympics. North Korea? What if Mugabe is still in power then, do we reward him also? I don't remember Olympics ever being held anywhere in Africa. I could be wrong. The fact is, no matter how much the bloody Chinese pay for the Olympics, they wil be getting much more in return, not only in finance, but in propaganda and political capital. We are giving them legitimacy as a civilized nation, which they are not. Post Stalinist Russia never came close to the human abuse of the Communist regime, from their beginning til now.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-06-2008, 01:11 AM

Propaganda and political capital, yes. But they can't be making money on this Olympics.
If it weren't for the slave labor, getting ready would have bankrupted them.

Radar · 08-06-2008, 02:30 AM

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Originally Posted by spudcon

Where will we hold the next Olympics. North Korea? What if Mugabe is still in power then, do we reward him also? I don't remember Olympics ever being held anywhere in Africa. I could be wrong. The fact is, no matter how much the bloody Chinese pay for the Olympics, they wil be getting much more in return, not only in finance, but in propaganda and political capital. We are giving them legitimacy as a civilized nation, which they are not. Post Stalinist Russia never came close to the human abuse of the Communist regime, from their beginning til now.

What do you mean "we"? When you ask where "we" will hold the Olympics and whether or not "we" should reward Mugabe. The Olympic committee is an international body of people who seek out the best location to hold the Olympics, and whether or not you like China, they've got a great venue, and they are as worthy of hosting the Olympics as America, England, France, Australia, or anyone else.

The U.S. Government is just as guilty of as many human rights violations as China, especially in Iraq, Cuba, etc. We aren't in a morally superior position to pass judgment on others and even if we were, the Olympics isn't a political arena. It's the opposite of a political arena. It's where nations put aside their political differences in the spirit of competition.

Those who would make outrageous claims comparing Mugabe to China or who want to stain the Olympics with their inane drivel are a disgrace.

miketrees · 08-06-2008, 05:10 AM

I blame the IOC for being mercenary heartless bastards, while I expect that from the Chinese the IOC should be above that.

I think the IOC have been bought out, at the cost of the integrity of the Olympic games.

classicman · 08-06-2008, 08:35 AM

So Radar - you think the US is as bad as China?

Radar · 08-06-2008, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by classicman

So Radar - you think the US is as bad as China?

Good and bad are relative terms. I say the United States is every bit as guilty of human rights violations and bullying other nations as China and the U.S. has no moral superiority over China. America was once the most free nation on earth. China has never been known for freedoms, yet in some ways they are more free than America, and in some ways America is more free than China.

The IOC's decision to host the games in China was fair, reasonable, equitable, and was most certainly not the result of bribery or coercion.

Shawnee123 · 08-06-2008, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Radar

~snip~
The IOC's decision to host the games in China was fair, reasonable, equitable, and was most certainly not the result of bribery or coercion.

How are you so certain? Did you ask?

aliasyzy · 08-09-2008, 12:55 AM

Good and Evil, typical mode of civilization.

We US are good, They Chinese are evil: It's right and noble to exert our power on them and destroy them.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-09-2008, 01:10 AM

I don't think pumping hundreds of billions of dollars into China's economy, will destroy your country.

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xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Propaganda and political capital, yes. But they can't be making money on this Olympics. If it weren't for the slave labor, getting ready would have bankrupted them. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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miketrees Regulator of Squalor Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 37	I blame the IOC for being mercenary heartless bastards, while I expect that from the Chinese the IOC should be above that. I think the IOC have been bought out, at the cost of the integrity of the Olympic games.

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