Bill GreenOLYMPICS CAN'T SUPPORT SECRET MURDERINGS
July 15th 2008 02:55
The Olympic Games should be abandoned. Each country is determined to use it as a propaganda weapon. China’s disgraceful behaviour over Tibet with their murdering, torture, and daily oppression of the population, should be shunned for its duplication of Nazi behaviour. Yes, they’ve developed very straightforward policies that only mean genocide for Tibetans: forced sterility and arbitrary murder for anyone who criticizes or protests the regime.
Why should we help China attempt to clean their image (that’s all the Games are now – for any country) while the secret murderings continue?
And as for the athletes, what a bunch of whingeing brain dead people they appear to be ( see the repeat of Australian Story on the ABC). They can’t stand to lose so they have to pretend each member of the crew is perfect, except the one who couldn’t keep up. With that rowing crew spreading out into society with their mean self-focus on winning, we see that sport does not prepare anyone for the disasters that life can foist on everyone.
Why should we help China attempt to clean their image (that’s all the Games are now – for any country) while the secret murderings continue?
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Comment by Louie
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quite frankly, I'd be happy if the world never held another Olympic Games again.
The Sydney Olympics were the biggest eye opening experience of my life. That's when I realised how greed, consumerism and corporatism drives everything, even so-called pure amateur sports. This realisation was further enforced when the IOC granted China the rights to the 2008 games. Guess, they were willing to cough up more money than any of the other hopefuls.
Does anyone really think China is going to let us see what they don't want us to see? One of the worst abusers of human rights in the world and we go and pat them on the back by giving them the games.
Travesty.
Comment by Bill Green
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They're about to feel an economic dip that will hurt us all (Business Age on Sunday) and they will ignore any attempts to stop or modify climate change. Pollution has become worse than the 70's and even then you would choke if you walked too fast. The smog was touchable.
We need to show them we're not wearing any of it. Louie the not buying "manufactured in China" is probably the best way to go but people are hard to galavanise on this thing.
My anger arrived when I watched the BBC report which showed a woman being sniped in the snow after weeks trying to escape. It was taken by a mountain climber over the border. Right now they're killing.
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The message I get from those that visit China regularly is that the people are very good but the government is a thug.
I regret the decision that the Olympic committee made to give the China the Games.
Now it is too late and no one can turn this ship around.
Comment by Wayne F
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In Ancient Greece, where the games started, the warring states of Greece would just stop everything they were doing for the week or so of games and compete against each other. After the games were over, everyone picked up their swords and shields and went back to fighting.
Once the Olympics are over this year everyone is going to jump back on China for what they've been doing. I think it's just annoying that all these politic stuff is interfering with something as awesome as the Olympics.
Comment by Bill Green
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Chinese bureaucrats are trained to lie, deny and cover up (just like ours) murder, injustice, pollution and many forms of graft and intimidation.
To get the Games a country has to bribe the Olympic committee members. They in turn behave as if they're more important than the athletes. They bully and threaten athletes who like to speak out. The committee members are about as sensitive to democratic rights as China's leaders.
Jeff, I'm not sure who's the butt of your good joke.
Wayne, I think the Olympics were once awesome but now it is who's training on the best (and lasting) undetectable drugs.