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| Author: | backtrack [ Wed Jul 30, 2008 10:06 am ] |
| Post subject: | The olympics |
Seeing as how china was granted the olmpics on the proviso that it would clean up it's rather dubious approach to human rights, it is refreshing to read stories such as this one: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7532813.stm |
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| Author: | Roger [ Wed Jul 30, 2008 10:59 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The olympics |
Awful. Did you see this? http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Olym ... dChannel=0 Quote: "We are going to do our best to facilitate the foreign media to do their reporting work through the Internet," BOCOG spokesman Sun Weide told a news conference. "I would remind you that Falun Gong is an evil, fake religion which has been banned by the Chinese government." Pretty strong language there. And what's the big deal regarding the Iraqi athletes? They had no problem accepting there when Uday Hussein was managing them. Ah, the Olympics are bullshit anyway. They should just be limited to pure physical challenges that a single person can do: who can run the fastest, who can pick up the biggest rock, etc. Fuck ice skating and hockey. |
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| Author: | Joe [ Wed Jul 30, 2008 11:02 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The olympics |
And this: http://www.theage.com.au/world/fears-of ... -3hkb.html Quote: Beijing police have been visiting bar owners in the popular Sanlitun area and asking them to sign pledges agreeing to not serve black people or Mongolians and ban activities including dancing. |
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| Author: | Vombie [ Wed Jul 30, 2008 11:31 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The olympics |
Joe wrote: And this: http://www.theage.com.au/world/fears-of ... -3hkb.html Quote: Beijing police have been visiting bar owners in the popular Sanlitun area and asking them to sign pledges agreeing to not serve black people or Mongolians and ban activities including dancing. Wow. I think they picked the WRONG place to hold the Olympics--for obvious reasons. Now I can't even buy a beer in Beijing? ...like I'd even want to now--knowing that's how they felt about people. Is China really ready for a world event like this one? |
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| Author: | Joe [ Wed Jul 30, 2008 11:36 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The olympics |
It's all about money. |
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| Author: | rhinomilk [ Wed Jul 30, 2008 11:45 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The olympics |
anyone watch the recently aired Ted Koppel special on the Discovery channel? i found it fascinating (it does touch on China's human rights issues, and you do get a sense of how censorship affects some of its citizens) with a fresh point of view - not saying it is an end-all account of what's going on there, but i learned quite a bit about their rapid expansion and how it affects everything http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/ko ... ights.html my take on it is that they're saying that issues such as human rights, the environment, etc. are secondary and their main concern is to bring their population of billions out of poverty. whether or not you agree with how it's done, it's insane to see how how much progress has been made in such a short period of time. |
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