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The Olympics
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07 Aug 2008 Thu 05:43 pm |
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Quoting AEnigmamagnadea: Quoting teaschip: Yes, but those pennies are also helping their economy and feeding their children. |
Oh god! How Marie Antoinette can you get?!?! It doesn´t matter if they live in horrible conditions in factories and are paid a few pennies for a weeks work, compared to the millions being made by the rich, because you feel you are helping them!!!
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No, not at all. I didn´t say I supported their working or living conditions. But if we stopped our imports, I don´t see this as a resolution either for them.
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07 Aug 2008 Thu 08:13 pm |
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Quoting AEnigmamagnadea: What is your view about the Olympics in Beijing?
Personally I will make my own silent protest by not watching a single part of it (especially the opening and closing ceremonies)  |
would you do the same thing if the olympics were to be held in your country, considering the human right abuses of the British government in Iraq?
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08 Aug 2008 Fri 12:36 am |
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Quoting tamikidakika: Quoting AEnigmamagnadea: What is your view about the Olympics in Beijing?
Personally I will make my own silent protest by not watching a single part of it (especially the opening and closing ceremonies) |
would you do the same thing if the olympics were to be held in your country, considering the human right abuses of the British government in Iraq? |
That is why sport cannot be held at ransome with protests about this that and the other abuse. These sports men and women do not deserve it. The Olympics will be held in London in 2012 and I suspect by that time, we will have seen more bombings in our country and we will be on high alert. Everyone will be afraid to come to London.
The problems are between goverments, coluding, and it is they that must sort out the political mess, not the Olympics.
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08 Aug 2008 Fri 08:10 am |
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sorry to the protestors here,,,i am a chinese..
in my opinion,,OLYMPIC GAMES is only a game for all the sporters,,so we should esteem them ,no matter in which country it will be held..do you think so???
and at the other hand,,you think chinese live a bad life,,while we think your people live a bad life,,maybe our country is not so rich as yours,,but we earn money here and consume here,,,we enjoy our goverment,our life,,we esteem our political leaders,,we can stand in same line in front of difficulties,,so how about the situations in your country????
and undoubtedly,,china is getting richer and richer,,stronger and stronger,,you protestors,,just sit and see!!!
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08 Aug 2008 Fri 08:40 am |
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Quoting perfjenny: sorry to the protestors here,,,i am a chinese..
in my opinion,,OLYMPIC GAMES is only a game for all the sporters,,so we should esteem them ,no matter in which country it will be held..do you think so???
and at the other hand,,you think chinese live a bad life,,while we think your people live a bad life,,maybe our country is not so rich as yours,,but we earn money here and consume here,,,we enjoy our goverment,our life,,we esteem our political leaders,,we can stand in same line in front of difficulties,,so how about the situations in your country????
and undoubtedly,,china is getting richer and richer,,stronger and stronger,,you protestors,,just sit and see!!! |
Hahaha, Chinese propaganda works 
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08 Aug 2008 Fri 09:57 am |
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Quoting catwoman:
Hahaha, Chinese propaganda works |
Come on, somebody who doesn´t care about human rights and just lives there, preferably in a city, has a job has nothing to complain about. Let´s not forget that although it is People´s Republic of China (rings a bell, doesn´t it, Cat?) they have a free market and greatly benefit from it.
I´ve seen a great documentary about China - lifestyles of city and country dwellers were contrasted. City life is like anywhere - you work, you make money, you go to restaurants, go abroad but in the countryside...terrible. People living off what they produce, no pensions for older people, one-child policy together with the desire for the baby to be a boy resulted in high number of males who have problems finding a spouse. Young boys moving to the city to make money, working for peanuts at building sites, yet, those peanuts make a fortune when they go back home. Shocking. Shortage of women creates a market for human trafficking, girls are kidnapped and sold not only to brothels but also to farmers as wives. And the thought that having a photo of Dalai Lama can grant you jail is scary.
Still, you may live quite well off if you don´t care about free Tibet, you´re educated and have a job.
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08 Aug 2008 Fri 10:56 am |
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The Olympic committee today (again) found pollution levels in Beijing far higher than the acceptable level for athletes (particularly those in endurance competitions).
What will they do? Ignore the pollution levels and go against their own rules or cancel those affected events.
Somehow I think it will be the former  
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08 Aug 2008 Fri 10:56 am |
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Quoting perfjenny: and undoubtedly,,china is getting richer and richer,,stronger and stronger,,you protestors,,just sit and see!!! |
We have no doubt about it
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08 Aug 2008 Fri 11:20 am |
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Well,i think Olympics is a chance for people to get together,to hear each others,to know each others,in spite of all the govenments SUCCESSFUL efforts to make that happen
At the Olympics,it can actually happen.
So i believe you can protest even more by watching it,not the other way arround
Media can be a good element here,you can watch it,and carry signs or things like that protesting against human abuse,or whatever.
So,it will give a massage,´´yes we want to have understanding with you,but at same time,there are things that we dont accept ´´
So actually you can be heard there too.
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08 Aug 2008 Fri 12:00 pm |
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there is only one china is the world,,its uniform...
no matter how our poor people make money,,important is that we make money by ourselves,,rather than by government pensions...chinese use our own hands to create treasures..i think its much more better than the people who are waitting for government pensions while not working...only working can keep one country rich all the time
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09 Aug 2008 Sat 12:20 am |
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I don´t agree with many of the policies of China, however, these athletes have been training for most of their lives to be part of the Olympics. It is just their rotten luck that "their" olympics happened to be in a very controversial country. I feel like the Olympic committe made a bit of a miss-step in choosing China and it is the athletes that are being penalized. I will watch because the Olympics challenges us to put politics to the side and be inspired by the human spirit.
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