Comments on: Torch attack in England http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2008/04/06/torch-attack-in-england/ News, Insights, and Humour Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:12:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: JimBobby http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2008/04/06/torch-attack-in-england/#comment-120013 JimBobby Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:31:37 +0000 http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2008/04/06/torch-attack-in-england/#comment-120013 Whooee! The torch run's just gettin' started. There will be more protests as it goes all around the world. The IOC selected Beijing over Toronto. They must have expected some of this sort of trouble. Perhaps, buoyed by ping-pong diplomacy from 40 years back, they thought the Olympics would revolutionize China's human rights record. The modern games have always been about politics. Witness Jesse Owens in 1936 and the black power salutes of 1968. China is the worst of the worst when it comes to human rights. I'm glad to see the games are shedding some light this trading partner whose ass Canada and the US have kissed unceasingly for the past decade or more. Torture, execution and forced relocations are the norm for political dissenters in China. Luckily, China doesn't police the streets where the torch will be carried. JB Whooee! The torch run’s just gettin’ started. There will be more protests as it goes all around the world.

The IOC selected Beijing over Toronto. They must have expected some of this sort of trouble. Perhaps, buoyed by ping-pong diplomacy from 40 years back, they thought the Olympics would revolutionize China’s human rights record. The modern games have always been about politics. Witness Jesse Owens in 1936 and the black power salutes of 1968.

China is the worst of the worst when it comes to human rights. I’m glad to see the games are shedding some light this trading partner whose ass Canada and the US have kissed unceasingly for the past decade or more. Torture, execution and forced relocations are the norm for political dissenters in China. Luckily, China doesn’t police the streets where the torch will be carried.

JB

]]> By: Louise http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2008/04/06/torch-attack-in-england/#comment-118811 Louise Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:54:45 +0000 http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2008/04/06/torch-attack-in-england/#comment-118811 I don't know about the corporate business, but they have always been political. Frankly, I think they've been pretty much of a farce for a very long time. Performance enhancing drugs. Political statements. You name. I haven't detected much of an "Olympic Spirit" in them, ever. I don’t know about the corporate business, but they have always been political. Frankly, I think they’ve been pretty much of a farce for a very long time. Performance enhancing drugs. Political statements. You name. I haven’t detected much of an “Olympic Spirit” in them, ever.

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