Thoughts on China & the Olympics

[cuteASAbug]

I saw the news article today about the torch and it made me kind of sad. I think it's too late to boycott anything now considering that this isn't exactly a new thing and that people have known for years that China would be hosting this summer's Olympics. Right now, it is too short notice too much of an economic for any country to take over the Olympics, and considering that the only time that the games weren't held was in 1940 and 1944 due to World War II, I think that it would do more harm than good and would go against the Olympic spirit to boycott the games now.

[PeppyGPhiB]

Personally I think the main, if only, reason China has been "upgrading" the past 5-8 years has been because of the Olympic bid. The government sees it as a chance to show the world that the country's not backward and that its form of governing doesn't suck. It's propoganda. And I think that's a kindof crummy reason for reform.

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by cuteASAbug

I think it's too late to boycott anything now considering that this isn't exactly a new thing and that people have known for years that China would be hosting this summer's Olympics.

People also have known for years what China was doing so I really don't know why NOW people are just starting to et a clue.

Originally Posted by cuteASAbug

This isn't exactly anything new in the world of the games.

Quote of the day....love it....