Beijing: 08-08-2008 - Page 14

srmom · #1 08-19-2008, 09:48 AM

Hey Guys!!! My friend Anna WON the gold medal in sailing - Laser Radials!!!!

Link below:

http://view.exacttarget.com/?j=fe681...7666017f711371

I will see her soon, and when I do !!!! Woohoo - Champagne!!!

BetteDavisEyes · #2 08-19-2008, 10:08 AM

I actually woke up to watch the live stream of the women's gymnastics beam final. I won't give spoilers but it's a good one. Watch tonight!

honeychile · #3 08-21-2008, 01:46 PM

Seems that there's finally substantial proof that the Chinese gymnastic team lied about their ages: Hacker exposes alleged Olympics age fraud.

It will be quite interesting to see what's done about it!

pbear19 · #4 08-21-2008, 02:19 PM

There's something very 1984 about the way online data on the Chinese gymnasts is being removed, and how the government is trying to rewrite history as regards to their age (allegedly). Creepy.

DreamfulSpirit · #5 08-21-2008, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by honeychile

Seems that there's finally substantial proof that the Chinese gymnastic team lied about their ages: Hacker exposes alleged Olympics age fraud.

It will be quite interesting to see what's done about it!

Wow...all I can say is there was no doubt in my mind they were younger than they were saying!! How'd they think they were going to get away with this???

KSig RC · #6 08-21-2008, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by DreamfulSpirit

Wow...all I can say is there was no doubt in my mind they were younger than they were saying!! How'd they think they were going to get away with this???

They DID get away with it.

LttleMsPrEp · #7 08-19-2008, 11:45 AM

Balance beam finals.. all I can say is finally!!

nittanyalum · #8 08-21-2008, 02:43 PM

China should never have gotten the Olympics in the first place. Nothing about anything that's occurred this entire time has surprised me.

honeychile · #9 08-21-2008, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by nittanyalum

China should never have gotten the Olympics in the first place. Nothing about anything that's occurred this entire time has surprised me.

Bingo. At some point, people (are you listening, Olympic Powers-That-Be?) have to realize that all governments are NOT created equally!

breathesgelatin · #10 08-21-2008, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by nittanyalum

China should never have gotten the Olympics in the first place. Nothing about anything that's occurred this entire time has surprised me.

Agreed.

This headline from yesterday made me particularly sick:

http://www.time.com/time/world/artic...834474,00.html

Basically: two Chinese women in their late 70s had their homes condemned to build parts of the Olympic complex. They were given substandard housing to make up for it, but promised better housing later. They never got it.

So they decided to file an application to publicly protest their treatment during the Olympics. China had promised it would allow its citizens to protest (in an organized fashion, in designated places, after having applied) during the Olympics.

The two women were denied because their protest application was "inappropriate" and now they are being sentenced to a year in labor camps.

Disgusting. DISGUSTING.

LttleMsPrEp · #11 08-21-2008, 08:33 PM

I don't know whether to be disgusted by all this deliberate falsifying of documents or to pity the ones involved

BetteDavisEyes · #12 08-21-2008, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by LttleMsPrEp

I don't know whether to be disgusted by all this deliberate falsifying of documents or to pity the ones involved

I say both feelings are accurate.

Tinia2 · #13 08-21-2008, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by LttleMsPrEp

I don't know whether to be disgusted by all this deliberate falsifying of documents or to pity the ones involved

Both. How ever I just do not see much, if anything, ever coming out of this.
IF there is a True investigation, it will not be done prior to the closing on Saturday. Thus metal counts stand in full publicity.
And changes in results afterward just will never have any kind of impact. And that is if the investigation does causes any kind of change.
And just who in their right mind is going to sign off on a investigation that will cause the lost of face to not only several layers and levels of public and private sectors but an entire country? A country where losing face is a matter of honor and death.
Thus I just do not see anything ever happening in public.

nittanyalum · #14 08-21-2008, 09:18 PM

^^^That seriously makes me want to throw up. And by participating and oohing and aahing over all the razzle dazzle and not "seeing" things like this or taking a stand against it, like it or not, the entire world's stage is guilty by association.

srmom · #15 08-22-2008, 02:08 PM

Regarding the track stars after event interviews, I have been so impressed with their poise and attitude. I think they have all represented themselves and their country well. I was particularly impresses with Lolo Jones(?), who after hitting that hurdle, maintained her composure during the interview, was gracious, didn't make excuses, and congratulated the other runners. It wasn't until she left the track and was alone in the tunnel that she broke down (understandably so).

That moment was, to me, one of the most poignant moments in this Olympics.