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Jeremy Riggs


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The Bejiing Olympics have been beset with protests.

People are upset that their being held in China, a country that oppresses it's citizens.

Does anyone here care?  Do you plan to skip watching them?

I've never enjoyed the Olympics myself, but I have to admit I'm surprisingly bothered by the fact they are in China.

The stories I've read about how the government will kill it's own citizens if they uprise at all.  The incredible censorship (you're not even allowed to talk about Tianamen Square).  It's hard to imagine that in this day and age such an advanced country can still operate in such a fashion.

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nope not bothered but probably only because I am uninformed. I don't read much about other places. hmm
And I am not an Olympic fan. I just told my husband last night as they flashed the Olympic message about August on NBC that we would probably very active outside during that time- lol

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I've never really got into the Olympics either.

And I don't like China's government.

But I don't think protesting the Olympics and assaulting the torch carriers is the right thing to do. That's unfair to every other country that's participating in the Olympics. It's unfair to the athletes who have trained for years to get to this point. I thought the Olympics were supposed to unite countries.

I don't understand why the Olympic committee would pick China.

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I'm stunned China got picked too.

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MZ said it perfectly. I do know WAY too much about China- took two classes about them and did a 30 page research paper on Tiananmen my senior year in college. So I can't imagine that they would have been picked- NOTHING has changed.

Don't really care about the Olympics, but I know the athletes and their families do. I read a funny article about Jackie Chan and how when he carries the torch he DARES someone to mess with him!

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Yeah, I'm not in favor of those idiot protesters attacking the torch carriers either. They just make themselves look like the morons they are.

The thing is, China is really hoping to use this to show how big and powerful they've become. I think nothing would be greater than to send them a message with the lowest rated Olympics in history.

They shouldn't even have been considered for hosting with their record on human rights.

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If I was an an athlete, I would hate to even have to go there. They should be the ones protesting.

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There are some athletes protesting. I know there's one runner who's not going because the air quality is so bad.

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