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Posted on 02/10/2008 9:52:20 AM PST by mojito
China Ping!
Anyone remember 1968?
First you win the gold medal, then you protest. Either they strip you of the medal, or they don’t. Either way, it works.
It’s time to inform countries that agree to host the Olympics that, as a condition of being given that honor, they will not be allowed to deny entry to any athletes who have been approved by the IOC (on pain of having the Olympics in their country cancelled.)
If the Chinese treat their people so wonderfully, why do they need a compact to stop free speech?
Prince Charles has already let it be known that he will not be going to China, even if he is invited by Games organisers.
On the other hand, though, if I could count anyone out it would be dear ol' Charlie, although he finally managed to do one thing right in his life - even if he did it for the Dalai Lama.
Actually, he didn’t get this right. Regardless of what he thought of the Chinese, he should have kept his mouth shut. He is the heir to the throne and he is already far too vocal on political issues as a future constitutional monarch....
Ain’t interdependence and globalism grand, along with the new religion of multiculturalism.
>>[b]Yesterday the British Olympic Association (BOA) confirmed to The Mail on Sunday that any athlete who refuses to sign the agreements will not be allowed to travel to Beijing. [/b]
They’ve been on a downward spiral. We have our own problems here BUT I expect more from them.
WHO’S MORE COMMIE? BOA or China?
The bRit Olympic Association FORCES their athletes to sign OR China who FORCES people to follow their govt?
No difference here. They’re both dictatorial. Poor Brits.
That is really weird. China is not only the world's most populated country, it's also considered the world's most polluted. Their major cities' air quality is wonderful - if you bring your own oxygen tanks along. The water quality is such that tourists drink Chinese beer, etc. - anything but Chinese water. Remember that the Chinese exports such as dog food additives have killed American dogs. Plus remember all the recalls because of the lead-based paint on kiddie toys.
My fondest dream would be having Al Gore and Ralph Nadar attending the 2008 Olympics in China.
I stand corrected, and you are right. It's always good to hear from our British cousins.
I'd ask what your opinion is on our upcoming presidential elections, but that would be thread hijacking which is bad netiquette.;)
All countries, either individually or collectively, should tell China, “We will NOT sign any such agreements!”
Then if that country’s athletes aren’t allowed to compete, China will be responsible for destroying the event.
Ball-less Brits.
What’s new?
I’m willing to predict that the Olympics are going to be a debacle once everyone from all participating nations arrive on the ground and start behaving “normally,” driving the Red Chinese secret police to overreact and either arrest or beat up some team member or visiting spectator. The ChiComs just can’t help themselves...
You obviously don't know anything about history. The British have more balls than any other country in the last 500 years. Read their history, and then apologize to the Brit on this thread.
Most recently, PM Tony Blair, Laborite that he is, was the only foreign leader present for Bush's 9/14/2001 speech before the joint Houses of Congress - the darkest hour in most American's lifetimes. And it was British troops that took and held southern Iraq for years, saving the U.S. troops in northern Iraq, and getting bombed in the process. Read, learn, and think about it, before you make such an idiot comment against our best ally again.
Anyone know what the USOC’s position is on this? I haven’t been able to find anything.
China — Population: 1,321,851,888 (July 2007 est.)
(And they have the 2nd largest navy in the World.)
We certainly have a lot of ball-less Americans. I think the Viet Cong got John McCain’s for example. You do wish— don’t you?—that Britains still retained more of their ancient English liberties? (The right to defend yourself, the right to a jury (being lost to the EU), the right to kick Muslims over the cliffs of Dover, etc.)
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