Comments on: Olympics Opening Ceremony Open Thread

By: Cycle for Charity

Cycle for Charity — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 20:16:29 +0000

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By: pcal

pcal — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 05:43:13 +0000

I actually checked this site regularly while I was in Beijing last month. There are so many factual reasons to call out the PRC government, there's no reason to invent one.

By: pcal

pcal — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 01:43:13 +0000

I actually checked this site regularly while I was in Beijing last month. There are so many factual reasons to call out the PRC government, there's no reason to invent one.

By: pcal

pcal — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 22:43:13 +0000

I actually checked this site regularly while I was in Beijing last month. There are so many factual reasons to call out the PRC government, there's no reason to invent one.

By: Miranda

Miranda — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:20:55 +0000

What a wonderful perfect response. Children can be so perfect in their innocence.

By: carolinagirl

carolinagirl — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:09:05 +0000

The second, and this may require for someone to actually get out of the comfortability of their couches, would be to go and join in solidarity with the people Tibet, or the Falum Gong and/or Christians that are denied their freedom to worship.

Well, hop to it. You're sitting on your ass typing about it just like the rest of us.

By: carolinagirl

carolinagirl — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:08:12 +0000

Thank you. Co-sign.

By: carolinagirl

carolinagirl — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:07:50 +0000

Too bad you wont hear about the slave labor camps, China's bankrolling of the genocidal regime in Darfur, the treatment of political dissidents, lack of freedom of the press and also religious freedom (for Christians, Buddhists, and those who practice Falum Gong)...

Sounds like I just did. You can take your snarky ass comment and shove it where the sun doesn't shine.

By: msmartin

msmartin — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 12:31:34 +0000

American citizens were attacked (and I believe killed) in China.

By: CraigHickman

CraigHickman — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 12:10:14 +0000

So simple, so courageous.

By: CraigHickman

CraigHickman — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:53:34 +0000

I don't believe in boycotting the Olympics as a nation. Athletes may refuse to participate if they choose to and while politics and the Olympics have certainly played off of each other in the past, I wish politics can be separate from this particular sporting event.

By: Texas_Girl_in_LA

Texas_Girl_in_LA — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:42:50 +0000

The little boy that was walking with Yoa Ming is 9 years old and an earthquake survivior. He lost 20 of his classmates in the quake; it was a class of 30. However, this little boy was able to save 3 of his classmates. When he was asked why did he do it? He said it was my responsibility, I'm hall monitor.

By: AnthonyMason

AnthonyMason — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:40:49 +0000

Lots of things you can do. The simplest and easiest would be to boycott the damn thing. The second, and this may require for someone to actually get out of the comfortability of their couches, would be to go and join in solidarity with the people Tibet, or the Falum Gong and/or Christians that are denied their freedom to worship.

This olympics have brought to mind John Carlos and tommy smith's at the 72 games. Talk about courage! Where the present-day Muhammad Ali? The Smiths and Carlos? How come blck athletes (and I'm only singling them out because they're the ones dominating the major sports , track, b-ball and what not)....why wont they take a stand for human rights? And even if you cant relate to the plight of those suffering in China, how about Darfur? After all, no one cant say they dont know about China's role in the genocide of African people.

Screw it. Go back to watching the games.

By: CraigHickman

CraigHickman — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:38:33 +0000

Wonder how much The Crook paid to have his negative ad run during the parade of nations.

I have a family from the UK staying here and when that ad came on, they expressed disgust.

By: Miranda

Miranda — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:37:28 +0000

You're absolutely right…but we can give the athletes this moment and we can admire the beauty of the ceremonies on a purely asthetic level…tomorrow and the next day and the day after that, we can go back to the reality of what lies underneath…but now, lets just be okay with this moment.

By: CraigHickman

CraigHickman — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:27:02 +0000

Now that people are saying Barack is "overexposed" (thanks to the unnecessarily long primary that Miss Hillary put him through) you can rest assured the GOP will pretty much ONLY make ads about Barack in order to keep him saturating the airwaves.

I can't wait till Barack's "Hands" ad airs because it's not about him at all.

It's about the country and our future.

By: CraigHickman

CraigHickman — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:25:18 +0000

I missed the archer shot. I heard it was otherworldly.

By: CraigHickman

CraigHickman — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:24:54 +0000

It is what it is. It needs to change, to be sure. But what can you do?

By: CraigHickman

CraigHickman — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:23:19 +0000

Well, the Chinese don't score high on human rights, but they sure know how to put on a show.

What a show they put on.

By: artchess

artchess — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 04:15:41 +0000

They were on it. That thing with the drums & lighting the torch….nothin like I've ever seen before.