Put a bid in and hope for the best, lottery tbh.Braddock wrote:
Well should it be only 'played' that way on a specific group of countries? Which countries, who decides?M.O.A.B wrote:
If u played it that way there'd be like three countries in the entire world that nobody could pick up on, probably Trinidad or some south pacific islands no-ones heard of.CameronPoe wrote:
Ask the question, hypothetically, the other way around.
Should the Olympics being held in the US be used to highlight the injustice of their invasion of Iraq and their use of torture?
Should the Olympics being held in the UK be used to highlight the injustice of British appropriation and plantation of Irish land?
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Should the Olympics in China be used to highlight injustice in Tibet?
| Yes | 62% | 62% - 20 | ||||
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Maybe the Tibetans should sneek into the Olympic compound and kidnap/kill the Chinese athletes on TV. It's worked for other groups in the past.
There's not much we can do without looking like hypocrites since they are our "most favored trade partner."
If they're getting paid (regardless of how low the amount) then they aren't technically slaves. And if the cost of living is such that it allows for that low of a wage, then we can't criticize it based on our standard of living in the West.sergeriver wrote:
I'm sure Richard Gere will stop them /sarcasm
Nobody says anything about these fuckers having slaves working for 2 bucks a month, and selling their products for nothing. Everything is made in China. If we let them use slaves instead of well-paid workers, then they'll own the world soon. Not that the Tibet issue isn't important though.
As to the OP...I think they should inundate all of China with coverage. They always do special interest stories that are only tangentially related to the Games. Perhaps something will slip past the Chinese censors and China will show its ass to the world in the process.
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein
Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular
― Albert Einstein
Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular
I think that if China wants to use the Olympics to showcase its country as well as its athletes, it must be able to accept the consequences that come with that. I dont think China can sit there and say "look at us, everythings great". I think the Tibetians have every right to seek publicity for their cause ( although it may cost them their lives). If China wants to look good on the Global stage it must also try to improve its human rights record.
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