Boycott the Summer Olympics
( - promoted by Bob)
[Cross posted, of course.]
I'm not the biggest watcher in the country of either the summer or winter Olympics, but this year, I will not watch one damned second of the Games. Why? Because though the Olympics are supposed to be a symbol of cooperation and open spirit, China has actually become more repressive in the lead up to the opening ceremony.
Whatever possessed the idiots on the selection committee anyway? I could have told them this was the worst idea back when they chose China. Hey, where are the next Olympics going to be? North Korea?
China hasn't changed, I don't care how many upstart millionaires there are there now. The government is still repressive (Tibet, anyone?) and is paranoid-delusional, they think a few thousand monks are dangerous to their rule. The Chinese are not a free people. They do not have free access to information, they are not free to vote as they will, or move as they will, or determine a lot about their lives. So what is so Olympic in spirit about China? Nothing, absolutely nothing, and anyone who watches the Olympics this year needs to be a little ashamed, for in some small fashion enabling this regime to do this to their own people. Let's see this Olympics have the worst viewership in history - boycott watching any part of this once-august tradition, now sullied by the host country which may have moved mountains, but not its politics, to obtain the honor.
I refuse to take part. Will you?