Grow some balls America...

eekamouse
eekamouse Posts: 267
edited March 2008 in A Moving Train
Boycott the Olympics...

Nuff said.
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  • unsung
    unsung I stopped by on March 7 2024. First time in many years, had to update payment info. Hope all is well. Politicians suck. Bye. Posts: 9,487
    I agree. I think China is a amazing country and the people there would be fun to be around. The government however ruins it for everyone, and we don't help the issue when we give them such a trade deficit. It is too bad China is going to own everything our kids do.
  • LikeAnOcean
    LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    eekamouse wrote:
    Boycott the Olympics...

    Nuff said.
    Why only America? The olympics are a world event.. why not "Grow some balls world"???
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    been done before, it can be done again.

    JUST DO IT, i say. ;):p:D
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  • eekamouse
    eekamouse Posts: 267
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    Why only America? The olympics are a world event.. why not "Grow some balls world"???

    I don't give a shit about the rest of the world. If they boycott... great. America needs to. It's the right thing for America to do. I can't say for the rest of the world. I'm sure it's the right thing to do. However, I live in America, and I feel fucking dirty about it.
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  • boxwine_in_hell
    boxwine_in_hell Posts: 1,263
    Boycotting the Olympics doesn't do shit. It just punishes the athletes. China could give a fuck if we don't show up.
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  • sponger
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  • depopulationINC
    depopulationINC Posts: 2,074
    The olympics are in China to
    a - get close to Korea
    b - promote democracy

    That is my opinion.

    It is a shame that the Olympics, which are supposed to celibate/promote unity, are being held in a country that wishes to segregate itself.

    Then again, it is a shame that the Olympics is supposed to be a spotlight for amature athletes. It is nice to see the best of the best play, but disappointing at the same time.
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  • My3rdEye
    My3rdEye Posts: 927
    eekamouse wrote:
    Boycott the Olympics...

    Nuff said.

    But what will I buy at Dollar World if China stops shipping shit here in response.
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  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun
    LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    i'm not watching them, so i guess i have balls.
  • know1
    know1 Posts: 6,801
    boxwine_in_hell wrote:
    Boycotting the Olympics doesn't do shit. It just punishes the athletes. China could give a fuck if we don't show up.

    Exactly. What's the point of boycotting?
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  • Kel Varnsen
    Kel Varnsen Posts: 1,952
    boxwine_in_hell wrote:
    Boycotting the Olympics doesn't do shit. It just punishes the athletes. China could give a fuck if we don't show up.


    Exactly what I was thinking. It is not like China was a good, just, democratic country when they were awarded the olympics, and the government just changed its policies recently. If other countries wanted to take a stand they should have done it back then when the olympic city was being decided on. To boycott now is just a usless publicity stunt and only hurts the athletes who have been training.
  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun
    LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    instead of boycotting they should break out the protesting at every oppurtunity and ruin the China asskiss fest.
  • Flannel Shirt
    Flannel Shirt Posts: 1,021
    MrSmith wrote:
    instead of boycotting they should break out the protesting at every oppurtunity and ruin the China asskiss fest.
    I am sure someone will. This olympics will be a debacle.
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  • Kann
    Kann Posts: 1,146
    What should be done, as responsible individuals, is to boycott the medias who will try to make money of this event. Just don't watch these games, let them play in complete indifference. If enough people do that maybe medias and governments (who generally take decisions hand in hand) will understand that some principles are not for sale.
    The countries that offered the games to china already knew who they were at that time, so boycotting won't come from them. But make this a money loosing event and maybe the point will come accross.
  • Pacomc79
    Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    Kann wrote:
    What should be done, as responsible individuals, is to boycott the medias who will try to make money of this event. Just don't watch these games, let them play in complete indifference. If enough people do that maybe medias and governments (who generally take decisions hand in hand) will understand that some principles are not for sale.
    The countries that offered the games to china already knew who they were at that time, so boycotting won't come from them. But make this a money loosing event and maybe the point will come accross.


    The thing is, only a very few amount of people still care about the olympics anyway especially for watching it on TV... I'd wager that whoever has the TV deal is losing a hell of a lot of money on it and would rather not have it.

    They'll promo the hell out of it, but I doubt it comes back with numbers that even partially make back the money spent broadcasting them and that's without dumpy China being involved. They could have them in Utopia and still not crack decent numbers at this point.

    As dirty and corrupt as the IOC is.... it's really kind of appropriate they are happening in China isn't it?

    What better place to have this glossy over hyped overly corrupted event than have great athletes running in toxic air and the bottoms of the shells melting in the horrid river pollutants...

    The idea of the olympics is this pure thing, the reality is that nothing could be further from the truth. It's like 1950's Americana.
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  • VictoryGin
    VictoryGin Posts: 1,207
    My3rdEye wrote:
    But what will I buy at Dollar World if China stops shipping shit here in response.

    well. their baby girls need somewhere to go.


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  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    depopulationINC wrote:
    The olympics are in China to
    a - get close to Korea
    b - promote democracy

    That is my opinion.

    It is a shame that the Olympics, which are supposed to celibate/promote unity, are being held in a country that wishes to segregate itself.
    If the Olympics are supposed to be "celibate," why do they give the athletes condoms??? :D

    What do you mean "get close to Korea"??? :confused:
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  • even flow?
    even flow? Posts: 8,066
    After leaving Afgan the States had the stones to boycott to protest Russia taking up their slack. Now we have the States and friends back in Afgan and there is talk of a boycott again. Now I have seen it all.

    Did the world in general think that China was going to get it's house in shape when the were granted the olympics? ha ha ha
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  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    even flow? wrote:
    After leaving Afgan the States had the stones to boycott to protest Russia taking up their slack. Now we have the States and friends back in Afgan and there is talk of a boycott again. Now I have seen it all.

    Did the world in general think that China was going to get it's house in shape when the were granted the olympics? ha ha ha
    We were in Afghanistan before the Soviets invaded???? When??? I remember reading about the unsuccessful British invasions of Afghanistan....but the U.S.??? :confused:
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  • sweetpotato
    sweetpotato Posts: 1,278
    eekamouse wrote:
    Boycott the Olympics...

    Nuff said.

    I agree, wholeheartedly, tho it will prolly never happen, unfortunately. But I'd like to see individual athletes put their IDEALS (YES! i DO believe in those!!) before their personal interests and refuse to participate. I know it's a long shot, but I can dream.
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