Why I Can't Watch the Olympic Games: Forced Abortions, Abuses in China

LifeNews ^ | August 8, 2008 | Steve Mosher

[NYer]

LifeNews.com Note: Steven W. Mosher is the president of the Population Research Institute and the author of Population Control: Real Costs and Illusory Benefits. He is considered one of the foremost experts on the coercive population control program in China.

[NYer]

Instead, I will be praying for the people of China, and particularly for our brothers and sisters in the persecuted Underground Catholic Church.

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[hunter112]

We need a list of the sponsors posted, to be able to effectively mount a decent boycott.

[NYer]

China’s Olympic Crackdown

Would you be so kind as to repost your graphic on this thread as well. Many thanks!

[G.Love]

Good luck with your boycott. I’m watching beach volleyball and enjoying every minute of it.

[Tublecane]

China is not the only nation competing in the games: there are plenty of good democrats at whom you may awe. As a student of ancient Greek history, the ongoing politicization of the Olympics saddens me. Let us celebrate peaceful competition and the beauty of the human body in motion.

[TigersEye]

I can't take credit for the graphic. Just stole it from the web. But I'll be glad to post it again here.

[kickonly88]

Good luck with your boycott. I’m watching beach volleyball and enjoying every minute of it.

The only thing I want to watch is the weightlifting but it’s on PMSNBC and I don’t get it.

[yankeedame]

Dear Mr. Mosher,

Then don't. Or, like vegetarians, do you think crowing about your decision some how makes you more virtuous than the rest of us?

[G.Love]

I saw womens weightlifting this morning. Kind of freakish seeing these little bitty girls with necks like linebackers and faces like bulldogs.

[tips up]

Ditto.

I’m watching the sports I like. Like Michael Phelps swimming now. If a stupid sport is on, I’ll watch the PGA Championship. I’ll skip the opening/closing ceremonies and other fluff.

[SECURE AMERICA]

I simply am not watching the Olympics because it is pointless no matter where it is held.
Half the so called amatuer atheletes are either professional or subsidized by their governments the other half are drugged up.
The contests are rigged and the judging is fixed.
So as I said pretty much pointless..........

[TigersEye]

I was going to watch the Tibetan 7.62X39 relay race but they decided to black out coverage of it. You probably wouldn’t like it anyway because the object is to see how fast body motion can be stopped.

[Cold Heat]

I can think of a dozen much more important reasons to be wary of China's intentions in the world.

Social and Government morality has nothing much to add to what the real problems are.

As for population controls, I find most American religious views to be highly hypocritical, knowing what we do on a voluntary basis to avoid children of any sex.

It just makes no difference when you consider the results and the quickly aging populations of Western society.

From China's point of view, we are the hypocrites, and not them, and I could easily coclude that they are probably right on this one point.

[Cold Heat]

I can think of a dozen much more important reasons to be wary of China's intentions in the world.

Social and Government morality has nothing much to add to what the real problems are.

As for population controls, I find most American religious views to be highly hypocritical, knowing what we do on a voluntary basis to avoid children of any sex.

It just makes no difference when you consider the results and the quickly aging populations of Western society.

From China's point of view, we are the hypocrites, and not them, and I could easily conclude that they are probably right on this one point.

[E. Cartman]

Mega-dittoes.

One wonders, in a spirit of constructive engagement, would Bush have also attended the '36 Olympics in Berlin?

[E. Cartman]

Mega-dittoes.

One wonders, in a spirit of constructive engagement, would Bush have also attended the '36 Olympics in Berlin?

[mc5cents]

China is not the only nation competing in the games: there are plenty of good democrats at whom you may awe. As a student of ancient Greek history, the ongoing politicization of the Olympics saddens me. Let us celebrate peaceful competition and the beauty of the human body in motion.

Amen! Let us not all become Jimmy Carters. The decision was made to hold the games in China. It is and was a bad decision. So be it. Why put the athletes in the middle of our political arguments. Enjoy the games! Go USA!

[frankjr]

Does “Mega-dittoes” mean you post stuff twice all the time?

[rivercat]

The athletes are not in the middle. Nobody is suggesting that we pull our athletes from the games. I, for one, will not watch the games, but I will watch the highlights on the news. If the TV ratings suffer, then Communist China will be embarrassed. Embarrassment is a big deal to the Chinese. Don't think your viewership doesn't matter because you don't have a Nielsen box. All the major satellite and cable companies track who is watching what, and it does count.