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.
Then don't. Or, like vegetarians, do you think crowing about your decision some how makes you more virtuous than the rest of us?
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.
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!
If one chose to boycott the Olympics every time a hosting country failed to meet our expectations, accepted standards or beliefs, one would never see an Olympic game. I had mixed feelings about watching the Olympics because it was being held in China, but then I realized I would miss the wonderful performances by our athletes who had trained for years for this one moment in their lives.