Posted on 08/10/2008 6:28:43 AM PDT by Mobile Vulgus
So how should Freepers feel about the Olympics? Should we write about it, post about it or covering it in any way?
I feel that every American (including President Bush) that are in attendance at the Olympics are traitors to democracy and civilization.
These commie bastards are our enemies. Each and every Chinese citizen (and I use that term citizen very euphemistically), each man, woman and child are enemies to the USA, the west, and basic civilization. They look at us as enemies and we should return the favor. Look where pretending that "they really don't mean it" got us where it concerns Muslims!
China should be treated as the lepers that they are, not as useful and legitimate citizens of the international community.
We should have, every western nation should have, boycotted these Olympics once the pliable and most likely bribed Olympic Committee chose China to host the games.
But that's just me.
What will be the consensus of our community?
I will be watching. And most likely having to stay up until 3 a.m. to watch wrestling. A former teammate and coach are competing, I will watch wherever they compete.
I am always curious to see how many swimming records fall and how how the pollution affects the track events.
Amen.
That guys hand can’t decide what to do. Looks limp. He needs hand viagra.
LOL, DieHard the Hunter - you posted common sense to one of the FReepers who literally worships the ground that GW Bush walks on. Avacado has no mind of its own.
“Nope. That’s not the Olympics. That’s jackasses using the Olympics for political purposes.”
Yep, many different participating nations have chosen to use the Olympics to make political points. That’s just part of it. Pretending otherwise doesn’t change that fact.
Oh brother. The kiddies are up this morning I see. Is your little diaper messy?
I would bet it is fair to say that people of southeast Asia likes Americans much more than Europeans likes Americans or even Mexicans like Americans. You can dish the Chinese government all you want, but I have never meet a citizen from China that has anything against Americans.
Actually, the online site “NBC Olympics” continuously includes some live video feeds of nearly all of the sporting events as they are happening (including all of the sports that are not shown on NBC) and without any commentators and without any commercial interruptions. IMHO, it’s much better to watch the Olympics without listening to the commentators, without having all of those “Olympic video journals” that NBC does every now and then, and without having all of those commercial interruptions. BTW, there are also ways of seeing the Olympics through the video feeds of many other television stations all over the world, thanks to the Internet. I saw the Opening Ceremony Live, thanks to “Justin.tv” Live Sports Online. I watch the Olympics for the athleticism of each athlete and not because of my politics. Like it or not, most of the best athletes in the world compete in the Olympics, and everybody who doesn’t watch them for any reason, either live or on tape, are truly missing out on seeing most of the best athletes in the world doing what they truly do best.
True.
” but I have never meet a citizen from China that has anything against Americans.”
That’s because you haven’t been reading posts by our chicom trolls.
Honestly - if you want to really know what many Chinese people think of the USA, please go to one of their sewers ike www.tianya.cn or other fora where insulting posts are ever so common.
I’ve many dear friends from mainland China and not ONE would support the USA over North Korea. We have great arguments about such topics, obviously.
It is such comment that can be taken by outsider to discredit the Free Republic.
They do, but also to McCain. Since Obama has more money, however, we will see more of his.
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