“In the face of this genocide, do our athletes stay home or go to the games?”
We show up. We compete. And we win. Just like in Berlin in 1936.
Boycotting the Moscow Games didn’t help the Afghans and boycotting the Beijing Games won’t help the Tibetans. Such a move would only isolate China further and prolong the trouble.
If we go a few things most likely will happen,
Our nosy reporters will find stories somehow about the dirt.
Our athletes will tell of what they have seen.
Our tourists will tell of what they’ve seen and heard.
There are cameras everywhere,
I’ve heard of ticketing problems and food problems and GOD knows what problems and I guarantee ya things won’t go all a-ok there so let’s just go and get a first hand look see at how the chi-coms handle crappola.
Around 1936, how much was known of the monster Hitler would turn out to be? IIRC, the world hadn't even known the nefarious designs they had for the Jews, in that year. Contrast that with China's case.
What exactly are the parallels between the Berlin Olympics and the one in Beijing?