Am I the only one who thought that was just a little disturbing?
It was strange.I have a bad feeling about this.
Found this thread this AM and wanted to see if anyone else thought the opening ceremonies were disturbing... and you're the first on the thread that I saw, anyway.
I didn't watch the whole thing. Tuned in about the time of the drums and after being reminded of the pomp, circumstance and pageantry of the opening of the 1936 Olympics hosted by Nazi Germany (only bigger and badder in Beijing), I changed channels with a shudder. The physical manifestation of the heart of communism on display: there are no individuals.
Makes you want to run for an Ayn Rand book. Anthem comes immediately to mind.
No, you aren’t. My husband and I were chilled by the entire opening ceremony. Parts were beautiful; creativity and technology were amply on display. But they could not cover the militaristic ambitions and expectations of their government. The lock-step guard which carried the olympic flag both times chilled us to the bone. Why did they do that? I thought China was thumbing their nose at the world. The children were my favorite part. I loved the song they sang in Greek toward the end. They looked and sounded like angels. Then we looked at that guard and saw their future. The world’s future, if China had its way.