Boycott The Olympics?

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 5:51 pm

I am the only one in the world who, when Richard Gere is mentioned, thinks of his abandoned Cave Bear skeleton.

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 9:46 am

Bob wrote:Mr. Lama has been consistently opposed to boycotts, riots, etc. and only wants talks with the government wrt autonomy. Likewise, I doubt he'd support intimidation of teenagers & cripples chosen for the various torch runs, or athletes chosen for the games.

Something to do with reasonable negotiations leading to reasonable results.

Bob · Post by **Bob** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 11:35 pm

Did Frisco boycott the LA Olympics? Did Sparta boycott the Athens Olympics?

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 11:43 pm

Bob wrote:Did Frisco boycott the LA Olympics? Did Sparta boycott the Athens Olympics?

I think that happened after LA enslaved Bakersfield.

Or, am I thinking of something else?

Apollonaris Zeus · Post by **Apollonaris Zeus** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 5:27 pm

Sparta didn't have to boycott Athens, because it was always held in Olympia,

but Has Frisco ever boycotted Burning Man?

They say it every year, but they always CUM!

Its easy to boycott chinese products. They are some of the worst. Take a simple water valve from china and compare that to a german or italian or even an american made valve (better make that a higher quality water valve I've seen some bad ones made with the "Made in American" label)

There is no comparison! You would need to replace them in less then a quarter of the time and you pay more then half the cost!

Going to China better take your oxygen tank:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/15/world ... ref=slogin

Where are the rights of the humans- like clean air to breath!

AIIZ

Apollonaris Zeus · Post by **Apollonaris Zeus** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 6:00 pm

Smokers though will have a great time- no restrictions anywhere!

Even in hospitals.

Guess thats a good way to deal with the over population.

A slow painful death

"As recently as Saturday, President Hu Jintao echoed other Chinese leaders who have accused the Dalai Lama of encouraging violence. Mr. Hu left open the door for dialogue but only if â€œthe Dalai side stops activities splitting the motherland"

Motherland!!!

Where did we hear similar talk about a Fatherland and a nation that was building its army for world domination????

Fuck your mother and your father!!!

Fuck the Olympics, Zeus, they have no meaning in this Godless nation!!

AIIZ

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 11:37 pm

Apollonaris Zeus wrote:Smokers though will have a great time- no restrictions anywhere!

Even in hospitals.

Guess thats a good way to deal with the over population.

A slow painful death.

AIIZ

Most tobacco deaths are a result of heart failure.
It can be early and quick.

Lung problems are fairly low risk for smokers, relative to heart failure.

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 10:01 am

Well, China has a recent history of revolutions. Might happen again...

thirt33n · Post by **thirt33n** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 10:30 am

i'm going to boycott the olympics....and everything else that comes through my TV.
i'm suspending my TV service till after BRC. It'll save/make me almost $500 not including time gained.

blah blah blah

maybe i should suspend eplaya? NO

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 3:34 pm

Ugly Dougly wrote:Well, China has a recent history of revolutions. Might happen again...

Brutal repression from the men with guns is a pretty awesome obstacle to overcome. Now, if true worker solidarity emerges which is unlikely, that would be another way to shut down the machine.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 6:00 am

I just watched the entire Delhi run of the torch.
Shortened to 2.3 km, they were changing runners every ten seconds.
No public was allowed to attend.
It turns out the chinese protecting the torch in London and elsewhere are members of the chinese security forces.
Australia has announced they will not be part of security there.

I saw a bit on the network news about olympic sponsorship naming five major sponsors spending $268 million.
I can't find the story now, thanks to the search engines they use, but Proctor and Gamble was one and I can't find them listed anywhere.
ATT and Anheiser Busch were otheres.
Coca Cola, GE and McDonalds may be the others.
It takes at least $100 million to be an olympic partner.
3 billion euros are expected to be paid in sponsorship.
The BOA British Olympic Assoc has asked athletes to sign a loyalty oath pledging not to protest.

http://en.beijing2008.cn/bocog/sponsors/sponsors/

http://www.cbn.com/CBNnews/342361.aspx

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 03264.html

http://money.cnn.com/2002/02/15/olympic ... _sponsors/

http://www.portfolio.com/news-markets/t ... ip-Dangers

From abc news
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=4631397&page=1

The official story
http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn/en/jou ... 0500.shtml

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 9:42 am

cowboyangel wrote:
Ugly Dougly wrote:Well, China has a recent history of revolutions. Might happen again...
Brutal repression from the men with guns is a pretty awesome obstacle to overcome. Now, if true worker solidarity emerges which is unlikely, that would be another way to shut down the machine.

That's up to them.

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 10:08 am

yes. so....Workers Of The World Unite!

Apollonaris Zeus · Post by **Apollonaris Zeus** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 9:58 pm

Now the chinese have countered with their own protests not to free tibet!

Fuck those Emperialistic Capitalists!

Post by **mdmf007** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 10:24 pm

"Use of deadly force authorized to stop protestors on Everest"
yup - CHINESE troops are authorized to shoot to stop protestors if arrest and other means of control are unseccusful.

Thats the Olympic Spirit!!

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 5:38 am

boycott Chinese thought

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:45 am

mdmf007 wrote:"Use of deadly force authorized to stop protestors on Everest"
yup - CHINESE troops are authorized to shoot to stop protestors if arrest and other means of control are unseccusful.

Thats the Olympic Spirit!!

I thought that climbing the mountain was dangerous enough.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 2:24 pm

What's the proper Taoist way to boycott chinese thought?

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 5:51 pm

Taoist? Think "Worker Rights" that's holy enough for me.

dana · Post by **dana** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 7:03 pm

mdmf007 wrote:"Use of deadly force authorized to stop protestors on Everest"
yup - CHINESE troops are authorized to shoot to stop protestors if arrest and other means of control are unseccusful.

Thats the Olympic Spirit!!

I thought that was supposed to be Nepalese security forces that were authorized to use deadly force (and I think they're probably only going near Everest base?)
This bit of news is especially strange in Nepal, which has so many Tibetans living there and welcomed as part of society - (Bhodanath with so many Tibetan ex-pats etc.)

a trick question..... or were you thinking of an answer?

What's the proper Taoist way to boycott chinese thought?

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 8:48 pm

Oh just one of my goofy, fishy koans.

Green Wood · Post by **Green Wood** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 8:11 am

Tainted medicine from china:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/22/healt ... ref=slogin

"The dispute is a sign of growing tensions between China and the United States over the safety of Chinese imports. China has in recent years exported poisonous toothpaste, lead-painted toys, toxic pet food, tainted fish and now, contaminated medicine"

I'm just avoiding all thing chinese.

Being poisoned by ingesting things, it the highest chance of death. The rate is many times more then being killed in a car accident!

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 9:42 am

theCryptofishist wrote:What's the proper Taoist way to boycott chinese thought?

Whenever you advise a ruler in the way of Tao, counsel him not to use force to conquer the universe. For this would only cause resistance. Thorn bushes spring up wherever the army has passed. Lean years follow in the wake of war. Just do what needs to be done. Never take advantage of powerâ€¦Force is followed by loss of strength. This is not the way of Tao. That which goes against the Tao comes to an early end. (verse 30. tr. Gia Fu Feng)

Unfortunately, the ruling elite right now are more interested in Confucianist thought apparently.

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 9:19 am

holy shit.....now THESE people know how to PROTEST....

http://www.who-sucks.com/people/the-exc ... n-protests

it is worth the 2 minutes of your time, i promise.

diane o'thirst · Post by **diane o'thirst** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 11:22 am

I'm SO with you on this one, for Tibet and otherwise, but it'll be hard to do considering they're choosing which athletes go on to the U.S. Track Team in my town.

I'm dealing with that by throwing myself into the NW Andalusian regionals and going to the LiveSTRONG Challenge in Beaverton on the trials' opening weekend.

The reason I say it's going to be difficult is because Eugene needs the money the Trials will bring, desperately. Our local economy just did a tailspin when Monaco Coaches laid off hundreds of employees last week. There's a lot of hungry people here, which presents us with a quandary: do we stay away from the Track Team Trials? Do we snub 'em when those thousands of athletes, press and fans offer us their money? Where is the line drawn?

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 3:51 pm

Don't worry, the pollution in Beijing will be so bad, China will become the laughing stock of the world.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Thu May 01, 2008 11:43 pm

Simon of the Playa wrote:holy shit.....now THESE people know how to PROTEST....

http://www.who-sucks.com/people/the-exc ... n-protests

You've got to love anyone that knows how to throw a party!

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Thu May 08, 2008 10:26 am

So they climbed Everest with the torch. Notice that they had a back-up in case everyone died.

What's the highest point in BRC?

Teo del Fuego · Post by **Teo del Fuego** » Thu May 08, 2008 11:18 am

Ugly Dougly wrote:What's the highest point in BRC?

literally, the tip of the outstretched arm of the Man, unless you count surrounding peaks

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Thu May 08, 2008 11:33 am

Early freaking climbing season.
I wonder if they had a pr plan in case the group was lost?

I hear there will be hundreds of tents on the icefall this year.
Quite a crowd.

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