Comments on: Screwing up the Beijing Olympics will not free Tibet! http://freakychinaman.wordpress.com/2008/04/13/screwing-up-the-beijing-olympics-will-not-free-tibet/ martial arts, analysis of stupidity, science, philosophy and anything I think is worthy of this blog Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:54:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Lawrence http://freakychinaman.wordpress.com/2008/04/13/screwing-up-the-beijing-olympics-will-not-free-tibet/#comment-21 Lawrence Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:25:18 +0000 http://freakychinaman.wordpress.com/?p=33#comment-21 Nice picture Kevin! Beautifully photo-shopped I might add. One of yours? Yes it would be nice if all these people got the F*** off my television set and stopped ear bashing me every time I turn it on about which athlete thinks this and which cheesy French/English/American politician thinks that because I DON'T GIVE A DAMN. Any athlete who thinks it is his personal responsibility to try and promote political messages should remember what his country has chosen him to do - run, jump, lift heavy things, splash around or swing off something. No individual thought required! I have said before that if we support this f****** up of the Olympics now by righteous do-gooders, then we will have every man, elderly grandparent and flee infested cat out on the street protesting every little annoyance in every facet of their daily f****** lives every time the Olympic torch runs around. That said, it is hand-in-hand being part of the international community to listen to what people in other countries think of you. It is called responsibility and is part of the wider scope of international relations. If anyone disagrees with that then they are welcome to f*** off back to 1958 or even earlier (seeing as there might not be too much difference) Love the blog Kevin Nice picture Kevin! Beautifully photo-shopped I might add. One of yours?

Yes it would be nice if all these people got the F*** off my television set and stopped ear bashing me every time I turn it on about which athlete thinks this and which cheesy French/English/American politician thinks that because I DON’T GIVE A DAMN. Any athlete who thinks it is his personal responsibility to try and promote political messages should remember what his country has chosen him to do - run, jump, lift heavy things, splash around or swing off something. No individual thought required!

I have said before that if we support this f****** up of the Olympics now by righteous do-gooders, then we will have every man, elderly grandparent and flee infested cat out on the street protesting every little annoyance in every facet of their daily f****** lives every time the Olympic torch runs around.

That said, it is hand-in-hand being part of the international community to listen to what people in other countries think of you. It is called responsibility and is part of the wider scope of international relations.
If anyone disagrees with that then they are welcome to f*** off back to 1958 or even earlier (seeing as there might not be too much difference)

Love the blog Kevin

]]> By: Raymond Lam http://freakychinaman.wordpress.com/2008/04/13/screwing-up-the-beijing-olympics-will-not-free-tibet/#comment-20 Raymond Lam Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:16:43 +0000 http://freakychinaman.wordpress.com/?p=33#comment-20 "[Wasn't China voted by all those countries in the first place? why boycott it now? just don't fucking give it to them! not like China was any nicer to Tibet before]" This is a very important point everyone's seemed to have forgotten about. It also seems that a lot of people, in particular the West, do not care for how betrayed and annoyed the Chinese could be - imagine being voted in to host the Olympics, and then the whole world turning on you because you are doing something which you've been doing for decades. And it's not turning on you, it's turning on your right to a successful Olympics. I've made my position clear on the issue several times, but sometimes the world gets caught up in the hysteria of self-righteousness that the only people who don't get their voice heard are those who are actually suffering - Tibetans and Chinese citizens. In other words, I don't care a jot about what a suburban, middle class white guy has to say about China and Tibet, because he's probably an Olympics boycotter! “[Wasn't China voted by all those countries in the first place? why boycott it now? just don't fucking give it to them! not like China was any nicer to Tibet before]”

This is a very important point everyone’s seemed to have forgotten about. It also seems that a lot of people, in particular the West, do not care for how betrayed and annoyed the Chinese could be - imagine being voted in to host the Olympics, and then the whole world turning on you because you are doing something which you’ve been doing for decades. And it’s not turning on you, it’s turning on your right to a successful Olympics.

I’ve made my position clear on the issue several times, but sometimes the world gets caught up in the hysteria of self-righteousness that the only people who don’t get their voice heard are those who are actually suffering - Tibetans and Chinese citizens.

In other words, I don’t care a jot about what a suburban, middle class white guy has to say about China and Tibet, because he’s probably an Olympics boycotter!

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