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United States Should Boycott Olympics: Send Message to China
writeidea.org — According the American Heritage dictionary, fascism is a system of government marked by 1) centralization of authority under a dictator, 2) stringent socioeconomic controls, 3) suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship, and 4) a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism. The Chinese autocratic regime gleefully fulfills...
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- mejaredme, on 04/18/2008, -2/+19China abuses its people and persecutes anyone it disagrees with. If America is not willing to stand up to China, why then America does not deserve the few freedoms we have left.
- fedupamerica, on 04/19/2008, -1/+2What do you think the Iraq war is about? Why do you think China is stock piling Oil? Why do you think Russia is selling arms to Iran who is providing arms to insurgents?
We are planning to stand up to China, which is why we are trying to jockey into a good geopolitical position.
- fedupamerica, on 04/19/2008, -1/+2What do you think the Iraq war is about? Why do you think China is stock piling Oil? Why do you think Russia is selling arms to Iran who is providing arms to insurgents?
- mejaredme, on 04/18/2008, -3/+11REDDIT it, too: http://reddit.com/user/mejaredme/
Let's get a campaign started! - joshradde, on 04/18/2008, -7/+5Olympics is sports. There have always been differences between nations and cultures, there always HAS been. Sports should be the one thins that binds us. This is crap.
- InRussetShadows, on 04/19/2008, -2/+2Sports should be the one thins that binds us. Do you have ANY idea just how dumb you sound? Not only can you not spell, but you think that sports is this cosmic unifier, which ticks off those who don't care about sports and the human rights and political rights activists in one fell swoop. This is the kind of advanced stupidity that you can only find on digg and dkos.
- caccia, on 04/18/2008, -3/+14I'd like to boycott China...period!
- mejaredme, on 04/22/2008, -0/+2I would too. When I shop I try to aim for products made in America. Given, I often end up buying foreign made products--just because that's all that's there--but I try.
- fedupamerica, on 04/18/2008, -3/+2China was just trying to stop an Olympic terrorist plot. Go ahead and boycott the Olympics and China will hyperinflate the Yaun.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/a ...
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/04/10/world/ma ...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/s ...- InRussetShadows, on 04/19/2008, -2/+1And? So we'll have to stop buying things from China. Oh. No. We can't have that, now can we?
- fedupamerica, on 04/19/2008, -1/+1Nope. We can't because a majority of the things you buy from China are made by American based companies. You only hurt the US. Asia's economy has a dramatic impact on ours.
- InRussetShadows, on 04/19/2008, -2/+1And? So we'll have to stop buying things from China. Oh. No. We can't have that, now can we?
- swordedge, on 04/19/2008, -3/+8In ancient Greece, the Olympics were the one time everybody set aside their political differences. Since, among other things, the modern games honor the ancient ones, we too should put aside our political differences. Do NOT screw another generation of Olympians go to the games. We cheated the 1980 athletes and Moscow cheated a their athletes in 1984 (Afghanistan, they invaded it, and the 84 boycott was in retaliation)
Do NOT politicize the Olympics like this.- fedupamerica, on 04/19/2008, -2/+2Look what happened to Dan and Dave.
- trry96, on 04/19/2008, -6/+4The middle east should boycott America: send US a message.
- RichPowers, on 04/19/2008, -0/+9Boycotting the Olympics is easy but meaningless. Boycotting Chinese products -- that's tough but would actually accomplish something.
Too bad none of the protesters in S.F. had this sign: "American consumerism bankrolls Chinese oppression."- fedupamerica, on 04/19/2008, -1/+2American consumerism bankrolls, American companies that Manufacture in China.
- jontalisman, on 04/19/2008, -1/+3Definitely dugg.
- AlbinoRaven, on 04/19/2008, -2/+4"1) centralization of authority under a dictator, 2) stringent socioeconomic controls, 3) suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship, and 4) a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism."
Sounds like the good old US uv A- InRussetShadows, on 04/19/2008, -3/+3You are so far removed from reality that I almost feel guilty in blocking you. Almost.
- daltonsbriefs, on 04/19/2008, -2/+3A boycott does not help us teach the Chinese people about freedom of speech. We didn't break the Soviets by boycotting, we broke them by communicating, by trading goods and services, by giving their people enough hope to throw off the tyranny that bound them.
Send the athletes and give the Chinese people hope- fedupamerica, on 04/19/2008, -0/+1Nice
- pjpark, on 04/19/2008, -3/+1If the threat of hundreds of weeping teenage-American Olympic hopefuls having their dreams crushed doesn't convince China to abandon its oppressive policies, I don't know what will.
- Buddymack, on 04/22/2008, -0/+2The best way of sending a message is to support your local American small business, if the quality is sub par, write a letter to them and tell them that you would love to support them, but the quality or whatever stinks or whatever just let them know that if it didn't stink you want to support them...
I know I seem off the subject but we are getting too China,, Mexico, India and well everybody else dependent ....
remember when Walmart used to brag about made in America? - LeZeb, on 04/22/2008, -1/+2a boycott might no be the best thing to do, the best way to denunciate China and its abuses might be to let the thousands of journalists that would be there investigate, and offer to Chinese people a way to speak out ... then maybe they will not tell us anything else than nationalist speeches like this one :
http://digg.com/lbv.php?id=6226641&ord=1 - BibleNut, on 04/22/2008, -1/+2I'm glad you defined what fascism actually is. We tend to through terms around and forget their true meaning. Thanks for reminding us. Blessings to ya!
- victorypup, on 04/22/2008, -0/+2It seems like a mute issue, Everybody just take a day or so and walk through Wal Mart, K Mart, Cost Co, and every other retailer in the Nation. Look at the Origin of most of the products on the shelf, then lets start this conversation again.
- domainlovah, on 04/23/2008, -0/+2Boycotting the Olympics is not a smart idea. The Olympics are not and should not be a political forum. The Olympics are and should be about the athletes and their sacrifices to reach this level of competition.
Besides, what better method, vehicle or media to expose the problems within China then by exposing them to the world on a global broadcast television event.
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