Comments on: Provinces pay price for green Olympics

By: Bonita

Bonita — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 03:15:16 +0000

The Olympic games have always been a forum for political expression. Consider that the Tibetans would never have had the chance to act out against the regime if international attention were not focused on China. The Chinese view the Olympics as an expression of national pride, and it would be far too kind to pretend everything is alright to suit the egos of the Chinese while ignoring the myriad crimes committed by their government.

By: Marisa

Marisa — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 02:24:42 +0000

What are you talking about? Do you know the prosperity that the Chinese people have experienced in the past decade? Do you really think hundreds of million of them are being fucked by their government? The vast majority in that country have seen their quality of life improve in the past decade, and they are happy about it.

By: Terence

Terence — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:34:08 +0000

Fuck Tibet, for littering the Reddit front page. I’m gonna support (whatever that means) the 2008 Olympics just out of spite.

By: Lea

Lea — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:43:34 +0000

From the article: With rice, wheat, maize and feedstock up between 30 and 50 percent this year, ordinary people around the world are struggling to afford a simple life-sustaining diet. Indeed, since 2005, the prices of essential commodities have risen by an average of 75 percent. Drought, high oil prices, population increases and the use of arable land to feed the biofuel industry have combined to produce a global food crisis. Related: {pdf} James Lovelock: The catastrophe threatened by global heating is far worse than any war, famine, or plague in living memory; worse even than global nuclearwar. Much of the lush and comfortable Earth we now enjoy is about to become a hot and barren desert.permalinkfeedback | bookmarklets | buttons | widget | store | advertise WIRED.com - WIRED How-ToUse of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy(c) 2008 CondeNet, Inc. All rights reserved.please log in or register in to vote for the links you like or dislike. this will affect their ranking and help customize reddit for you.create a new accountall it takes is a username and passwordusername:email: (optional)password:verify password:setMessage($(’captcha’), ‘type the letters from the image above’);remember meI understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its User Agreement and Privacy Policy.create account

By: Cairo

Cairo — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:53:00 +0000

So we’re not allowed to say that the actions of a specific regime are bad?

By: Merrick

Merrick — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:02:26 +0000

When US hosted olympics start to be boycotted… or at least international calls to do so can be widely found… I’ll start acting like this call is based on humanitarian compassion and not degenerate racism.

By: Sharyn

Sharyn — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:11:52 +0000

They have this anti-doping law at the Olympics…