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  • #16
    I may watch this one a bit more than previous ones. Unfortunately, I fear the end result of these games will just further polarize China and the "West" against eachother.

    Seeing how things have gone so far, I'd say that China isn't ready to host the Games, and the rest of the world isn't ready for China to host the Games either.
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    • #17
      Oh and I want to see if the fuwas will bring about the apocalypse.
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      • #18
        I'll be watching. HD swimmers in speedos.
        "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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        • #19
          People are saying that the pollution and low air quality will detrimentally effect performance in some of the events, especially endurance ones like the marathon. China is not a good site.

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          • #20
            OTOH, the air will be much cleaner than the locals are accustomed to. I wonder if after the event sare over, the locals raise cain if city officials let pollution levels rise again to what they were.
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            • #21
              So far the air isn't any cleaner. China's kicked up the antipollution measures yet again to "emergency" levels now to see if that works.
              "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
              Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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              • #22
                yeah they raise cain and get run down by tanks...

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                • #23
                  I stopped to watch Olympics in the 80's and am not going to start again now.

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                  • #24
                    Man, are you ever old. Can you still see the TV alright?
                    "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
                    Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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                    • #25
                      I didn't check for a long time, troll boy. I noticed I can live perfectly well without TV, and that has nothing to do with my eyesight.

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                      • #26
                        I don't have telly.

                        Only sports thing i admit to have watched of my own free will is the last round of hockey world championship '95.

                        Sticking sharp sticks under my nails is so much more fun than sports.

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                        • #27
                          opening ceremony and basketball...
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                          • #28
                            will probably watch very little. i'm not interested in most of the sports and i don't want to support china in any way, shape or form.
                            "The Christian way has not been tried and found wanting, it has been found to be hard and left untried" - GK Chesterton.

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                            • #29
                              Originally posted by C0ckney
                              will probably watch very little. i'm not interested in most of the sports and i don't want to support china in any way, shape or form.
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                              • #30
                                if by 'anything' you mean 'manufactured goods', then not really.
                                "The Christian way has not been tried and found wanting, it has been found to be hard and left untried" - GK Chesterton.

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