Okay
I take back what I might have said if I were asked
A year ago, “Should China be allowed to hold the Olympics?”
My answer would have been,, “While China is not exactly a free and tolerant country, the Olympics should be free and tolerant and perhaps bringing a global event that is all about honor and sportsmanship and courage to this country might inspire them to loosen up.”

Now I say, “Fuck China!”

For China to snag the visa from gold medalist and Darfur activist Joey Cheek, just hours before he was supposed to fly to China for the winter games is an outrage.

China doesn’t need a reason snag anyone’s Visa but in the case of Cheek, they clearly felt they had a glowing one. He is the founder of Team Darfur, a group of 70 athletes who try to raise awareness about the human-rights atrocities happening in the Darfur region of Sudan. China has big time ties to Sudan.

The Olympic games, just days away, are now clouded in even more controversy then before. How can the world celebrate the freedom of the athletic spirit in a country that squashes independent spirit?

I think with the fortune that a country can make from holding the Olympics, that before a country is given that honor, it must first prove that it is honorable.

Archives

Jan 2010
Dec 2009
Nov 2009
Oct 2009
Sep 2009
Aug 2009
Jul 2009
Jun 2009
May 2009
Apr 2009
Mar 2009
Feb 2009
Jan 2009
Dec 2008
Nov 2008
Oct 2008
Sep 2008
Aug 2008
Jul 2008
Jun 2008
May 2008
Apr 2008
Mar 2008
Feb 2008
Jan 2008
Dec 2007
Nov 2007
Oct 2007
Sep 2007
Aug 2007
Jul 2007
Jun 2007
May 2007
Apr 2007
Mar 2007
Feb 2007
Jan 2007
Dec 2006
Nov 2006
Oct 2006
Sep 2006
Aug 2006
Jul 2006
Jun 2006
May 2006
Apr 2006
Mar 2006
Feb 2006
Jan 2006
Dec 2005
Nov 2005
Oct 2005
Sep 2005
Aug 2005
Jul 2005
Jun 2005
May 2005
Apr 2005
Mar 2005
Feb 2005
Jan 2005
Dec 2004
Nov 2004
Oct 2004
Sep 2004
Aug 2004
Jul 2004
Jun 2004
May 2004
Apr 2004
Mar 2004
Feb 2004
Jan 2004
Dec 2003
Nov 2003
Oct 2003
Sep 2003
Aug 2003
Jul 2003
Jun 2003
May 2003
Apr 2003
Mar 2003
Feb 2003
Jan 2003
Dec 2002
Nov 2002
Oct 2002
Sep 2002
Aug 2002
Jul 2002
Jun 2002
May 2002
Apr 2002
Mar 2002
Feb 2002
Jan 2002
Dec 2001
Nov 2001
Oct 2001
Sep 2001