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Originally Posted by Azarimanka
both the chinese and the olympics - it gives the Chinese government a political platform to be exploited like Hitler exploited his Olympics in 1936 - all the leaders of the world will be there - eg Gordon Brown will be seen to be with the Chinese leadership - they will exploit it - it is too politically sensitive - America boycotted the Moskva Olympics in 1980 so why is the same not happening with Beijing?
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Because politics is the worst reason to mess with the games.
Do you really remember the 1936 Olympics? You know what we did?
We went.
We sent a black man into the lions den of Aryan supremacy and had him take the gold.
If you want statements, that's how you do it.