tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27398255.post3691287480020272776..comments2023-08-09T12:06:22.082+02:00Comments on Welcome to Tokyo, Mr Bond: Tibet, China, Xinhua News Agency and the Ministry of TruthTokyo Tintinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01378240164581541440noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27398255.post-10881540385065651122008-04-09T19:45:00.000+02:002008-04-09T19:45:00.000+02:00TT, did you take your fire extinguisher out and tr...TT, did you take your fire extinguisher out and try to extinguish the Olympic torch the other day?<BR/>What do you think of talk about the Americans riling up all this protesting in the west as the torch goes through?Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17437690303902175703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27398255.post-72755874407921492622008-04-02T08:59:00.000+02:002008-04-02T08:59:00.000+02:00More Xinhua bashing here.More Xinhua bashing <A HREF="http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/02042008/20/chinese-news-source-tibet.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>.Tokyo Tintinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01378240164581541440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27398255.post-82815112930793901492008-04-01T08:30:00.000+02:002008-04-01T08:30:00.000+02:00MA-Really? I quite like the Olympics. It's basic...MA-<BR/><BR/>Really? I quite like the Olympics. It's basically one of the only times I watch sport on TV. I mean, diving and gymnastics — Hello!Tokyo Tintinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01378240164581541440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27398255.post-6548968594984390732008-04-01T00:58:00.000+02:002008-04-01T00:58:00.000+02:00I just hate the Olympics that's why I want to boyc...I just hate the Olympics that's why I want to boycott, they ruin my regular TV viewing :PMiss Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14861518303557037012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27398255.post-71761414467198286172008-03-31T22:47:00.000+02:002008-03-31T22:47:00.000+02:00Of course the real problem is that China should ha...Of course the real problem is that China should have never gotten the Olympics in the first place. And who do we owe the honour of <I>that</I> massive cock-up? None other than the living, breathing embodiment of Euro-centric head-stuck-up-own-ass-ness, Old World douchebag; <A HTTP://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/JUAN_ANTONIO_SAMARANCH#CRITICISM” HREF="”" REL="nofollow">Juan Antonio Samaranch</A>! <BR/><BR/>Hey JAS: Thanks for handing over the games to a human-rights-abusing, prison-labour-using, evil communist dictatorship. I’ve hated you for a long time and now you are dead to me! I hope all the kickbacks you got from Chinese government keep you warm at night while tanks role over Lhasa and monks get beaten. -Jerk!Tokyo Tintinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01378240164581541440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27398255.post-87535955176718463622008-03-31T22:27:00.000+02:002008-03-31T22:27:00.000+02:00I'm very conflicted about the calls to boycott the...I'm very conflicted about the calls to boycott the Beijing Olympics. Yes, it would piss China off enormously and be a huge embarrassment to national pride. But would it really change anything? The boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics didn't stop the Soviet Union from occupying Afghanistan, nor did it make the Soviet government full of warm-fuzzies.<BR/><BR/>I wonder what, if any, connexion there was between the Moscow boycott and the fall of the Soviet Union nine years later. Was it a catalyst for those events? Or maybe instead the boycott slowed down an inevitable process because the government clamped down even harder. I don’t really know enough about it.<BR/><BR/>Presently, I’m ambivalent. Should the situation get any worse however, I would not hesitate to support a boycott of the Beijing Olympics and of all the companies who are corporate sponsors.Tokyo Tintinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01378240164581541440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27398255.post-48984410537456366882008-03-31T16:45:00.000+02:002008-03-31T16:45:00.000+02:00I'm all for boycotting the Olympics, let's do it!I'm all for boycotting the Olympics, let's do it!Miss Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14861518303557037012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27398255.post-57945764451227825272008-03-30T23:12:00.000+02:002008-03-30T23:12:00.000+02:00When are you calling for the a boycott of the Beij...When are you calling for the a boycott of the Beijing Olympics? Or does that go without saying?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27398255.post-73349758566759533602008-03-30T03:53:00.000+02:002008-03-30T03:53:00.000+02:00i love when you get all ranty and riled up : )i love when you get all ranty and riled up : )jolie-chanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05173702859886781588noreply@blogger.com