{"id":1128,"date":"2008-08-04T21:50:54","date_gmt":"2008-08-05T01:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/s265039441.onlinehome.us\/philpaine\/?p=1128"},"modified":"2018-08-12T21:36:47","modified_gmt":"2018-08-13T01:36:47","slug":"monday-august-4-2008-still-time-to-do-whats-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.philpaine.com\/?p=1128","title":{"rendered":"Monday, August 4, 2008 \u2014 Still Time To Do What\u2019s Right"},"content":{"rendered":"

I admire ath\u00adlet\u00adic tal\u00adent and con\u00adsid\u00ader many Olympic events to be impor\u00adtant expres\u00adsions of human achieve\u00adment. For that rea\u00adson, I oppose the Olympic orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion and the peo\u00adple who run it, espe\u00adcial\u00adly when they con\u00adspire to hold their spec\u00adta\u00adcles in lands with\u00adout free\u00addom or democ\u00adra\u00adcy, an act which under\u00adlines their con\u00adtempt for the human race. The Olympics debase and cor\u00adrupt ath\u00adlet\u00adics. The Olympics are in their essence about mon\u00adey, pow\u00ader, and exploita\u00adtion. The cur\u00adrent Olympics in Bei\u00adjing are the worst to date. Their only pur\u00adpose is to put the world\u2019s stamp of approval on the Com\u00admu\u00adnist Par\u00adty\u2019s impe\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal con\u00adquests and assaults on human rights. They are being held to glo\u00adri\u00adfy and legit\u00adimize slav\u00adery, impe\u00adri\u00adal\u00adism, and genocide.<\/span>
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\n If peo\u00adple real\u00adly did have any inter\u00adest in ath\u00adlet\u00adic accom\u00adplish\u00adments, or in the pur\u00adport\u00aded \u201cOlympic ideals\u201d, then the bil\u00adlions of dol\u00adlars being squan\u00addered on this mega\u00adlo\u00adma\u00adni\u00adac event would instead be spent on sports facil\u00adi\u00adties, train\u00ading, and com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adtion in our schools and civic cen\u00adters. If peo\u00adple real\u00adly were inter\u00adest\u00aded in ath\u00adlet\u00adic achieve\u00adment, then the Olympics would be orga\u00adnized on the basis of indi\u00advid\u00adual com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adtion, not as a men\u00adtal\u00adly retard\u00aded jam\u00adboree of flag-wav\u00ading nation\u00adal teams. Instead of forc\u00ading our most tal\u00adent\u00aded ath\u00adletes to suf\u00adfer squalid con\u00addi\u00adtions through\u00adout their careers, then allow\u00ading a small rem\u00adnant of them to enter a cut-throat strug\u00adgle for com\u00admer\u00adcial endorse\u00adments, we would be re-open\u00ading and staffing the gyms and swim\u00adming pools that have been closed by self-right\u00adeous bean-coun\u00adters \u2014 the very same nitwits who are the most eager to squan\u00adder tax-pay\u00aders\u2019 mon\u00adey on a gigan\u00adtic orgy for glob\u00adal gang\u00adsters. Then maybe our chil\u00addren would\u00adn\u2019t be dying of heart attacks and dia\u00adbetes, and ath\u00adlet\u00adics might become a mean\u00ading\u00adful part of our lives.<\/span><\/p>\n

There is absolute\u00adly noth\u00ading pre\u00advent\u00ading us from hold\u00ading all the Olympic events in the thou\u00adsands of per\u00adfect\u00adly ordi\u00adnary venues that exist around the world. We could can\u00adcel the Olympics this after\u00adnoon, and no ath\u00adlete would have to go with\u00adout a chance to demon\u00adstrate their tal\u00adents, break records, or win medals. The only peo\u00adple who ben\u00ade\u00adfit from hold\u00ading them in Bei\u00adjing are the Com\u00admu\u00adnist Par\u00adty crim\u00adi\u00adnals and glob\u00adal bil\u00adlion\u00adaires for whom this mon\u00adstrous orgy has been organized.<\/span><\/p>\n

That is why civ\u00adi\u00adlized peo\u00adple should boy\u00adcott them. No per\u00adson has the moral right to sup\u00adport, ben\u00ade\u00adfit from, or par\u00adtic\u00adi\u00adpate in the Olympics in Bei\u00adjing. The thou\u00adsands of peo\u00adple bru\u00adtal\u00adly thrown out of their homes, threat\u00adened, beat\u00aden up, muz\u00adzled and arrest\u00aded mere\u00adly to bam\u00adboo\u00adzle for\u00adeign vis\u00adi\u00adtors to the events are rea\u00adson enough for any\u00adone to feel ashamed to par\u00adtic\u00adi\u00adpate. All that fan\u00adcy archi\u00adtec\u00adture was built on land seized from the poor of Chi\u00adna, who have been thrown out to sur\u00advive as best they can on char\u00adi\u00adty\u2026 or on nothing.<\/span><\/p>\n

The con\u00adstant stream of lies and bro\u00adken promis\u00ades from the crim\u00adi\u00adnal regime in Bei\u00adjing is more than enough provo\u00adca\u00adtion to halt the Olympics, even at the last minute. No claim that this \u201churts\u201d the ath\u00adletes or \u201cpoliti\u00adcizes\u201d the Olympics is valid. These are mere\u00adly the pompous and self-serv\u00ading sophistries of those who manip\u00adu\u00adlate the pub\u00adlic\u2019s inter\u00adest in ath\u00adlet\u00adic achieve\u00adment for their own squalid ends. If any\u00adone real\u00adly cares about \u201cOlympic ideals\u201d, then they should demand the can\u00adcel\u00adla\u00adtion of these sup\u00adposed \u201cgames\u201d before they start, demand that the events be re-orga\u00adnized and held in demo\u00adc\u00adra\u00adt\u00adic venues, and refuse to patron\u00adize any com\u00admer\u00adcial spon\u00adsor\u00adship that exploits them.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I admire ath\u00adlet\u00adic tal\u00adent and con\u00adsid\u00ader many Olympic events to be impor\u00adtant expres\u00adsions of human achieve\u00adment. For that rea\u00adson, I oppose the Olympic orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion and the peo\u00adple who run it, espe\u00adcial\u00adly when they con\u00adspire to hold their spec\u00adta\u00adcles in lands \u2026<\/p>\n

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