Derek Ortt wrote:gtalum wrote:Squarethecircle wrote:I understand this point, but I find it quite strange that people are protesting a sports meet designed to bring the world together because it's being held in a specific country.
To be fair, I'm refusing to support it not just because it's held in China (though IMHO that was a stupid decision by the IOC) but because China has broken nearly every promise they made regarding civil rights in order to win the Olympic bid.
WHO CARES! What China does is an internal Chinese matter
I've said it before and I'll say it again... POLITICS HAVE NO PLACE IN SPORT OR SCIENCE
However Derek, if gtalum doesn't wish to watch b/c of the alledged human rights abuses and disagreements on the way the Chinese gov't runs its country, then he is perfectly within rights to say so and do so. . . I mean, it's not as he lives in China or something. . .
And to say politics is not intwined with the Olympics Games is being naive. . .IOC is awash in world politics and numerous Olympic events have been tainted (alledgedly) with by politics . .
BTW, count me as one not awaiting with abated breath for the Games.. . less about China and more about IOC and NBC. . . it's not enjoyable to watch the Games anymore. . . What tickes me off is not the alledged politicalization of the Games, but the extreme commericialization of the Games. If anything, I will be counting the number commericals per hour during the prime time coverage.. . .
and yes, I know about the on-demand and online viewing. . . on-demand is do-able the online viewing will be iffy. While using Silverlight is no problem (installed it last night), the might-need-Vista-to-watch thing will be problem.