Boycott the 2008 Beijing Olympics?

[Tea Party]

I concur

Yes, the world is going to hell in a hand basket...why not relax with some beach volley ball or field and track, or some curling in the winter.

The Olympics do not stand for what they pretend to stand for. They stand for making money for the host city. They stand for steroid users and blood dopers trying to trick the system to further whatever sort of rush they get from beating their opponent. These are people who, after all dedicate their whole childhood and young lives to WIN at any cost (usually under the thumb of their parents in the first world, and the government in the third), for THEIR OWN COUNTRY. That sort of thing does not bring people together...and I guarantee the Chinese athletes are more than gently prodded to win!

This is not a slight on anybody who enjoys sports, but competition in no way brings people together (which is what I think most people believe the Olympics stand for). Corporate sponsored sporting events are just what they look like--business. Why not let us skip the games and have the delegates work on something worthwile like famine relief, healthcare, human rights violations, and the decriminalization of Marijuana.

I mean no disrespect, but those are my views.:jointsmile:

[MadSativa]

Im gonna watch just to see all the poor athletes dieing in the pollution

[cobracommander1079]

Im going to boycott the olympics, solely because these "olympic events" revolve around "physical activity".. And that I am against

[TallCoolOne]

A boycott would be totally unfair to the atheletes, and would prove nothing. Look at the Munich Games.

[V-DubLove]

The olympics kick ass, i look forward to them so much every two years. the whole point is to forget the political differences and unite through friendly competition

[essnine]

Not only human rights man. ANIMAL rights violations are a constant part of life there. Bears and dogs are tortured on a daily basis to drain their bile for use as an aphrodesiac.

The people who committ these crimes disguist be and should live their rest of their lives in a 3x3x3 cage with a tube up their ass draining their bile.

[cobracommander1079]

does dog bile really work as an aphrodisiac ? & and how do you trick her into ingesting dog bile?

[Ganja Dude]

does dog bile really work as an aphrodisiac ? & and how do you trick her into ingesting dog bile?

You could probally mix it with a drink. Anyhow, I don't want to think about what dog bile may taste like.

The olympics shouldn't be that political. If there was an immediate need to boycott like a chinese attack on US soil then boycotting the olympics is an option. Other than that I don't see the need to make the US athletes suffer just because of some tension which we've lived with our entire lives.