tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post1134495362484473387..comments2024-01-19T00:52:12.231-05:00Comments on I Me My: 'Olympic' Restrictions on Freedom of Expression in ChinaId it ishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10933156607975500727noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-76865554254491684022008-08-13T14:13:00.000-04:002008-08-13T14:13:00.000-04:00SR,My blog name apparently has a sound (spell) ali...SR,<BR/>My blog name apparently has a sound (spell) alike, and as a result I've had some misplaced comments posted here these past few days (that I deleted). Fortunately, I was able to contact the other blog writer and the matter has been sorted out.<BR/>Thanks for your comment.Id it ishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10933156607975500727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-7242296136355042462008-08-13T14:08:00.000-04:002008-08-13T14:08:00.000-04:00hi,i have a quick administrative question. i notic...hi,<BR/>i have a quick administrative question. i notice that there are lots of "comment deleted" comments on this article. i just noticed that one of my older posts has it too. what does that mean? is it automatically removed by the system if it thinks it is spam? or is it a blogger admin? or is it the author (ie, you?)? sorry about bothering you with administrative minutia, but i wanted to knowsrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16160258503931306599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-47234974120313573722008-08-13T08:56:00.000-04:002008-08-13T08:56:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-76201526287047754052008-08-12T11:20:00.000-04:002008-08-12T11:20:00.000-04:00I agree with what D pointed out but came away with...I agree with what D pointed out but came away with a slightly different conclusion. Since all (recent) Olympics have been politicized, at this point, they have become a rather effective means through which the world can pressure nations towards "better" behavior. In some sense, the politicization of the Olympics is one of the greatest tools that common people have against the otherwise srhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16160258503931306599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-64843791532273075852008-08-12T10:26:00.000-04:002008-08-12T10:26:00.000-04:00I think Olympics have been politicised since time ...I think Olympics have been politicised since time immemorial. I can give a few examples like that in the recent history - Munich, Moscow, Los Angeles and may be Beijing - but since from the very start, Olympics were always associated with the concept of nation-sate. This is irrespective of the spirit of Olympics - which is now forgotten best and is rarely displayed. The point am trying to make isDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11251502196387434095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-26608471018883629012008-08-11T10:55:00.000-04:002008-08-11T10:55:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-29008205412288942392008-08-09T21:46:00.000-04:002008-08-09T21:46:00.000-04:00the opening ceremonies were amazing indeed! unsurp...the opening ceremonies were amazing indeed! unsurprisingly, the not-so-vested interest of american companies came through: NBC edited the sequence of the March of Nations so that the United States came near the end of the broadcast (rather than somewhere in the middle). i linked to the real sequence in my blog, if you're interested. but that does not detract from the spectacular show that the srhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16160258503931306599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-27937744823789475972008-08-09T14:22:00.000-04:002008-08-09T14:22:00.000-04:00That was a spectacular show China put up! I haven'...That was a spectacular show China put up! I haven't seen anything like it before!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-89415405325477026932008-08-08T11:25:00.000-04:002008-08-08T11:25:00.000-04:00Pages 13, 14, and 15 of The Olympic Charter: http:...Pages 13, 14, and 15 of The Olympic Charter: <BR/><BR/>http://multimedia.olympic.org/pdf/en_report_122.pdf<BR/><BR/>make for some interesting reading with regard to what's being discussed.<BR/><BR/>Apparently China is well within the rules of The Olympic Charter quelling dissensions and protests.<BR/><BR/>Also, in the USA the Opening Ceremony will be telecast only in the evening since that is Id it ishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10933156607975500727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-17342469409012983292008-08-08T10:03:00.000-04:002008-08-08T10:03:00.000-04:00I have to disagree with much of what Phillip and L...I have to disagree with much of what Phillip and Lash said here. While I agree that there are many reasons to dislike the current president of the US, I don't think that protestors' response to Chinese treatment of protestors during the Olympics is one of them. The fact of the matter is that the IOC's grant of hosting duties to China in 2008 is what put China in the limelight. No "western vested srhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16160258503931306599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-87366588513276193942008-08-08T01:16:00.000-04:002008-08-08T01:16:00.000-04:00I am with phillip in this, atleast partially. Ther...I am with phillip in this, atleast partially. There is no denial that China is badly run, but this never ending tirade prior to Olympics is nothing but western vested interests venting their anger out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-34415388204136746362008-08-07T19:21:00.000-04:002008-08-07T19:21:00.000-04:00"Free press" Bush means the press can be bought an..."Free press" Bush means the press can be bought and manipulated to serve the corporate agenda because the Chinese press are controlled by the government. I do see the difference however bush thinks there is; well you can try and pull the wool over the eyes of someone else. This is a united effort by the corporations of the west to bombard the Chinese with negative marketing which is really Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-76097591181090307282008-08-07T18:14:00.000-04:002008-08-07T18:14:00.000-04:00I have just watched an interview with 2 of the dem...I have just watched an interview with 2 of the demonstrators on returning to the UK. They claimed that they were detained, but they were not interrogated and tortured, which classed as being treated well! That was said with some irony. Personally, I do not know how the ideals of the Olympics and the ideology of China go together. Then, the ideals of the modern Olympics do not have much to do withA.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08716463684593767622noreply@blogger.com