On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 03:42:08 -0700 (PDT), hsyq8xg@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>This message is not about the dalai lama or his bloody followers.
>
>This message is also not about them idiots who blindly sup****ted the
>dalai lama.
>
>This message is about China, and the Olympics.
>
>My question is - Does China really need the Olympics?
For one thing, it will improve the environment just a little bit. That
will set out a trend to improve China's environment everywhere.
Olympics is not about the money. Don't be stingy republicans looking
for nothing but profit.
As for face, if we can afford it, why not? We care about our self
image because we know how to enjoy life. What's so bad about that?
>
>For the past century and a half, China has been bullied by the West
>and Japan.
>
>For the past century and a half, the Chinese people have been harassed
>wherever they go.
>
>Because of Teng Xiao Ping, China finally got the chance to turn around
>its own fate, and begin to stand up with her own two feet.
>
>30 years is not a short while, but if we look at the context of the
>5,000 history, 30 years is a mere 0.6% of the total.
>
>So China have progressed far in the past 30 years, but there _are_ a
>lot more things that China needs to do.
>
>Many Chinese are still living in abject poverty. Many Chinese babies
>are still being murdered needlessly. The social fabric of China isn't
>as strong as it should be ... in other words, the list of social ills
>the China is facing is very, very long....
>
>Let me return to my original question:
>
>Does China really needs the Olympics?
>
>Olympics is a luxury. It is a luxury for people who like "FACE". Other
>than the Olympics that was held in Los Angeles, all Olympic games
>resulted in a loss to the host country.
>
>China is at the position today that China doesn't need the Olympic
>Games to make it even more famous.
>
>What China truly needs is to put more effort in the betterment of the
>people.
>
>The Olympic games have sucked up much needed resource that could have
>used for the people.
>
>So why China wants to host the Olympics?
>
>There are always pros and cons for everything.
>
>I can list out a long, long list of the "cons" of the Olympic games
>for China. But what are the benefits?
>
>Other than "FACE", that is, make China's FACE bigger, "da zhong lian
>pi chong pang zhi", sorry, I just dunno what else the Olympics can do
>for China.
>
>Is it prudent to hold the Olympic Games in China???
>
>At what cost would we, all of the Chinese in the world, would we have
>to bear for that Olympic Games 2008?
>
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