The spirit of the Olympics which the author talks about is for the most part given way to a hideously competitive spirit of national sport participiation. It is this spirit which determines which country will host the Olympics. China thus lays claim by virtue of its medals tally and its nationally mobilised sports infrastructure along military lines. For all practical purposes, the Olympics have become a huge money spinning opportunity. The Tibetan Unrest has a huge economic cost if it is seen to dent the revenues from the Games, so it has to be stamped out with the customary Chinese brutality and probably will.The history Olympics will add another dark chapter of brutal Tibetan suppression like the Munich Olympiad -of Palestinian Terror
RE:The Olympic Games and the Tibetan Unrest.
by XianYe on Apr 07, 2008 03:30 PM Permalink
Are you saying this to lend urself an excuse for the fact that, up till today, India has failed to win a single Gold Medal in the Olympic Games? You are really good at self-deceiving. Pathetic really. Get a life!
RE:The Olympic Games and the Tibetan Unrest.
by Nagesh on Apr 07, 2008 05:44 PM Permalink
Hi Ye,
Do you know your own history? Search about Tiananmen Square and uprising in Biejing University that was brutually supressed by Chinese army. Search about them in Google sitting in your own country...you will never find them...painted green and censored by chinese officials...you will never know truth about your own country...you just know the official version of chinese government....wakeup and know about yourself...
RE:The Olympic Games and the Tibetan Unrest.
by raj on Apr 07, 2008 03:35 PM Permalink
india isnt good at sports. agreed. we dont invest anywhere close to what chinese do. the chinese government "produces" athletes at will. if indians arent intersted, big deal. we will excel elsewhere.
we arent "told" to be athletes. our government doesnt fund massive amounts of money to produce athletes by hook or by crook. drugs, masking et al.
RE:The Olympic Games and the Tibetan Unrest.
by Shail on Apr 07, 2008 03:59 PM Permalink
He Xian, If olympics is only for medals and not for world peace and unity, hell with medals, Hell with Chinese govt, Hail peace, Hail Tibet
RE:The Olympic Games and the Tibetan Unrest.
by Anup Saxena on Apr 07, 2008 03:53 PM Permalink
What you thug chinese are good at? Producing cheap low quality goods and copying/cheating technologies from west. Anytime in my life i decided to buy a chinese good going by its looks, i have repented a month later when it just manifested itself to be pice of junk.
RE:The Olympic Games and the Tibetan Unrest.
by Kabir on Apr 07, 2008 06:24 PM Permalink
@ Xian... There is something called self repect and freedo and Gold medal can't win that.
We may be bad athletes or poorer nation but Where is ur freedom of speech. How can u let urself rule by bunch of fools who belive in some obsolete socialism crap, a failed theory
Can a gold medalits in china root for democracy or say anything about the red government without the fear of crackdowwn?
Man hw u guys can bear all that crap where u can't even raise ur voice. Indian have nothing against Chinese people it's ur government which is a nuisance
