[just4kickz]

Originally Posted by eldy

it's a chinese issue lol

elaborate? i'm sure they didn't say oh wow... thats too much gold, let's cut down using Jade. do you have any sources for your statement?

[ska///235i]

jade is more expensive than gold...

[darkphantom]

THIS THREAD IS NOT a HATE THREAD ON THE OLYMPICS....take your opinions else where...this is for the actual olympics! the games!!!


Let the Games Begin!

[bubbletea 4 me]

^^ + 1

I watched the opening ceremony tonite. i never thought much of it until i see the reviews this morning and decided to watch it. AMAZING .. probably the BEST EVER and i dont think another country is going to even come close for a loooong time. china spent alotta money, time, and planning into this and you can tell - 40+ billion dollars.. just unreal.

if you missed it, you should def. try to get some of the highlights.. it's def. worth it. the only thing i "skiped" on is the walkin ceremony when they introduced all the diff countries and its athletes..that was boring. but the opening shows/performance were top notch and the ending was awsome.

now time to get into the real games

[Neurorad]

I'm pretty sure nobody would look in the 'Chinese Bread and Circuses' and 'Millions Worldwide Buy Load of Shit' threads.

Seriously, this thread is testament to the power of Chinese propaganda.

[mrwma237]

to Chinese Olympic 2008 opening ceremony.

That is the most fireworks I have ever seen in one sitting... Olympics 08 owns Disneyland.

[fobunited]

The Olympics have always been political because it is an event where different countries with different cultural, religious, political, etc. backgrounds can come together and compete based on common ground: love for their individual sport.

It is discomforting, however, that the international public as a whole had turned their eyes away from some blatant Chinese propaganda. China pressures other countries to abide to their will with their current economic position.

Being Taiwanese, I was pretty upset that Taiwan is not recognized as its own country, and could not wave its own flag. Instead, Taiwan had to be called "Chinese Taipei." This has been ongoing for years, and many countries, including the United States do not "officially" recognize Taiwan as an independent country because of economic consequences China would bring on any country that does.

[DFW_M]

Originally Posted by Neurorad

Lavish Olympic Spending Does Little for Poor

http://en.epochtimes.com/n2/china/ol...vish-2369.html

"The current bill of the Beijing Games stands at a whopping $US40 billion—almost three times that of Athens in 2004—which totalled a mere$15 billion."

THe current bill of Bush's experiment stands at $1T (25x Chinese "lavish spending") and there are many people dying in the USA, and cannot afford healthcare and so on...

Lets keep that crap for the other section...

The opening ceremony was just out of this world -- great job!

[bubbletea 4 me]

there are so many threads already existing that one can discuss the so called China propaganda.. leave this thread to what it is - just olympics and its games.

i'm a bball fan, can't wait till sunday when the US vs. China bball starts.. awsome stuff. Im pretty confident the US team will win us a gold this year.. but, not going to be an easy journey though.

[NaTuReB0Y]

let my people go...........

[e92phreak]

Originally Posted by NaTuReB0Y

let my people go...........

[e92phreak]

Originally Posted by Neurorad

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Just enjoy the Olympics for what it was meant to be for.

[The_Blob]

Originally Posted by Neurorad

Chinese Regime Implicated in Staging Violence in Lhasa

The witness "realized then that the [policemman] had disguised himself as a Tibetan in order to incite people to riot."

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http://en.epochtimes.com/news/8-3-29/67906.html

Neurorad needs to get a life. Neurorad is probably a Jew who wants to divert attention from the situation in Israel with the Palestinians and the Israelis.

Tibet has be freed by the Chinese a long time ago.

[Big Windy]

just watched men and women's rowing...pretty much boring.

[NaTuReB0Y]

Father of former Olympian killed in Beijing

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/oly_china_american_killed

[PAKMAN]

yea just read that. some bullshiet.

[nusevad]

Yea its fucked up that theres people like that in this world. But he did the right thing of committing suicide, because if he was caught then im sure he will suffer alot.

[nusevad]

Originally Posted by ska

This is about the Olympic games, respect all the countries thats involved in it.
bring your shit elsewhere please

Neurorad, If your so adamant about protesting China and the Olympics, come to NYC, join those crazy lunatics and Ill come and do you a favor and kick your ass for you ok? Now until you do that, STFU and go back to your hole.

[iatacs19]

Opening ceremony was pretty boring for a $300million production.

*yawn*

[Ateneo_BluEagles]

For those who missed the Opening Ceremony (Youtube took out all the Oly vids due copyright violation)...

http://www.viddler.com/explore/RyFridge/videos/

[Spool]

Originally Posted by iatacs19

Opening ceremony was pretty boring for a $300million production.

*yawn*

we were already fucked up by the time it came on, had the attention span of a 10 year old

[iatacs19]

Originally Posted by Spool

we were already fucked up by the time it came on, had the attention span of a 10 year old

I was watching it just now from last night's recording.