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If athletes genuinely want to express their opinion, that's fine. But let's not forget, there is also the right not to express an opinion. Athletes should feel no moral obligation to speak out.
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Well the Mongolians can be a bit of rough crowd.
There are black people in China?
Now... if the bars in Beijing had issued the ban on Jews... I wonder if the Obama campaign would go through with its purchase of $5 million in advertising. My guess is "No." The world would be outraged. But because it's a slight against Blacks... who cares, right?
I really seriously question the integrity of his campaign.
I'm not sure why you would think the Obama campaign somehow endorses racism against blacks by the Chinese. I'm not following the logic. (Especially since you don't seem to dole out any of the blame towards McCain). In fact, this article doesn't seem to have much to do with either candidate. But is does say a lot about racism. Racism, is indeed an ugly blight upon those who perpetrate it, regardless of where it comes from. Sadly to say, often foreign countries take their cues from how blacks are treated and regarded here in America. What would really address the problem is if we all would stop buying anything with a "Made in China" label. But then, there wouldn't be anything to buy since that's how Walmart and others stock their shelves and clothing racks.
Oh sure, it"s easy for you politically correct types to complain about discrimination and all that, but I bet none of you has ever had to deal with Mongols in your bar. You let even one in, and pretty soon they"re bringing their Tatar and Tuvan friends, and before you know it, the entire place is overrun with Merkits, Naimans, Bahkirs, Yakuts, Tanguts, Samoyeds, and Uyghurs. Not to mention the Buryat Forest Peoples, the Nomadic Horsemen of the Irkutsk Oblast, and the Tungusic Tribes of Northeastern Siberia. Pretty soon you"ve got the entire Kipchak Khanate in there, and they take over the whole damn place. They start doing shots of Yak"s milk and throat singing, one thing leads to another, and then one of them flashes a Horde sign, causing a Scimitar fight to break out in the Men"s room between the Blue Horde and the White Horde. And the next thing you know, they"ve trashed the entire place before you can even call the Cossacks. Then you"ve got to read in the papers the next morning about how they"ve sacked the Khwarezmid Empire and burned Kiev. So No Thanks! Stay at home in your yurt where you belong, Tamerlane. Your kind isn"t welcome here!
Great post! Had me rolling!
I am amazed at all the apologizing and excusing going on here for China. Let the white people think they have slid by another edge on the Karma Blade. Meanwhile .. your dogs, cats, babies are all being well taken care of. Poison juice drink anyone? Freshly shipped in from ... You guessed it!!!
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