mintbbb,

Did you see this one?
http://videosift.com/video/The-2012-Olympic-Games-Symbol

>> ^direpickle:

中國真是臥虎藏龍之地！在著通高校比
賽裡亦發掘出超卓選手！下一個奧運會，ߑ
3;國奪金應­再破記錄!
lol, I love that joke.

>> ^direpickle:

中國真是臥虎藏龍之地！在著通高校比
賽裡亦發掘出超卓選手！下一個奧運會，ߑ
3;國奪金應­再破記錄!
lol, I love that joke.

FIXEDDDDDDDDDDD

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>> ^aceofkidneys:
>> ^Simple_Man:
As a Canadian and a Vancouverite, I am embarrassed that this happened. What has happened to my Canada?

Amen brother, as a fellow vancouverite I have never felt more shame for my city and my country. I hope we don't win a single medal on our own soil (again), due to all the horrible karma stirred up from this situation, taking billions of our tax dollars, not letting other countries practice on the turf THEY WILL BE COMPETING ON, and now this blasphemy, it makes me so disappointed and mad. Fuck you Vanoc, fuck you both provincial and federal government, and fuck you olympics in general.
There called olympic GAMES, not olympic I'm better then yous.


This comment makes me ashamed to be a Canadian.

It's the Olympics. A couple weeks will have passed and the only thing that'll happen is a few countries will gain a small amount of national prestiege and in 4 years, it'll be forgotten in everything but the Olympic History book.

You're still a Canadian, As am I. Born and raised in Ontario, and i'll probably die here, too.
Americans may be known for fierce patriotism, but god knows Canadians are right behind them. I'm proud of my Country, viewed by the world as peace keepers and neutrality.

Sure, we're pulling a dick move with these games, and I agree that it should be rectified, but I would NEVER betray my own country by wishing it does badly. Now, as far as I understand, it's mostly Americans that are shocked over the lack of us allowing them to come train with us. Truthfully, lets think of this for a minute. In terms of "Dick Moves" I think the Americans have quite a bit more racked up then we do, however I understand "An eye for an eye." and still agree, that its not right.

However, This article basically explains it all, better then I can ever say here.
There's an advantage. There always has been, and there always will be, however, maybe it's our turn to actually use it for once.

>> ^Simple_Man:
As a Canadian and a Vancouverite, I am embarrassed that this happened. What has happened to my Canada?


Amen brother, as a fellow vancouverite I have never felt more shame for my city and my country. I hope we don't win a single medal on our own soil (again), due to all the horrible karma stirred up from this situation, taking billions of our tax dollars, not letting other countries practice on the turf THEY WILL BE COMPETING ON, and now this blasphemy, it makes me so disappointed and mad. Fuck you Vanoc, fuck you both provincial and federal government, and fuck you olympics in general.

There called olympic GAMES, not olympic I'm better then yous.

I really don't get what the big deal is.
According to Wikipedia, the US hosted the Summer Olympics 4 times since 1896 and the Winter Olympics 4 times since 1924. The Olympic games have never been in South America before.

I can't believe Rio won. I'm happy about it, but I can't imagine how they're gonna' make the city capable of hosting the Olympic games in 7 years.

>> ^gwiz665:
Even if he were not a pacifist, HE holds no blame, since he was not involved. You don't carry the sins of your father.
I think the accusation already lies in the "from Munich! God!", I also think it is stupid to frame it like "he's not willing to take blame" - I'm not willing to take blame for anything that my ancestors did either, and I shouldn't have to either.

Well, there are several points in that paragraph that were completely lost here. Let's see if I can explain.

- To Israelis, Munich is almost always connected to the 1972 Olympic games and the terrorist attack, on which the film "Munich" is based.
- While the person himself holds no personal blame for either the Munich massacre or the Holocaust, the nation of Germany does (for the latter, anyway). It's hard for some Israelis to separate the two.
- The entire paragraph is satirical, and Lapid is not trying to say Jorgen holds personal blame for the Holocaust, but rather that the person blaming him for it is being absurd.

I guess the last point was lost in the translation as well. It's a shame, since it's a recurring one in here.

List of Labor Camps Released to International Journalists in China

Ben Bendig
Epoch Times
Thursday, Aug 21, 2008

The Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong (CIPFG) released today a list of 51 labor camps for journalists to investigate while they are in China for the Olympic Games.

CIPFG reports that there are nearly 300 labor camps in China, where torture, “re-education” (brainwashing), and forced labor take place. Tens of thousands of Falun Gong practitioners are said to be held there, and among them are those arrested in large purges that took place in the months before the Olympics.

The regime in China has been known to deny independent investigations of claims of torture and abuse in its labor camps, which people can be sentenced to without trial.

In the lead-up to the games, CIPFG released to journalists a guide to seven labor camps near the Olympics venues, titled “Torture Outside the Olympic Village: A Guide to China’s Labor Camps.” These camps held practitioners of Falun Gong, a spiritual practice that is heavily persecuted in China.

Sources reported that the Chinese regime relocated many of the Falun Gong practitioners in the camps to ones in other provinces, and put on show tours for foreign media.

Falun Gong has been persecuted since 1999 when the practice was outlawed after it grew to an estimated 80–100 million practitioners. Reports from human rights organizations document brutal persecution against practitioners, including rape, torture, and the harvesting of organs. The Chinese regime has not explained a surge of transplants done since 2001, including 40,000 transplants with donors unaccounted for.

ryhtmic gymnastics for the 2012 olympic games can be cancelled. why have them with a winner showing up this soon

>> ^JAPR:
This is definitely a dupe, I've seen it on here twice before this.


Deffinately a dupe

http://www.videosift.com/video/Olympic-Games-Matrix-Style

dupe of http://www.videosift.com/video/Olympic-Games-Matrix-Style *discard

The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 is not so simple as to summarize with a video of one man standing in front of a tank. To understand the full scope of the incident, it will require a bit of a history and government lesson. Although the cause for the protest was noble, against totalitarian government policy, corruption, and call for democratic reform, the way in which the protests were executed is not acceptable. The crowd that gathered in the square was there for over two weeks, starting in early May, picketing major government institutions, essentially shutting down the central government. It's a wonder that any country's government has so much patience to deal with a situation like that (would love to go picket the white house). Their patience finally ran out and they called in the army on the night of June 3rd. However, the prospect that this was a peaceful demonstration is grossly misinterpreted. The protest had already broken into rioting and looting on the streets. Both soldiers and civilians were killed in the clash, exact death tolls are unknown. Many civilians were simply stomped to death from the massive crowds rushing down the streets, soldiers known to have been beaten and then burned alive, on streets lit with molotov cocktails and burning wreckage. In such a chaotic environment, it's no surprise that many people would die. Where i'm quoting from? I have relatives who were there.

It is generally accepted in China today that the incident was a mistake in both the government and the people's part. It is in my belief that in the same scenario, any other government would have done the same, if not worse. Chinese are quite a riotous people, the smallest incidences when uncontrolled could to balloon into huge ones with rioting and pillaging, you cannot simply compare with protests in America with people holding up signs yelling at each other.

I'm not applauding the Chinese government for being some benevolent one, they have some serious problems. In fact, they have ALOT of problems, but I can still sympathize towards their mammoth duty of running perhaps the most difficult nation in the world to govern. Too much diversity, too many people, too many disagreements. Therefore governance requires a great deal of power to keep the country from going into anarchy, it has been true there since the imperial ages. Honestly, a true democracy in China would be as realistic as true communism, it wouldn't last a year without destroying itself. We here in the US give up certain liberties for "security", the Chinese give up certain freedoms for stability, 'tis the same principal.

Perhaps I can be that one individual who stands against the army of people who upvoted this video. Let this wall o' text be a lesson that every country have their own issues, and we have no right to be judgmental about others when we have so many problems of our own to fix.

PS:
I'd love to see the source which suggests people get shot for trying to leave China. They probably shoot people who try to get in though
Now boycotting the olympics in the name of politics is extremely naive. The whole point of the olympics is for people of the world to temporarily forget their differences and compete in an even playing field.
The censorship does suck though, they need to fix that :-/

Reporters covering the Olympic games can't get decent internet access because of the heavy censorship. Chinese soldiers still shoot people for trying to LEAVE the country. So I posted this in hopes that more people will boycott the Olympics.

^Because the guy is still believed to be alive. It's about the courage it took to do this. A man, ONE man, versus an entire column of tanks, who stood up for something right. How many people on the entire face of the planet have that kind of courage? I can think of absolutely no one that I know who would have done such a thing, including me. Could you do it?

He is a symbol for what is best in us all, i.e., each an everyone of us CAN make a difference IF we have the courage to do so.

As bad as my country is (the U.S.), China is worse. Reporters covering the Olympic games can't get decent internet access because of the heavy censorship. Chinese soldiers still shoot people for trying to LEAVE the country. So I posted this in hopes that more people will boycott the Olympics.

I don't care if your don't like this video, but that doesn't mean that you should also summarily dismiss it.