Posted by Sigismund on August 11, 2008, at 15:06:21
In reply to Re: Any thoughts about the Open Ceremony of the Oly » Sigismund, posted by Jay_Bravest_Face on August 10, 2008, at 22:44:14
I expressed myself badly Jay.
I meant 'Is what I wrote a valid argument?', because I am conflicted.If one meaning of the opening ceremony (which I couldn't be bothered watching, but will now comment on) is a message from the Chinese saying 'Don't f*ck with us', then I have some sympathy. And if I was Chinese I would NOT be prepared to listen to lectures from the west about human rights. I would think (if I was Chinese) 'When it suited you lot you took over most of the world and enslaved it and called it religion.' (colonialism) Then you fought about dividing up the world, and called it a fight for freedom (WWI, WWII), as a result of which one of your less successful ideas(Marxism-Leninism) came here. Your war on drugs defines you lot. On a pretext you sack the winter palace (I think it was called) and start the opium wars. Everywhere you go, you leaver a trail of narcotics, the problems resulting from which are paid for, not by you, but by other countries. You are in no position to lecture us about *anything*.'
Having said that, I agree with you.
So as you can see, I am conflicted.
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