Hey, china still cool! We clean up polution later! LATER!

[The_Real_Crunk]

http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldF...63440420080728

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Athletes competing at the Beijing Olympics will face bigger mental issues than physical problems coping with China's pollution, Netherlands soccer coach Foppe De Haan said on Monday.

De Haan told a news conference his players had undergone a rigorous training programme to get themselves in the best physical shape to handle the heat and humidity.

But he said nothing could prepare them for the psychological challenge of playing under a thick blanket of haze.

"This is not a physical problem, this is a mental thing," he said. "I heard today that you can't see the (Beijing) stadium from 500 metres away. That's awful I think, but there is no point complaining, it is the same for everyone."

[DK]

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How'd they win the bid to have the games there?

[The_Real_Crunk]

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First they gather up all the cats and dogs, and kill them all to clean up the city. they they gather up all the homless and move them somewhere else, and all kinds of other crazy stuff. AND THEN THE CRAZY ASS POLUTION EVERYWHERE.

Im wondering too.

[Karr Lord of Chaos]

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i keep asking that myself.

there isnt anything good going for china, every peice of their goverment to their enviroment is a living testimate to why the games shouldnt be held there - ever.

its kind of ironic that the games, a symbol of atheltics and health, is being held in a countery whos health priorities are lowest and whos enviroment is the epitome of polution. talk about giving everyone a handicap.

[Nixon]

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And now it's time for

[altoecko]

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"We sorry, we try hard."

[Magus]

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its kind of ironic that the games, a symbol of atheltics and health, is being held in a countery whos health priorities are lowest and whos enviroment is the epitome of polution. talk about giving everyone a handicap.

On the other hand the Olympics are an excuse for gross flag-waving nationalism. But yeah, I dig the gymnastics!

And Beijing isn't the first city to kill strays and homeless to make way for the all the fun, jingoistic times~!

[The_Real_Crunk]

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You also gotta remember it wasnt just strays they were killing. They had a big campaign to tell people their pets would make them ill, and spread disease, and had doctors telling pregnant women it could hurt the baby, or make it sick. Then people believed it, and they cast out all their cats and dogs.

Government dudes come by, wrangle them up, and take them off to kill them. Hell there was that big thing last year where they were beating dogs to death in the streets with sticks, and tried to get people to rat out their neighbors that had dogs, so they could come take the dog away and kill it, all in the an of preventing the spread of rabies or something. :/

[John Mora]

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Let's not pretend the Olympics are noble.

[The Ice Cream Man]

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How'd they win the bid to have the games there?

With lots of money.

[The Toecutter]

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Maybe we'll see a terror attack there while we're at it.

[Karr Lord of Chaos]

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if i was a respectable country id protest the olymics and refuse to send anyone from my country there to participate. we dont need to be hosting the games in such a country whos human thrives on human rights violations.

i didnt hear about the dog thing, makes me more about the games and china. the latest thing i remember is something to do with monks getting killed, not sure if it was in china or around that area. everything was fine when we boycotted china and refused to let them into the economy.

[Translucid]

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Welcome to the Olympics! If you happen to see these political subversives, tell us where they are 'kay?