Letters to the Editor
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Me thinks the protestors doth protest not enough
By all means all decent folk should boycott the Beijing Olympics. Those who argue that politics shouldn't play any part in the Olympics are either intellectually dishonest or just plain ignorant. The Olympics are all about politics. The PRC wanted the Olympics for the international prestige and cachet it would bring -- just like Nazi Germany did in 1936* (And boy, didn't that bring Germany into the family of nations!).
That said, if anyone really gives a rat's derriere about Tibet and other human rights violations by the PRC, then Chinese products should be boycotted as well. However, I don't see a lot of do-gooders advocating this.
And that said, given the US's very poor record on war atrocities, going back to at least the Viet Nam war, the US shouldn't be hosting any more Olympics any time soon either.
* BTW, I hope everybody knows the whole torch-running schtick as well as the Olympic symbol are both Nazi additions to the Olympic tradition. Zieg heil, sports fans!