Originally Posted by
828a
Take a bow China; An unqualified triumph capped on the final day by a Chinese gold, silver and bronze all from the one event. An occasion of special merit that had three proud young ladies singing their national athem in unison as three identical red flags rose together above the rostrum. A magical moment and a fitting climax that somehow said it all.
There are those who will call it a Pyrrhic victory but they are wrong. To China it is affordable, something the British will be hard pressed to say in four years' time.
828a
I challenge 828a and one Brit to both create a poster saying how corrupt their leaders are and that they should be sent to jail. Both take their sign to the lawn in front of their respective parliament or equivelant for display and then return to tell us what the reaction was.
Of course we would never again hear from 828a. But at least he will finally realize that there are more important things in life than flashy Olympic ceremonies and cheating with 14 year old athletes to make a statement of how great your country supposedly is. But then again, what do you expect from a country that drives tanks over it's own peaceful protesters.