So, I read on MSN.com today that the IOC has agreed to allow the Chinese government (hereafter known as CG) to restrict access to the internet, specifically any website the CG feels is of a sensitive nature and is not directly related to the Olympics. I cannot believe that the IOC has agreed to these negotiations. On the other hand, I don't know why I'm so dumbfounded that they have agreed to it. As much as people want to believe the IOC is non-partisan and impartial, it has always been and always will be a political body. I mean, part of the article had a quote from the BOCOG spokesman stating "I would remind you that Falun Gong is an evil, fake religion which has been banned by the Chinese government." Hello? "Evil, fake religion"? I'm surprised MSN didn't include a counterstatement in the article.
I was reading some blogs about the Olympics being held in China this year and there was one Idiot (yes, this blogger deserves the capital "I"), Expatter, who must have been fake as reading the blog made me want to scratch out my own eyes and give myself amnesia for having seen and read what was obviously a posting by a Chinese official trying to make it seem like China is just one happy family with a Utopian society. (sorry about the run on sentence)
America has its fair share of problems and is by no means perfect, but neither is China. This Expatter was talking out of his or her ass. Idiot!
Anyway, enough ranting and raving from me for today.
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