In addition, police killed an innocent guy at the vancouver airport recently with a taser, didnt they? no one blamed ALL OF CANADA for it and no one is going to boycott vancouver 2010, are they? weird how its always china that gets blamed as a whole when only a small portion is doing something wrong. ugh.

Like one of the commentators said above, turn off the TV or if you tune in, watch news of substance! It is the glue to keep you plugged in of the happenings of the world.

The arbitrary limitations on what techniques you can use to become faster/stronger/better (some drugs are allowed, some aren’t, the choice being made apparently by throwing darts at the Periodic Table blindfolded) mean if the whole thing ever wasn’t a political charade, it certainly is now. We can expect a lot of high-quality competition and some amazing physical displays, but what we can’t expect is any sort of “Olympic ideal”. It’s long drowned in a sea of competing political propaganda.

Jeebus, you guys need to put down the conspiracy theories and anti-Chinese propoganda. Holy toledo.

Look, if push came to shove, the United States wouldn’t go to war for Taiwan as it is already. Even Americans still value money over ideals at the end of the day. Let’s also be a bit more reasonable. For all of the posturing that comes out of Beijing, the central leadership isn’t really interested in taking Taiwan back by force either. It is extremely unlikely that they’d choose to fight a war to get a piece of land full of people their war has thoroughly alienated. Only Americans do that sort of stuff. Yes, the Chinese feel a certain nationalistic kinship and pride with their “brothers” across the Straits. Maybe it isn’t fully reciprocated, but aside from petty politicians and idealistic youth, no one on either side really wants force to be involved in the resolution of the China-Taiwan issue.

Regardless of what some Chinese people say, Taiwan is effectively its own country: It governs itself. It may be losing international recognition, but until Beijing can control what the people in Taiwan do, then it is more independent than not. The China-Taiwan issue is not about what IS, but about what COULD BE. It is not about NOW, it is about the FUTURE. Should the two reunify? Encourage them to sort it out.

But again, there is little point for China to forcibly annex Taiwan. It would just create more bad blood than there is today. For the most part, the best way for a possible reunification is through economic entanglements and integration. That’s happening, though we do a get a few lame outburts here and there from both sides about retarded shit like panda names and Olympic torch itineraries.

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