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**gogoleanylinkfo** · 08-09-2008, 02:31 PM

I don't see why anyone would want to watch hours of Red Chinese propaganda. This is basically a corrupt organization, the IOC, in bed with one of the most despicable and repressive governments in history.

It's too bad the political baggage can't be filtered out and the sports/entertainment enjoyed for its own value, but the George Orwell Games are a high water mark in geopolitical propaganda that began at the 1960 Rome Olympics. It was joked that there were more KGB and CIA agents in Rome that summer than reporters.

They should just run the Winter Olympics; they're not so overblown with nationalism. The venues are more laid-back, and it's too cold for posturing.

Quick. Who remembers where the last two winter games were held?

It is the 1936 Berlin games all over again. A repressive regime on show for the world trying to prove it is all warm and fuzzy, complete with staging by their own Leni Riefenstahl. When we look back and wonder what were they thinking in 1936, the answer is that it looked the same to them as 2008 looks to us.

08-09-2008, 02:31 PM	#38
gogoleanylinkfo Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 439 Senior Member	I don't see why anyone would want to watch hours of Red Chinese propaganda. This is basically a corrupt organization, the IOC, in bed with one of the most despicable and repressive governments in history. It's too bad the political baggage can't be filtered out and the sports/entertainment enjoyed for its own value, but the George Orwell Games are a high water mark in geopolitical propaganda that began at the 1960 Rome Olympics. It was joked that there were more KGB and CIA agents in Rome that summer than reporters. They should just run the Winter Olympics; they're not so overblown with nationalism. The venues are more laid-back, and it's too cold for posturing. Quick. Who remembers where the last two winter games were held? It is the 1936 Berlin games all over again. A repressive regime on show for the world trying to prove it is all warm and fuzzy, complete with staging by their own Leni Riefenstahl. When we look back and wonder what were they thinking in 1936, the answer is that it looked the same to them as 2008 looks to us.
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