This Is Not A Democracy, It's A Republic........
But so far ... aren't they just talking about the opening ceremonies?
Yes. But I'd like to see a full withdrawal by everyone. It would be glorious.
Yea, but you know no one will boycott the entire thing...to much money to be made. Even China won't say no to capitalist dollars pouring into their country - just as other countries won't miss the money to be made off of the athletes gold medal wins.
I'm sorry to make this so long, but it's worth it.
There is another huge problem with the Olympics in China. The facilities they have been busily building over there for the Games are a little lacking in the toilet department. The instructions below were sent to me by a friend, whose wife comes from China.
Here are some pics of the squat toilet. (Keep in mind, those are clean.)
Using the Squat Toilet:
Rule One: Exhaust all other possibilities. If you are truly in need and condemned to use the squat toilet, comfort yourself with the knowledge that you are several thousand miles from friends and family. No one has to know.
Proceed as follows:
Most stalls do not have toilet paper. This is the best time to realize this. Either take paper from the general dispenser in the bathroom area or preferably bring your own as it will be made of tissue and not plywood carpaccio.
Approach the squat toilet apprehensively and make sure it's not covered in stool. If it is covered in stool, choose another stall. If another stall is not available, accept the cards that have been dealt you. This is a good time to come up with a title for your experience such as My Great B.M. Adventure or Disgusticon One.
Close the door to the stall, knowing full well the handle has more germs on it than the entire population of Botswana.
Place your feet on the appropriate foot grids, assuming they are not covered in stool. If they are covered in stool, place your feet on the least fouled space you can find, being careful to maintain balance.
Unfasten and drop your trousers and underpants, making sure that they do not make contact with the urine and stool covered surface area.
Grimace and ask yourself if a country with such a toilet can or should ever be a superpower.
Assume a squatting position like a competitive ski jumper. Stick your ass out like a whore in a 50 Cent video. This is a good time to pretend you're not a miserable tourist with your pants around your ankles, squatting over a barbaric poo hole.
Use your right hand to prevent the soiling of your trousers and underpants by holding them off the ground and pushing them forward, away from any Danger Zone. This is perhaps the best time ever to be a kilt-wearing Scotsman.
In your left hand should be the assortment of paper/wipes/anti-bacterial sheets you intend to use after you are finished with your production.
You would think you would want your left hand to brace your squatting self against the stall wall. However, the stall wall is covered in nose nuggets and as such is not touchable. At any rate, if you have a penis you will need your left hand for guidance anyway.
For the penised: Use your left hand to aim it away from your trousers and underpants. Point it backwards between your legs - as if it were a rocket engine designed to propel you far away from this alien hellhole. At the same time be sure not to drop any of the objects in your left hand as they will be rendered horribly irretrievable should you do so.
If you do not have a penis, use the left arm to balance yourself - waving it around wildly rather than touching the snot covered stall wall or filthy support bars (if any).
If you are able to maintain balance for several seconds, you are ready to begin bowel evacuation. At this point the bulk of your focus should be towards the quick evacuation of your bowels without soiling your clothing, missing your mark or - God forbid - losing your balance and falling.
For aiming purposes keep your head tucked between your legs - like a bombardier on a very unpleasant mission assigned by General Squalor.
If your aim is true you will have the pleasure of watching poo (yours) drop down a deep, dark hole to a resounding ploot. If it's not true, you will have the pleasure of watching poo (yours) come to rest on the floor between your legs.
After you have completed your bowel evacuation, DO NOT STAND UP. Remain squatting and miserable.
Continue using your right hand to prevent contact of your trousers/underpants with urine/stool. Place your tissues and wipes in your left hand on top of your underwear/trousers and select the items you need for wiping.
Wipe and curse culture simultaneously, all the while maintaining the squatting position.
Do not drop soiled tissues. That would be too easy. Sadly, the 16th century plumbing can only handle poo. Soiled tissues are to be placed in the bin behind you. Without leaving the squat position, twist your body in order to see the bin and make a good throw. Don't worry if you miss, as it's obvious from the poo-sheet pile on the floor that even the squat-tastic natives are no Michael Jordans.
Once sufficiently wiped, humiliated and traumatized, you may stand and re-underpant and re-trouser yourself. This is a good time to reflect on your life and also a good time to try blacking out these last ten minutes - like a freshly-sodomized felon might do.
The filth-covered flush button is behind you and may or may not work.
Open the door to the stall, again knowing the handle has more germs on it than a decade of scrapings from Paris Hilton's tongue.
Exit the stall and never, ever, ever get yourself into a situation where you have to do that again. But first, wash your hands until they bleed.
China oppresses its people and yet wins the bid for the Olympics.
That right there should show you the progress society has made.
Why not have Iran host the next Summer Olympics while we're at it.
If China gets its way, we'll all be speaking in Chinese.
o/`` I like Chinese ... I like Chinese, they only come up to your knees, yet they're always friendly and they're ready to please o/``
Since when did we get behind the policies of that smiling dolt, Jimmy Carter?
Boycotting the Olympics is stupid. It does nothing but punish the athletes who make lives and careers out of their one shot at the Olympics.
We didn't boycott the Hitler Olympics, instead we kicked their ass. We should have done the same thing with the Communists. Just look at how epic our Olympic win in Hockey was over the USSR the very year we let Carter pull out of the Summer Olympics.
Let our athletes compete. If you want to make some stupid political statement against China, do it with your own dime, and your own freedom.
Don't buy Chinese goods (good luck!), don't hire Chinese labor or support companies who do. But for Jimmy the dolt who should just shut up lest he keep embarrassing himself Carter's sake, don't be a hypocrite and live off the cheap Chinese goods and then ask our cream of the crop athletes to stay home because you're too lazy to do any sort of protest that actually inconveniences you.
Meaningless boycotts are for smelly hippies. When did this blog join that camp?
As much as i dislike China, i say let the games go on. I hope USA kicks their ass.
I agree 100% Christopher & SteveH.
Well, said!
I read that in HANOI ON THE BAY(SAN FRACISCO)they have barred protesters from getting with in acertian distence of the carrying of the tourch Frankly wwe should boycott the whole damn olympics games I sure not planning to watch
I like what Christopher said.
The scary thing is that China owns our debt. Yours and mine.
What's China going to do? Foreclose? HAH!
The scariest thing China can do is sell their dollar holdings and water down the value of our currency (they are doing this, it's one of the reasons the dollar is cheap). But they have to buy something with that money, since there isn't a better paper than the dollar. The Euro is up against the dollar, but the Euro isn't the global currency.
So what's China buying? Commodities. They need copper to wire their massive country, steel, concrete, oil, etc.
Why do you think China bought the Panama Canal? They need to ship all the stuff they are buying back to China, of course.
Why do you think we're in Iraq now? So we can put our flag on the largest untapped wells that we know of on the planet before China mechanizes, gets their lazy unexperienced army off their asses (they'll do so anyway... it one of the only ways of employing that many people besides construction projects) and move into the Middle East themselves.
It's the reason we supported the Mujahadeen against the Soviets and it's the reason that China wants to keep her satellite states that border the Middle East.
Besides land, air, water, and freedom, oil is the next best reason to fight wars. I'm glad our troops have died to give us a stronger hold on the Iraqi fields, I just hope our politicians stop f'ing it up and seal the deal.
What's wrong with you fellow conservatives?
Boycotting would ONLY HURT the participants.
It is pulling a KKKarter.
It is a LIBERAL mindset.
Wow!!! I do not believe my eyes.
cranky old liberal you are off your meds. you are DELUSIONAL & DELIRIOUS & a INTOLERANT HATE MONGERING little PUNK.
Oh give me a fucking break, yeah I'm a hippy now because I think boycotting the Olympics would piss the fuck out of and financially screw the commie bastards Waaaa.
Jenn, I did not call anybody anything.
Re read it. It says:
"It is a liberal MINDSET." A mindset on ONE thing doesn't make anybody anything, wow. It's just referring to "boycotting the olympics."
The last line is referring to the post before mine from cranky_old_man & him only.
I do not agree with Christopher that boycotting the olympics makes anyone a hippie or anything close. I should have read his post a little closer before I said 100%.
Maybe I am misinformed, but what good will boycotting the olympics do?
Regarding Henry's long diatribe regarding the toilet, I used germ infested outhouses for a whole year in Vietnam & never saw a FLUSH toilet until I got to the 747 Freedom bird. NONE of us died from that unless it was boobee trapped.
Just as a rule of thumb I always do just the opposite of what a liberal does & you can't get more liberal than KKKarter. I have NEVER seen a liberal do anything right. Are we now saying KKKarter was right in boycotting the olympics?
I am saying I think EVERYONE boycotting THESE Olympics would hurt China where it counts the most, the pocketbook.
And it send a message that we don't like commie bastards. But EVERYONE would have to be on board not just two or three countries.
And of course Carter did something right, he lost the send time he ran.
No way they should boycott the olympics....these athlets train their entire lives for this moment and to take it away from them would be crime...
The Olympics should not become a political football again like they did under Carter.
Jenn, lol, I agree I guess an extreme liberal DID do something right & lost.
Jenn, that's true about almost everything being 100% inclusive. But REALITY is that won't happen. Just like NOT voting for McLame will only HELP the KKKrats.
We can hope McLame has a conservative VP and he has a heart attack but ewww that's rough. I don't like to wish for the death of any Republican president even though liberal. At least McLame is pro Iraq war & for LOWER taxes.
Wow. We can hope? Any republican president? Or any president?
HENRY!!! Please post a warning next time you post something like that! I was in the middle of eating LUNCH for cryin' out loud! If I hadn't seen your name I would've SWORN that Billy wrote that! Yikes!
I'm not sure how many of you have ever been to Korea or Japan, but the squat shots are de rigueur in those countries as well. However, Japan is catching up with western standards and doing so with style. Heated seats and little bidet streams that come out with warm water to wash your (ahem) underside.
So it ain't just the Chinese, although I suspect that they will eventually come into 20th century crapping while kicking and screaming.
VW
Sounds suspiciously like a bidet!
Wit,
At least someone has a sense of humor. I was just getting ready to say that I was disappointed that no one even mentioned the hilarious instructions my friend provided for those Westerners that will be attending the Games this summer.
Well gee Henry, I was too busy pimp fighting. :P
Henry, you have pretty much guaranteed that I will never leave my country again! This old lady can't afford THAT indignity! ACK! My eyes are still seared with both the pictures and the pictures generated by the instructions!
Did you catch the bling sale this weekend, Jenn? I got myself some bomb MJ Platforms!
LOL
I'm not sure that boycotting the Olympics in China will fix (or indeed even help) the problem - the damage was done when the Olympic committee agreed to have the Olympics in China in the first place. I agree with others above that it's not fair to the athletes to have their big opportunity arbitrarily taken away. I read an interview with the Dalai Lama, and even he recommends against this approach.
Perhaps by sending athletes to China, it will help highlight the problem and bring about some changes. There is bound to be interviews and opinions given!
Boycotting the Olympics will not fix the problem. Is there anyone here who thinks that?
Well Henry I upgraded my Pimp and I be savin' up some green fo them sweet dollah grills.
I would like to see the runner get rained on and their stupid tourch snuffed out
Sandpiper got their wish, the torch has been snuffed. HAH! A bad omen.
Jenn made the point that boycotting the Olympics hurts China in the pocket book. Perhaps, but is this the most effective vehicle to do that?
I see this as a grand form of slacktivism. Lazy, selfish activism. Kind of like clicking links to feed people rice or getting all snarky in your dorm room but doing nothing besides ostracizing the closet conservative kids at your college. You know, masturbatory activism. It feels good, but doesn't stick it to anyone that matters.
Keeping our athletes home forces them to sacrifice everything for the pro-boycot people's desire to make a statement with no compensation for their loss and no choice.
We ask our troops to fight our wars in proxy, but no athlete has any say in making protests for us in-proxy. Unlike our troops, athletes don't exist as political pawns, so to make them such because it will allow "you" to make a protest without any suffering is a libtard tactic.
Libtards think someone else owes them a living. Libtards think that someone else should pay. Someone else should be the nanny while we piss our pants as infants of the state and someone else has to clean it up.
Libtards want the haves to serve as hosts for the leeching of the have nots. In this case, the athletes are the haves, and slacktivists are the have nots.
Self reliance tells us that to make a statement about the olympics, we shouldn't pay for a Chinese airline to take is to China to visit, or pay a Chinese hotel to house us, or pay the Chinese for tickets or buy Chinese souvenirs. Fine!
But even if we withdraw from the Olympics, and even if we cancel TV contracts, and even if we fill the sports pages with civil rights violations of the Chinese instead of reports of the games... doing so is not even a drop on an Ocean of our financial and political leverage with China.
I, personally, am looking forward to our free (as in freedom and is how much the government is paying them or supporting them!) athletes, especially women and other groups who are not given fair treatment by the Chinese within their own country, making a good showing.
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