Olympics Schmolympics

So last night, something started that, in a normal and just world, would never have started. At least, not the way it did.

Let me start this by saying that I love Asian culture. I think anyone who knows me knows that this is true. I love the culture, the tradition and the people. Asian films make up not a HUGE portion, but a good portion of my collection. I can name more Asian actors than your normal, everday American. I can even stand a little J-pop every once in a while. And then there’s the women…

That being said, the Olympic Committee made a HUGE mistake.

Last night (or afternoon depending on what part of the world you live in), we gave a party for murderers. If not outright murderers, then accessories to murder. You see, for the past however many years, the Chinese government has been funding the genocide in Darfur.

I don’t know a whole lot about the situation in Darfur, but I know that it’s absolutely wrong. I know that almost every country in the world has spoken out against it (except, of course, America because we have one of the stupidest and most inept governments in our history). And I know that it is so morally aprehensible as to not even NEED a comment or a denouncement from most of the world. I mean, these people are killing thousands of people just because they were born in the wrong area.

And the Chinese are helping this to happen. Not only that, but they have their own little genocide going in their own land with the whole Tibet situation.

2008 was the year that China had the Olympics in line. So, instead of telling China to fuck off because of this little oversight in morality, they decided to go ahead and let them have a party.

Basically, the world is throwing a party and the people who are protesting this party are being looked down upon.

What the fuck?!

Let’s say that I killed 10 people. Everyone knows it. They all think it’s pretty apprehensible. And they don’t particularly like me. Not just because of the murders I committed, but because I’m kind of an asshole, too.

Now my family throws a party. It’s not really for me, but they want to have it at my house. And they invite the whole neighborhood. The neighbors don’t really have anything against my family. They are able to separate me from my family in their minds. But, since the party is being held in my house, some of them are concerned. A few say that they won’t come because they don’t want to be associated with me. A few are apprehensive, but they come anyway. A few just really don’t care.

Is this a pretty normal reaction? Or would the most normal reaction be for my family to just have the party somewhere else. Maybe Zilker Park. Maybe their house. Maybe fucking Australian. Anywhere but my place.

How was this not an option for the Olympics Committee?! How come, when the time came for the big decision, they couldn’t just tell China to fuck off? I’m a little confused here. Of all the places in the world where the Olympics could be held, they had to go ahead and let China do it even though they are kind of the world’s enemy right now.

And, just to add insult to injury, they barred one of our athletes from coming to their country because he spoke out against the genocide in Darfur.

Aspluhndfigibit!?!?!

They actually had the GALL to tell one of our guys to fuck off when he said that they were doing something horrible and should be punished for it!

You know, America used to put bans on countries at the drop of a hat. You know why Cuba is forbidden? Because they’re fucking Communists! That’s really it! They’re Communists and hid a few weapons for the Soviet Union. Well, guess what: the Soviet Union doesn’t exist anymore. It’s over. Cuba is now just a poor little country who, up until a few months ago, had an incredibly old leader who was about to kick off. Now they’re new leader may be more of the same…but can they really do anything to us at this point? Fuck, no. It’s time to lift that particular embargo and stick it on China.

The problem is that China won’t feel it. They’re pretty self-sufficient. They don’t HAVE to have us buying their cheap little toys. They have their own film industry. They have more money than us at this point. (Partly because they’re not spending trillions on a war that they can’t win…but I digress.) Cuba, on the other hand, felt it pretty hardcore. Suddenly, no one was buying their cigars and things went to shit.

My point is that it is absolutely time for America to at least say, “Fuck off, China. You can do your thing, but without the support of any of our money or goods. See how long THAT lasts!” Then, if we do it, maybe other countries will do it, too. Because, even though everyone hates us right now, they still kind of look up to us ocassionally. (Especially once we get a new leader at the end of the year.) And, while a lot of other countries have condemned them for what they’re doing, they’re not doing a whole lot about that condemnation. They’re not boycotting them. They’re not putting an embargo on them. They’re just kind of saying, “Bad China!” and slapping their hands.

Maybe it’s time to do something. Maybe it’s time for the governments of the world to finally stop the money flow and stop doing any business with these people. I don’t want to punish the people for the government’s mistakes, but hopefully it wouldn’t take so long for the message to get across.

China has brought a lot of great things to this world and I hope that one day they will start doing that again. But, until that day, they should be off limits to the rest of the world.

It’s too bad that Hong Kong went back to them just in time for all of this shit to go down.