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Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Steve Janke calls for an Olympic Boycott
I thought the man behind Angry in the Great White North deserved a "shout-out".
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a) Link to Angry in the Great White North's blog, not your own blog where there's a link to his blog somewhere. Otherwise it's Blogspamming, not a shout out.
b) Boycotting the Olympics hurts China's pride, our athletes, and our advertisers. Boycotting China's manufacturers and stopping all exports from Canada to China shows we're really taking this seriously because everyone in Canada will have to feel the pinch. Saying you're not going to watch the TV coverage is hardly a sacrifice. Boo hoo. Saying you're willing to see your mutual funds take a hit, and saying you're willing to pay triple price for your next Costco purchase says you're truly serious about striking China. An Olympic boycott would be a token gesture. One that said we're willing to talk big but act small. A total boycott would be a painful but undeniably real gesture.
c) I really don't believe anyone here has taken every single Chinese-made thing in their house, shoved it in a box, and shipped it back to China with a big "F**k Yu, and keep your money too!" written on it yet, so enough with the vicarious posturing. Talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk.
Posted by: Pattern Recognition | 2008-03-25 9:02:27 AM
PR,
"c) I really don't believe anyone here has taken every single Chinese-made thing in their house, shoved it in a box, and shipped it back to China with a big "F**k Yu, and keep your money too!" written on it yet, so enough with the vicarious posturing. Talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk."
May I borrow this retort the next time the Lefties protest at the nearest American embassy or consulate?
Posted by: h2o273kk9 | 2008-03-25 9:50:51 AM
"May I borrow this retort the next time the Lefties protest at the nearest American embassy or consulate?"
You can borrow it Anytime you run into Anyone who prefers partisan hollow talk, left, right, up, down, libertarian, librarian, or veterinarian, to action. Human rights work isn't about scratching a political itch—making conservatives feel good about being conservative or making Marxists feel good about being Marxists, or making libertarians feel goo about not being Conservative Marxists either—it's about humans having rights, regardless of their label.
Screaming, burning flags, blogging, beating the war drums from our keyboards, blocking CBC, commenting, and catcalling ideologues is fun, but it's just a token gesture. More fire and more rhetoric but zero change.
"Ho ho! We showed them!" No we didn't. If all we show them is that all we're willing to do is screw over a few kids who bust their ass to represent us, and maybe screw over a few advertisers, then China Win. They've proven their point that when our money, our comfort, our access to cheap crap, our portfolio is at risk, we'll shrink back to our corner and mumble and grumble and talk amongst ourselves and post pictures of The Tank Man to our blog, saying we're fighting the good fight.
Posted by: Pattern Recognition | 2008-03-25 10:13:48 AM
With me it's type, type, type...
Boycott or not, I won't be watching the Olympics.
My prediction is that the Chinese will win a unprecedented number of medals, very few records will be broken, and the foreign athletes that do attend the Games will have trouble breathing.
Posted by: Speller | 2008-03-25 10:16:11 AM
PR,
"You can borrow it Anytime you run into Anyone who prefers partisan hollow talk, left, right, up, down, libertarian, librarian, or veterinarian, to action."
Are you really sure you want to give me this permission?
" I really don't believe PR has taken every single WesternStandard-advertised thing in their house, shoved it in a box, and shipped it back to the advertiser with a big "F**k Yu, and keep your money too!" written on it yet, so enough with the vicarious posturing. Talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk."
I like it. You?
Posted by: h2o273kk9 | 2008-03-25 10:26:52 AM
PR said:
I really don't believe anyone here has taken every single Chinese-made thing in their house, shoved it in a box, and shipped it back to China with a big "F**k Yu, and keep your money too!" written on it
Great idea, PR. What's their address, and do you think we can send it COD?
Posted by: Markalta | 2008-03-25 11:25:30 AM
Markalta, Maersk can hook you up with an empty back-haul cargo container bound for China.
6th Floor Beijing Kelun Bldg.
12A Guanghua Rd., Beijing, China
ph. 86 010 6569 2188
or just www.maerskline.com
They have a boat (the Hanasa Rendsburg) leaving Vancouver on the 29th at 7:00 local time.
You'll want the shipment to go to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
attn: Yang Jiechi, Minister of Foreign Affairs
No. 2, Chaoyangmen Nandajie,
Chaoyang District,
Beijing, China 100701
And I'd let them handle the customs fees If I were you.
Posted by: Pattern Recognition | 2008-03-25 1:27:29 PM
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