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  • #16
    Re: Coffeesnobs view of Opening Ceremony

    Originally posted by NewToEspresso link=1218237367/0#14 date=1218753507
    At least in this country there is a basic recognition that every person is valuable regardless of occupation, financial status, race etc..
    There is? I must let those homeless people know when I pass them. Im sure the members of the Qranic society felt valued out Camden way. Those who were locked up in immigration detention centres for the heinous crime of trying to seek a better life in a supposedly liberal country must have felt exceptionally valued.

    Chinas human rights record may be tarnished but our own is not exactly a shining example either. WotB is right - this is a great opportunity to put China in the world spotlight in a positive way. The whole world can benefit from encouraging rather than castigating them.

    Sure we can nitpick on some cosmetic faults in the way that the opening ceremony was conducted but it was still very impressive by any measure. Sure we can voice protest on Tibet but I think the Chinese have already received the message loud and clear on this and jingoism isnt going to help.

    Anyway, soapbox has been put aside.

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    • #17
      Re: Coffeesnobs view of Opening Ceremony

      Originally posted by flynnaus link=1218237367/0#15 date=1218755728
      ... anyway, soapbox has been put aside.
      Flynn, cherish that soapbox of yours as your democratic right to free speech without the fear of being jailed ... in China, well :

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      • #18
        Re: Coffeesnobs view of Opening Ceremony

        Originally posted by GrindOnDemand link=1218237367/0#16 date=1218778553
        Flynn, cherish that soapbox of yours as your democratic right to free speech without the fear of being jailed ... in China, well :
        Touche GoD. I guess Im optimistic that China will be encouraged to reform their authoritarian approach. But I have to keep reminding myself that all Ive read about what is going on in China is from the western press.

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        • #19
          Re: Coffeesnobs view of Opening Ceremony

          Originally posted by GrindOnDemand link=1218237367/0#16 date=1218778553

          Flynn, cherish that soapbox of yours as your democratic right to free speech without the fear of being jailed ... in China, well :
          Spot on Tony...our democratic rights to free speech were protected by erecting fences through Sydney when Bush came to town. :P

          And as a society, we certainly value every person...as long as they dont have a disability, mental illness, or happen to be black.

          I guess we could go on like this forever, so Ill leave it there.

          As for the opening, I thought it was absolutely fantastic!

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          • #20
            Re: Coffeesnobs view of Opening Ceremony

            Originally posted by flynnaus link=1218237367/0#17 date=1218779609
            ... Touche GoD. I guess Im optimistic that China will be encouraged to reform their authoritarian approach. But I have to keep reminding myself that all Ive read about what is going on in China is from the western press.
            ... probably because theres no objective media allowed to come out of China mate!

            Censorship - grrrr >

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            • #21
              Re: Coffeesnobs view of Opening Ceremony

              Originally posted by Andy Freeman link=1218237367/0#4 date=1218290764
              Sure were a lot of coffee origin flags in that parade... and most had only 5 or 6 athletes.

              Yeah obviously coffee is not much of a performance enhancing drug hey?

              On the subject of china and the opening cermony - i think it is a shame the way the media is harping on about the imperfections and CGI.

              Really it was a show and a bloody good on at that. The opening ceremony is there for everyones entertainment much like david copperfields show when he walked through the wall of china (also fake by the way). The show china put on was without a doubt one of the best opening ceremonys in the history of the olympics - irrespective of whether there was cgi fireworks or BSODs.

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