Hopefully lots of Olympians want to go


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Subject: Hopefully lots of Olympians want to go
Name: ludicrous
Date: 4/12/2001 10:12:14 AM (GMT-7)
IP Address: 138.67.40.158
In Reply to: Re: Free at Last!!!! posted by LED
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the Olympics is an opportunity for the host country to 'strut their stuff', but this also forces them to keep the heavy-handed tactics to a minimum while the international spotlight is present, else risk losing the even to another nation.

Such was the case in the 1988 Seoul Games, although S. Korea was admittedly much closer to a working democracy at the time...

Communism can't last forever, though, China has tasted capitalist-styled money on the coastal regions and it's only a matter of time before everyone demands a slice of the pie. It may take years and numerous more human rights abuses, but it will happen eventually.

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