The Winter Olympics have started and because it’s in China, it’s less a sporting event and more a Human Rights abusing jamboree.
While I have zero time for the blood empire of Corporate America and its military industrial complex, let’s not allow our disgust of Pax Americana to support China.
Xi has gone mad on power and it looks like he’s going to grant himself the position of God at the CCP conference in November.
He presides over an oppressive surveillance state that disappears critics and uses torture and cultural genocide against minorities.
You can’t pretend none of that happens so we can watch Sport.
This year we have the extra fun of waiting for the Olympics to finish before Putin invades the Ukraine.
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100% Martyn. This is a deja vu of the 1936 Olympics in Berlin.
I hope some of the athletes protest at the opening ceremony to embarrass their hosts on live TV.
Yeah, let the athletes protest, because the leader of their countries have no guts.
Will these protesting athletes be wearing clothes that have “Made in China” on the label?
Andrew,
Spot on Andrew. Berlin 1936 all over again. Just a slightly different salute to the dictator, oops, President.
Nancy Pelosi warned athletes not to insult the CCP if they value their safety.
https://nypost.com/2022/02/04/pelosi-tells-us-olympic-athletes-not-to-criticize-china/
This is coming from the Speaker of the House in the US Government! The US as the main superpower is officially over. Must. Pander. To. Our. Chinese. Overlords.
Human rights. The only reason we have human rights, is because we give them to each other. China does as it wants. The world could boycott the Corporate Sports Games but it does not. So we, in essence are ok with the happenings in China or elsewhere. Like the last games, i won’t watch. That is all we can do. Not tune in to watch the bullshittery that are the Olympic games of today.
100% agree although a Ukrainian war lies squarely in the old coot’s hands. His handlers appear to want war for some moronic reason. Say whatever you like but the world was an entirely safer place under Trump.
Hope someone has bothered to check in with the tennis player who complained about being raped by a senior official. https://nationalpost.com/news/world/where-is-she-chinese-tennis-player-who-says-top-politician-raped-her-may-now-have-disappeared
15 human rights lawyers still missing after Chinese government crackdown
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-13/human-rights-lawyers,-activists-still-missing-in-china/6616198
Hong Kong protests: nearly 100 children among 396 arrested over national anthem and security law demonstrations
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3086601/hong-kong-protests-nearly-100-children-among-396-arrested
Disappearing Billionaires: Jack Ma And Other Chinese Moguls Who Have Mysteriously Dropped Off The Radar
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jenniferwang/2021/01/07/disappearing-billionaires-jack-ma-and-other-chinese-moguls-who-have-mysteriously-dropped-off-the-radar/?sh=31218a6e2187
China’s Biggest Movie Star Was Erased From the Internet, and the Mystery Is Why
https://www.wsj.com/articles/zhao-wei-china-biggest-movie-star-erased-from-internet-11631713293
Even social influencers who seem to be helping China, are disappeared!
Chinese YouTuber Li Ziqi: What happened to the famous star
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/chinese-youtuber-li-ziqi-what-happened-to-the-famous-star/QY45Z4TST7OZCMTMGGARUORMGI/
So, if it comes to the crunch should we choose the USA we have now over China? That (considering the wall to wall Western propaganda being force fed to us to “manufacture consent” for American repetitive stupidity), is a very hard call to make. The Americans are not what they have pretended to be all these years.
Ask yourself who is fucking up this world the most.
So there is a compelling argument for the NZ team to be withdrawn then!
What a shame that would be when we have hard training competitors who could win gold medals for the first time at a winter Olympics. Nah – not going to happen! Principles are for other people to indulge in.
but we won’t because soooo much of NZs identity and self-worth you might even say national pride stems from winning the odd sporting trophy…fergitt the poverty see the all blacks…plus there’s a shedload of dosh to be made…..whining AND taking the lollies is THE worst form of hypocrisy…and we are world leaders in that field.
Concern for human rights in China is just part of the current demonise China campaign by the U.S .
The U.S is concerned with Chinas exponential power and influence.
The U.S has never ,ever cared about human rights in any meaningful way.
They can start with their own treatment of the native Indian population.
As for the Ukraine-Russia says they are not intending to attack Ukraine.
Russia has troops in their own country as the Ukraine,who is not a member of NATO,receives armaments from NATO countries.
The main benefactors of a war,are the usual suspects-U.S defence force contractors with a loss in ongoing profits,from the end of the Afghanistan tragedy.
don’t watch it don’t subscibe to sky etc etc….the pocket is where you hurt them…if sponsors don’t get exposure they’ll pick somewhere else next time like ooohhhhh dubai, orrrrr burma, maybeeee russia.
But don’t mention the origin of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and the death and carnage it’s caused to those on planet Earth.
or the fact that the project to ‘potentiate’ the virus was US funded.
I discovered a 6-7 year old Grishanov video censored by R18/membership throttling at Youtube ,,,,
,,, The sameness in narrative threat is stunning ,, probably because it works ….. , the ‘Russians invading’ believers have been played like fiddles,,, in a 7 or 8 year tune ,,, starting back when Hillary war criminal Clinton started singing strongly ,,,, “Putins hitler , Putins hitler. ”
I re-posted it on Bitchute with no R18 or membership requirements to watch it,,,, ‘Grishanov Артём Гришанов – Солдат Soldier War in Ukraine -English subtitles’-,,, https://www.bitchute.com/video/MXeJfXKNTwNm/
Description : Anti-war,,, The video shows the start of fighting and Killing in the Biden – Nuland – John McCain – Poroshenko war, that was launched against the people and provinces of Ukraine who rejected being ruled by a Racist Nationalist Fascist incorporating and illegitimate Coup Government,, that overthrew the elected Government by violence and murder in 2014.
The Ukraine Coup and war was a usa democratic party operation.
Now after waiting for one year back in power,,, to try and be discrete ,,,, They are attempting to reboot their project using exzactly the same anti-Russia Propaganda as shown in Grishanovs songs video ,,, from 2015-2016
war invasion and killing your own civilians in the name of NATO/Usa.”
Grishanov at youtube https://www.youtube.com/c/Grishanov/videos
Bat shit crazy Pelosi reprimanding China over Human rights abuse while America is no better than China was just bizarre
No better than China? When did USA kill 70 million of their own citizens in the name of a vicious inhuman ideology?
Notice that 70 million deaths was an estimate contained on Wikipedia that was originally expressed in a range. The bottom figure of the range was 250,000. The Guardian cited 2 million. Obviously, any such statistics are meaningless. Once again, the propagandist has demonstrated his disingenuousness and lack of scholarly integrity.
Subsequently, https://www.statista.com/chart/25138/people-under-poverty-line-china/#:~:text=Poverty%20in%20China&text=According%20to%20the%20latest%20data,around%20120%20million%20people%20higher. All this while the rest of the world is going backwards.
Some new events have been added this year:
https://babylonbee.com/news/15-fun-communist-themed-olympic-games-at-beijing-this-year
You cut to the chase, Martyn.
Anyone hurting unjustifiably is my sibling. I wouldn’t go, but if there, wouldn’t go to the opening ceremony. The ignorance of anything but individualism allows this ignorral (my, necessary, word) of the Uyghurs’ mass persecution.
Yes the U.S is really concerned about the Uighurs….the Kurds,Armenians,Yemeni’s,et…al…
Do …behave!
I judge matters by NZ, 1200 ks off Oz. Maybe 2400, don’t know. Happy for that distance to decide our own opinions. America is a not very disguised plutocracy and China is a plain dictatorship. And we have influence and ideals — disguised in our case by the the 84 coup for the rich, which fkn evermore continues.
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