Why are the UK bothering to go to the Olympics? It's not as if we are actually going to win anything (except maybe the Curling). Our generally poor results in sport aside, should we really be supporting a country that has a human rights record so bad it makes half the Middle East look like a hippy heaven? Perhaps our beloved leader, Gordo, is unaware of the situation in Tibet. Maybe he is in the dark about the threats China have made to Taiwan should they refuse to come peacefully back under Chinese rule (hint: it doesn't involve a harsh letter). Or maybe he's just interested in the benefits he will gain by cosying up with the Beijing government and the expanding Chinese industrialists. France and Germany are threatening to boycott the games, good for them (never thought I'd say that). The Chinese aren't hosting the games out of the goodness of their hearts and their love of the international community (now there's a phrase I loathe, who is this international community?) They are doing it for cash, pure and simple, never have I been to a more money grabbing country then China, bastards tried to charge me the equivilent of £5 for a bloody postcard, and what grates more is that I nearly unwittingly paid it.Oh well, we are supporting a totalitarian state with an unelected leader, a state where the Internet companies spy on their users and the authorities always know what is best for the general populace. I hear China's pretty bad as well.
