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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 08:01 PM Original message |
US Jewish leaders call for boycott of Beijing Olympics |
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connecticut yankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
1. The second paragraph says it all. |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 08:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I disagree |
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Pastiche423 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 10:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
21. I agree |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 10:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
22. They don't give a damn about Tibet because they also care about something else? |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 05:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
29. Yes you're right because joos are very crafty and have no souls |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
3. If I was them, I would not want to piss off China. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
4. Give them the Olympics and then embarrass them?? |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 08:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. At some point I no longer care about the feelings of Hu Jintao and that government. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 09:03 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. The world gave them the damned Olympics |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 09:20 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. They own us |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 09:56 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. They are as reliant on us as we are on them. |
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cartach (361 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 03:27 AM Response to Reply #6 |
27. If that's the case |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
5. The Olympics must be de-politicized |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 09:21 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. I agree up to a point. What about this torch-lighting ceremony in 1936? |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 10:08 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. The real context in which the Olympics are celebrated is that of sport competition not politics |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
7. FLASH: Same group condemns Israel for collective punishment of civilians in Gaza! |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 08:44 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. What does that have to do with China and the Olympics? |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 08:57 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Neither China nor the Olympics but the Jewish groups' faux outrage is political, not humanitarian. |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 08:59 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I would respectfully disagree |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 09:03 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Possibly, but why pack the statement with Iran, Syrians missiles and ties to Hamas as well? |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 09:05 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I think for some it is political |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 09:06 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I can't disagree but how do you come to choose "some" and "many"? Or is it just a gut feeling? n/t |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 09:13 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Anecdotal evidence to be sure |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 09:25 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. If we were having coffee, this is the point where I'd offer to buy your next cup. |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 09:54 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Can't argue with that |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 10:10 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. A man who appreciates a good, excuse me, DAMN fine cup of coffee: Special Agent Dale Cooper. |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 10:29 PM Response to Reply #8 |
25. "Hypocrisie est un hommage que la vice rend à la vertu." |
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StevieM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 01:28 AM Response to Original message |
26. We should boycott the opening ceremony IMO (eom) |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 05:14 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. That sounds reasonable. |
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