So are human rights, blah, blah.....
"With Games near, air pollution still an issue in Beijing; Despite efforts, capital shrouded" by Anita Chang, Associated Press | July 28, 2008
BEIJING - The city's notoriously polluted air is one of the biggest questions hanging over the Games, which begin on Aug. 8. Yesterday, temperatures of about 90 degrees, with 70 percent humidity and low winds, created a soupy mix of harmful chemicals, particulate matter, and water vapor.
Athletes have been trickling into Beijing and were expected to begin arriving in large numbers this week, though some were headed to South Korea, Japan, and other places to avoid Beijing's air for as long as possible.
Ya gotta smell the fart sometime.
And how those athletes getting there -- flying?
Burning up some other carbon?
Oh, excuse me, .... pffffffft!
Some Olympic delegations, including the US Olympic Committee, are making protective masks available to their athletes.
The Chinese leadership consider the Beijing Olympics a matter of national prestige, and efforts to clean up the environment were part of its meticulous preparations for an event it hopes will dazzle the world. Choking air pollution and visitors shocked at the environmental conditions would be an embarrassment for a government that wants to show itself as a modern nation.
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I don't know about you, readers, but I consider China a modern nation already.
They have existed for thousands of years.
They have cars and computers, airplanes and canned soup.
I think that qualifies them as a modern nation.
The torture, the repression, the abuse of individual rights, that maybe not so good, but who am I to criticize?
I live in AmeriKa!
