People Seem to Be Worked Up About This Whole Olympics Thing

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The Olympic Torch arrived in San Francisco yesterday. As expected, there were a bunch of protesters. The torch was rerouted to avoid anti-China hordes. Many of the protesters waved Tibetan flags, even one of the torch-carriers had a Tibetan flag on his wrist. Now, Sen. John McCain has joined Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton calling for President Bush to boycott the opening ceremonies in Beijing. Most of this outcry stems from the recent Chinese reaction to Tibetan protesters.
This all seems very bizarre to me. …read more