Olympic boycott!

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Olympic boycott!

Posted By: Iain Douglas (24.244.248.8)
Date: Thursday, April 10, 2008, @ 12:04 p.m.

Folks
I was just wondering what the GoHeavy "weightlifting nation" thought about an Olympic Boycott as a form of protest for the ridiculous human rights record of China, the host country of the 2008 Summer Olympics?
Iain

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Olympic boycott!
Iain Douglas (24.244.248.8) -- Thursday, April 10, 2008, @ 12:04 p.m.
- Re: Olympic boycott!
  Dave Chiu (c-67-186-233-128.hsd1.ut.comcast.net) -- Thursday, April 10, 2008, @ 12:12 p.m.
  - Re: Olympic boycott! *LINK*
    Paul LaDuke (pool-72-70-172-186.hrbgpa.fios.verizon.net) -- Thursday, April 10, 2008, @ 6:52 p.m.
    - Re: Olympic boycott!
      merlin (host-207-254-228-189.classicnet.net) -- Thursday, April 10, 2008, @ 8:28 p.m.
- Re: Olympic boycott!
  Mark Cameron (ip68-14-142-178.ri.ri.cox.net) -- Thursday, April 10, 2008, @ 12:30 p.m.
  - Re: Olympic boycott!
    Jack Dluzen (70.44.78.32.res-cmts.brd2.ptd.net) -- Thursday, April 10, 2008, @ 12:59 p.m.
  - Re: Olympic boycott!
    JOE DUBE (c-71-203-158-118.hsd1.fl.comcast.net) -- Thursday, April 10, 2008, @ 2:57 p.m.
  - Re: Olympic boycott!
    Quentin Zuniga (cpe-70-112-191-72.austin.res.rr.com) -- Thursday, April 10, 2008, @ 4:57 p.m.
  - Such a boycott would hurt ATHLETES!
    Mike Phillips (firewall.nafclibrary.org) -- Friday, April 11, 2008, @ 8:22 a.m.
    - Those are all South Korean or Japanese *NM*
      Ian Gallimore (87-194-193-138.bethere.co.uk) -- Friday, April 11, 2008, @ 9:04 a.m.
- No!! *NM*
  mike rinaldi (pool-70-111-64-52.nwrk.east.verizon.net) -- Thursday, April 10, 2008, @ 12:43 p.m.
- No. *NM*
  Mike McKenna (63.168.45.209) -- Thursday, April 10, 2008, @ 1:07 p.m.
- Re: Olympic boycott!
  Mike Graber (devo-encode.cit.buffalo.edu) -- Thursday, April 10, 2008, @ 1:20 p.m.
- no *NM* *LINK*
  Lincoln Brigham (12.144.246.129) -- Thursday, April 10, 2008, @ 1:36 p.m.
- No!
  Santi Briglia (ool-44c1c587.dyn.optonline.net) -- Thursday, April 10, 2008, @ 2:59 p.m.
- Re: Olympic boycott!
  Mark Haz (c-98-210-48-116.hsd1.ca.comcast.net) -- Thursday, April 10, 2008, @ 3:51 p.m.
  - Re: Olympic boycott! *LINK*
    Alan McGrath (12.32.89.121) -- Thursday, April 10, 2008, @ 4:27 p.m.
    - Which is more valuable?
      Aaron Balbo (198.109.220.6) -- Thursday, April 10, 2008, @ 4:44 p.m.
      - Re: Which is more valuable?
        Alan McGrath (12.32.89.121) -- Thursday, April 10, 2008, @ 4:51 p.m.
        
        Re: Which is more valuable?
        Laurent Goyette-Demers (modemcable253.255-57-74.mc.videotron.ca) -- Thursday, April 10, 2008, @ 8:46 p.m.
        
        Re: Which is more valuable?
        Alan McGrath (c-71-194-5-155.hsd1.il.comcast.net) -- Thursday, April 10, 2008, @ 9:49 p.m.
        
        Re: Which is more valuable? *LINK*
        Shaun Le Conte (d39-107-210.home1.cgocable.net) -- Friday, April 11, 2008, @ 4:31 a.m.
        
        It is obvious to me . . .
        aaron balbo (198.109.220.6) -- Friday, April 11, 2008, @ 1:33 p.m.
        
        Re: Which is more valuable?
        James Campbell (h-68-165-147-46.dllatx37.covad.net) -- Friday, April 11, 2008, @ 3:46 p.m.
        
        Dalai Lama: International Man of Mystery
        Mark Haz (c-98-210-48-116.hsd1.ca.comcast.net) -- Friday, April 11, 2008, @ 4:50 p.m.
        
        Re: Dalai Lama: International Man of Mystery
        Carl Spackler (c-98-195-204-120.hsd1.tx.comcast.net) -- Friday, April 11, 2008, @ 5:12 p.m.
        
        Agent Spackler
        Dalai Lama (c-98-210-48-116.hsd1.ca.comcast.net) -- Friday, April 11, 2008, @ 5:45 p.m.
        
        ball washer
        Carl Spackler (c-98-195-204-120.hsd1.tx.comcast.net) -- Friday, April 11, 2008, @ 6:55 p.m.
        
        Re: Dalai Lama: International Man of Mystery
        Laurent Goyette-Demers (modemcable253.255-57-74.mc.videotron.ca) -- Friday, April 11, 2008, @ 8:38 p.m.
        
        Re: Dalai Lama: International Man of Mystery
        Jack Dluzen (70.44.78.32.res-cmts.brd2.ptd.net) -- Saturday, April 12, 2008, @ 2:59 p.m.
      - Yeah. And the time to make that choice . . .
        Dan Bell (orwcm-204-92.orwell.net) -- Thursday, April 10, 2008, @ 10:12 p.m.
    - Re: Olympic boycott!
      Dave Chiu (c-67-186-233-128.hsd1.ut.comcast.net) -- Thursday, April 10, 2008, @ 8:57 p.m.
      - Re: Olympic boycott!
        merlin (host-207-254-228-189.classicnet.net) -- Thursday, April 10, 2008, @ 9:48 p.m.
  - Re: Olympic boycott!
    Walter Bailey (cnq16-39.cablevision.qc.ca) -- Thursday, April 10, 2008, @ 6:11 p.m.
- Re: Olympic boycott!
  Drew Cobb (70.151.150.153) -- Thursday, April 10, 2008, @ 4:10 p.m.
- America competed in the Berlin Olympic's
  Scott Tusic (pool-71-182-39-224.clrkwv.east.verizon.net) -- Thursday, April 10, 2008, @ 7:28 p.m.
  - I agree ... NO (both 80 & 84 were screwed) *LINK*
    Les Kernodle (adsl-4-254-73.mem.bellsouth.net) -- Thursday, April 10, 2008, @ 8:35 p.m.
  - America competed in the Berlin Olympic's
    Mark Haz (c-98-210-48-116.hsd1.ca.comcast.net) -- Friday, April 11, 2008, @ 4:54 p.m.
    - Re: America competed in the Berlin Olympic's
      James Campbell (h-68-165-147-46.dllatx37.covad.net) -- Monday, April 14, 2008, @ 4:01 p.m.
      - Re: America competed in the Berlin Olympic's
        Dave Chiu (c-67-186-233-128.hsd1.ut.comcast.net) -- Monday, April 14, 2008, @ 5:42 p.m.
        
        Re: America competed in the Berlin Olympic's
        James Campbell (cache-mtc-ah03.proxy.aol.com) -- Monday, April 14, 2008, @ 9:26 p.m.
  - (Message Deleted by Poster)
    Leo Temoshenko (sj-natpool-220.cisco.com) -- Friday, April 11, 2008, @ 6:40 p.m.
    - Re: Jesse Owens - 1936 Olympics
      Scott Tusic (pool-71-182-41-205.clrkwv.east.verizon.net) -- Friday, April 11, 2008, @ 7:38 p.m.
    - Re: Jesse Owens - 1936 Olympics
      Gus Seford (ip68-0-226-157.ri.ri.cox.net) -- Friday, April 11, 2008, @ 8:41 p.m.
    - Re: Jesse Owens - 1936 Olympics
      steve gough (65-19-244-43.dsl.3rivers.net) -- Friday, April 11, 2008, @ 9:24 p.m.
- Re: Olympic boycott! :Iain
  Don McCauley (76.29.201.139) -- Friday, April 11, 2008, @ 12:01 a.m.
  - That is why I like you, Don . . .
    Dan Bell (orwcm-204-92.orwell.net) -- Friday, April 11, 2008, @ 6:10 a.m.
  - Re: Olympic boycott! :Iain
    don witt (c-98-240-214-203.hsd1.mn.comcast.net) -- Friday, April 11, 2008, @ 10:03 a.m.
  - Re: Good post, Don! *NM*
    Marty Schnorf (12-203-85-22.client.mchsi.com) -- Saturday, April 12, 2008, @ 9:42 a.m.
  - Re: Olympic boycott! :Iain
    Daniel McDermott (Paawc.gbis.com) -- Monday, April 14, 2008, @ 1:04 p.m.

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