No one is talking about the olympics(china...)

[Trek420]

It's complex, it's the Olympic torch and games not the Chinese torch and games. I feel sad for athletes, if they skip these games to compete in a less controversial locale may not be competitive 4 years from now. To ask someone who's trained and suffered and dreamed of competing in these games to just skip this one or and athlete who knows this may be the last Olympics they'll be competitive to go to the next one ...

As for the human rights aspect who is it that said something like "let he who is without sin cast the first stone"? Our record in this country, not too good. But I think we've come far.

My hope is that China will take this opportunity while the whole world is watching to say something like "we're working on it". That's what I will be watching for a sign of.

I hope this discussion won't become a whole Box Store Bad vs Fair Trade Good thing that we've sometimes had And Chinese people need jobs too but if any of you think your job can not be outsourced .... think again.

It's surprisingly easy to buy stuff made in USA or just ABC (that's Anywhere But China) often it's just reading the label and picking the item next to it.

Read the labels if this matters to you.