This is so stupid and illustrates perfectly how the true Olympic spirit has been hijacked by a repressive Chinese regime more concerned about its image than reality--in this case, more than the athletes' health and well-being.
Looks like some of our cyclists arrived in Beijing well-prepared for the city's legendary smog problem. The black masks were an immediate hit! Damn, those Chinese are sensitive folk. "Welcome to our city! Oh, that's not smog--just morning mist. Ah, smell that clean air? That's progress and freedom!"
How stupid do they think we are? Hello, Chinese government, the rest of the world is not as gullible and cowed as your own populace. We do not and will not believe anything you say. Let the Games begin!
But now the cyclists have apologized for wearing the masks! What is there to apologize for? They were concerned about their health, so they took precautions. Was it a stunt? Who knows and does that matter? It's a fact Beijing has notorious pollution. Cyclists need to have healthy lungs. Why go all the way around the world to compete in the Olympics and have your chances of winning reduced because the host country pretends that lung-scarring smog is really just "mist?" Those athletes had nothing to apologize for, and it disappoints and saddens me that they did so. Welcome to China!
Oh, and I should mention past Olympian Joey Cheek's visa being revoked at the last minute, obviously because of his work on the Darfur cause, which is embarrassing to China because of its support for the Sudanese government and alleged arms deals. Guess the Chinese don't understand irony because in their efforts to keep Cheek quiet, they just gave him the bullhorn he needed.
Boneheaded, pure and simple.
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