http://isgreaterthan.net/2008/04/10/why-we-should-boycott-the-olympics/ An eclectic journal exploring the intersections of culture and politics, art and the free market, technology and science Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:14:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://isgreaterthan.net/2008/04/10/why-we-should-boycott-the-olympics/#comment-1875 Che Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:50:35 +0000 http://isgreaterthan.net/?p=837#comment-1875 I'm not sure what a boycott actually acheives in pragmatic terms. Still, it ought to have been considered. The public declaration by world leaders that boycott is an option is a more effective tool then an actual boycott. The reason is that it sheds light on the same political and social shortcomings (to phrase it kindly) of the Chinese government without the antagonism and degredation of China that would only inflame a Chinese inferiority complex and heighten already astronomical levels of nationalism. my point? Bush was right to go, but wrong not to threaten a boycott more agressively. I’m not sure what a boycott actually acheives in pragmatic terms. Still, it ought to have been considered. The public declaration by world leaders that boycott is an option is a more effective tool then an actual boycott. The reason is that it sheds light on the same political and social shortcomings (to phrase it kindly) of the Chinese government without the antagonism and degredation of China that would only inflame a Chinese inferiority complex and heighten already astronomical levels of nationalism.
my point? Bush was right to go, but wrong not to threaten a boycott more agressively.

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