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On that criteria, European cities would win every time, and American cities would never even get a look in.
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Um, Beijing, history? Um, Cultural Revolution?
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Saltah'na
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Well, the announcement is in.
Beijing wins the Olympics.
I guess I have nothing more to say.
But Good Luck, Beijing. You are really going to need it.
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Saltah'na
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If you do that, you'll kill any chance of a Toronto Olympics for the next 50 years.
PLEASE DON'T DO IT!!!!!!
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I read a newspaper report on the announcement. The Chinese delegation were all overweight middle-aged men (and all Chinese, obviously), whereas Toronto's representatives had tried to be diverse in taerms of race, age and sex. Then, the Chinese party's "spontaneous" outburst of joy over the verdict was so regimented it was obvious they'd been practising. That, plus failing to commiserate the losers, has left them as less than flavour of the month with the IOC. Expect more amusing behaviour over the next 6 years.
And if you believe that the Star is a Socialist Newspaper, then the article itself is pure hypocrisy.
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I'm amused that anybody's actually surprised that the Chinese got the Olympics.
RE-ally.
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BTW: wait until the Chi-Coms execute some athelete without just cause. Then we'll see the fur fly.
In my office, with the exception of myself, the workers are either moslem or chinese. And the tales of what life is like back there in China would make you think this was the 1940's. These guys make the Klan look democratic.
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