Comments on: New Beijing Olympics event: The Journalist Throw http://hotair.com/archives/2008/08/15/new-beijing-olympics-event-the-journalist-throw/ The world’s first, full-service conservative Internet broadcast network Tue, 29 May 2012 06:20:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: In Defense of Commies; China, Western Criticisim and Me « Northern Thoughts And Reflections http://hotair.com/archives/2008/08/15/new-beijing-olympics-event-the-journalist-throw/comment-page-1/#comment-1977852 In Defense of Commies; China, Western Criticisim and Me « Northern Thoughts And Reflections Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:45:09 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=22493#comment-1977852 [...] the first article Ed Morrissey has put out on the “evil and tyrannical” Chinese, last August he came out and quoted a report from The Guardian, a paper which many have noted for its extreme [...] [...] the first article Ed Morrissey has put out on the “evil and tyrannical” Chinese, last August he came out and quoted a report from The Guardian, a paper which many have noted for its extreme [...]

]]> By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » China cracks down on Olympic protesters http://hotair.com/archives/2008/08/15/new-beijing-olympics-event-the-journalist-throw/comment-page-1/#comment-1970988 Hot Air » Blog Archive » China cracks down on Olympic protesters Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:58:41 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=22493#comment-1970988 [...] unfettered Internet access, for instance — that it never intended to meet.  They even manhandled the Western press when covering a peaceful protest by Tibetan activists.  Beijing’s pledges of openness were [...] [...] unfettered Internet access, for instance — that it never intended to meet.  They even manhandled the Western press when covering a peaceful protest by Tibetan activists.  Beijing’s pledges of openness were [...]

]]> By: TheSitRep http://hotair.com/archives/2008/08/15/new-beijing-olympics-event-the-journalist-throw/comment-page-1/#comment-1322578 TheSitRep Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:01:28 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=22493#comment-1322578 No country or individual athlete that values freedom should have went the Beijing in the first place. By going there we validate them. No country or individual athlete that values freedom should have went the Beijing in the first place.

By going there we validate them.

]]> By: TheSitRep http://hotair.com/archives/2008/08/15/new-beijing-olympics-event-the-journalist-throw/comment-page-1/#comment-1322574 TheSitRep Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:58:55 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=22493#comment-1322574 I don't see a problem here.. The Chicomms are a totalitarian regime. They sell the organs of dessidents and enforce a one child policy. And you expect them to support free speech and freedom of the press. For Pete's Sake! I don’t see a problem here..

The Chicomms are a totalitarian regime. They sell the organs of dessidents and enforce a one child policy.

And you expect them to support free speech and freedom of the press.

For Pete’s Sake!

]]> By: F*ck China - Page 23 - Ajarn Forum - Living and Teaching In Thailand http://hotair.com/archives/2008/08/15/new-beijing-olympics-event-the-journalist-throw/comment-page-1/#comment-1309465 F*ck China - Page 23 - Ajarn Forum - Living and Teaching In Thailand Sat, 16 Aug 2008 14:23:56 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=22493#comment-1309465 [...] F*ck China WATCH THIS VIDEO...scroll down a tad Hot Air Blog Archive New Beijing Olympics event: The Journalist Throw after seeing that (its isnt gruesome, but typical of a closed society)...anyone want to argue [...] [...] F*ck China WATCH THIS VIDEO…scroll down a tad Hot Air Blog Archive New Beijing Olympics event: The Journalist Throw after seeing that (its isnt gruesome, but typical of a closed society)…anyone want to argue [...]

]]> By: becki51758 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/08/15/new-beijing-olympics-event-the-journalist-throw/comment-page-1/#comment-1308436 becki51758 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:41:55 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=22493#comment-1308436 The IOC is as worthless as the UN. The IOC is as worthless as the UN.

]]> By: Glynn http://hotair.com/archives/2008/08/15/new-beijing-olympics-event-the-journalist-throw/comment-page-1/#comment-1308403 Glynn Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:15:43 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=22493#comment-1308403 <blockquote>I really don’t give a damn what the Chinese do. I want to enjoy the olympics. I think that using the olympics to score cheap political points insults all the athletes who have spent years of their lives training for this moment. If i’m honest with myself, i will tell you that i don’t really care what they do to those protesters. They are trying to take away from the hardwork of thousands of people, and I think it is quite selfish. Chudi on August 15, 2008 at 2:33 PM</blockquote>I suppose you considered Munich a cheap political point as well. Politics has always been deeply intermixed with the Olympics. The very sites chosen are political. Well, try not to think about those Tibetans. Or the 500,000 in the gulags in China. Let's not spoil the fun.

I really don’t give a damn what the Chinese do. I want to enjoy the olympics. I think that using the olympics to score cheap political points insults all the athletes who have spent years of their lives training for this moment.

If i’m honest with myself, i will tell you that i don’t really care what they do to those protesters. They are trying to take away from the hardwork of thousands of people, and I think it is quite selfish.

Chudi on August 15, 2008 at 2:33 PM

I suppose you considered Munich a cheap political point as well. Politics has always been deeply intermixed with the Olympics. The very sites chosen are political. Well, try not to think about those Tibetans. Or the 500,000 in the gulags in China. Let’s not spoil the fun.

]]> By: Glynn http://hotair.com/archives/2008/08/15/new-beijing-olympics-event-the-journalist-throw/comment-page-1/#comment-1308384 Glynn Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:07:16 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=22493#comment-1308384 Yes, but the opening ceremonies were breathtaking and we shouldn't let a few human rights violations stand in the way of our enjoyment. (pure and complete and unadulterated as well as unapologetic sarcasm intended). Yes, but the opening ceremonies were breathtaking and we shouldn’t let a few human rights violations stand in the way of our enjoyment. (pure and complete and unadulterated as well as unapologetic sarcasm intended).

]]> By: rmgraha http://hotair.com/archives/2008/08/15/new-beijing-olympics-event-the-journalist-throw/comment-page-1/#comment-1308378 rmgraha Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:03:57 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=22493#comment-1308378 It's a darn good thing that NBC doesn't have any journalists working for them, or this could get embarrassing. <blockquote> <blockquote>Glad you disapprove of arresting journalists for doing their jobs.</blockquote> Does that include emplyees of the ny times, chris matthews and keith uberwoman?</blockquote> peacenprosperity on August 15, 2008 at 2:00 PM No, they specifically said "journalists," not DNC spokes-puppets. It’s a darn good thing that NBC doesn’t have any journalists working for them, or this could get embarrassing.

Glad you disapprove of arresting journalists for doing their jobs.

Does that include emplyees of the ny times, chris matthews and keith uberwoman?

peacenprosperity on August 15, 2008 at 2:00 PM

No, they specifically said “journalists,” not DNC spokes-puppets.

]]> By: jgapinoy http://hotair.com/archives/2008/08/15/new-beijing-olympics-event-the-journalist-throw/comment-page-1/#comment-1308209 jgapinoy Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:04:40 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=22493#comment-1308209 <blockquote>Bishop on August 15, 2008 at 1:04 PM</blockquote> I thought the only people who approve of the ChiComs were the ignorant. You're here, so I guess you're not ignorant. Are you evil or insane?

Bishop on August 15, 2008 at 1:04 PM

I thought the only people who approve of the ChiComs were the ignorant. You’re here, so I guess you’re not ignorant. Are you evil or insane?

]]> By: jgapinoy http://hotair.com/archives/2008/08/15/new-beijing-olympics-event-the-journalist-throw/comment-page-1/#comment-1308198 jgapinoy Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:02:05 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=22493#comment-1308198 <blockquote>Bishop on August 15, 2008 at 1:04 PM</blockquote> Your hysterical, frothing, crazy-eyed pro-Chinese bias is so obvious.

Bishop on August 15, 2008 at 1:04 PM

Your hysterical, frothing, crazy-eyed pro-Chinese bias is so obvious.

]]> By: E9RET http://hotair.com/archives/2008/08/15/new-beijing-olympics-event-the-journalist-throw/comment-page-1/#comment-1308195 E9RET Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:00:11 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=22493#comment-1308195 I am ashamed to admit that in that dark soul at the bottom of my heart I love to see any journalist anywhere get whacked once in awhile. [hangs head in hypocritical sorrow icon] I am ashamed to admit that in that dark soul at the bottom of my heart I love to see any journalist anywhere get whacked once in awhile.

[hangs head in hypocritical sorrow icon]

]]> By: 4shoes http://hotair.com/archives/2008/08/15/new-beijing-olympics-event-the-journalist-throw/comment-page-1/#comment-1308141 4shoes Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:35:48 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=22493#comment-1308141 <blockquote>STAND UP AND BE COUNTED! Don’t be a fool! Boycott the Olympics! Boycott China Labels! SilverStar830 on August 15, 2008 at 1:52 PM</blockquote> I would love to boycott China Labels, but how the heck do you do it???! Every bloody thing is made there!

STAND UP AND BE COUNTED! Don’t be a fool! Boycott the Olympics! Boycott China Labels!

SilverStar830 on August 15, 2008 at 1:52 PM

I would love to boycott China Labels, but how the heck do you do it???! Every bloody thing is made there!

]]> By: The Race Card http://hotair.com/archives/2008/08/15/new-beijing-olympics-event-the-journalist-throw/comment-page-1/#comment-1308123 The Race Card Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:27:43 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=22493#comment-1308123 Chigga please. Chigga please.

]]> By: Django http://hotair.com/archives/2008/08/15/new-beijing-olympics-event-the-journalist-throw/comment-page-1/#comment-1308038 Django Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:59:31 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=22493#comment-1308038 <blockquote>I had been hoping earlier on that this would help open China up, but it seems to me that the whole thing has been an abject failure. Connie on August 15, 2008 at 2:13 PM</blockquote> I worked for a large international investment firm in the '80's. The story back then was that the huge amounts of money to be made off of industrializing and growing China were the fruits of a great altruism that was helping China reform itself into a democracy. It was self serving BS then and it's self serving BS now. It's about making as much moeny as possible as quickly as possible. If you can put a yankee doodle dandy spin on it, so much the better.

I had been hoping earlier on that this would help open China up, but it seems to me that the whole thing has been an abject failure.

Connie on August 15, 2008 at 2:13 PM

I worked for a large international investment firm in the ’80′s. The story back then was that the huge amounts of money to be made off of industrializing and growing China were the fruits of a great altruism that was helping China reform itself into a democracy. It was self serving BS then and it’s self serving BS now. It’s about making as much moeny as possible as quickly as possible. If you can put a yankee doodle dandy spin on it, so much the better.

]]> By: Django http://hotair.com/archives/2008/08/15/new-beijing-olympics-event-the-journalist-throw/comment-page-1/#comment-1308006 Django Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:50:50 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=22493#comment-1308006 <blockquote>The IOC finds themselves in the position of defending Beijing in order to defend their decision to hold the games in China.</blockquote> That is absolutely "spot on" as the Brits say. The same applies to the servile media, most especially the shameless hacks at NBC, who have been so over the top in their praise of all things ChiCom. Also, the IOC is made up of bland, metrosexual bureaucrats who are not going to do anything to call attention to themselves and thereby potentially endanger the paychecks they receive for log-rolling on various committees and boards. They're in it to be part of a hive and get money and security; they're not in it to "make a difference" for journalists or anybody else.

The IOC finds themselves in the position of defending Beijing in order to defend their decision to hold the games in China.

That is absolutely “spot on” as the Brits say. The same applies to the servile media, most especially the shameless hacks at NBC, who have been so over the top in their praise of all things ChiCom.

Also, the IOC is made up of bland, metrosexual bureaucrats who are not going to do anything to call attention to themselves and thereby potentially endanger the paychecks they receive for log-rolling on various committees and boards. They’re in it to be part of a hive and get money and security; they’re not in it to “make a difference” for journalists or anybody else.

]]> By: dave742 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/08/15/new-beijing-olympics-event-the-journalist-throw/comment-page-1/#comment-1308001 dave742 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:49:17 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=22493#comment-1308001 <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/aug/13/reuters.pressandpublishing" rel="nofollow">This</a> is how civilized countries deal with reporters. This is how civilized countries deal with reporters.

]]> By: Aylios http://hotair.com/archives/2008/08/15/new-beijing-olympics-event-the-journalist-throw/comment-page-1/#comment-1307958 Aylios Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:35:18 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=22493#comment-1307958 Grow Fins assumes that if you disagree with someone, then you should also want to physically assault them or at the very least condone it when someone else does so. I.e. he is projecting left-wing behaviour pattern onto us conservatives. Grow Fins assumes that if you disagree with someone, then you should also want to physically assault them or at the very least condone it when someone else does so. I.e. he is projecting left-wing behaviour pattern onto us conservatives.

]]> By: Chudi http://hotair.com/archives/2008/08/15/new-beijing-olympics-event-the-journalist-throw/comment-page-1/#comment-1307951 Chudi Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:33:19 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=22493#comment-1307951 I really don't give a damn what the Chinese do. I want to enjoy the olympics. I think that using the olympics to score cheap political points insults all the athletes who have spent years of their lives training for this moment. If i'm honest with myself, i will tell you that i don't really care what they do to those protesters. They are trying to take away from the hardwork of thousands of people, and I think it is quite selfish. I really don’t give a damn what the Chinese do. I want to enjoy the olympics. I think that using the olympics to score cheap political points insults all the athletes who have spent years of their lives training for this moment.

If i’m honest with myself, i will tell you that i don’t really care what they do to those protesters. They are trying to take away from the hardwork of thousands of people, and I think it is quite selfish.

]]> By: MCPO Airdale http://hotair.com/archives/2008/08/15/new-beijing-olympics-event-the-journalist-throw/comment-page-1/#comment-1307918 MCPO Airdale Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:18:30 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=22493#comment-1307918 This is why I'm not watching <strong>ANY</strong> of the Olympics. The <strike>Chinese</strike> ChiComs are brutal bastards,their country is nothing but a gulag and the IOC are compliant, greedy bureaucrats. This is why I’m not watching ANY of the Olympics. The Chinese ChiComs are brutal bastards,their country is nothing but a gulag and the IOC are compliant, greedy bureaucrats.

]]> By: Connie http://hotair.com/archives/2008/08/15/new-beijing-olympics-event-the-journalist-throw/comment-page-1/#comment-1307906 Connie Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:13:20 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=22493#comment-1307906 <blockquote> Has anybody noticed the obsessive coverage and commercials from the Communist Chinese Olympics? What a load of crap!!! DfDeportation on August 15, 2008 at 1:55 PM </blockquote> I haven't watched any of the Olympics at all. I had been hoping earlier on that this would help open China up, but it seems to me that the whole thing has been an abject failure.

Has anybody noticed the obsessive coverage and commercials from the Communist Chinese Olympics? What a load of crap!!!

DfDeportation on August 15, 2008 at 1:55 PM

I haven’t watched any of the Olympics at all. I had been hoping earlier on that this would help open China up, but it seems to me that the whole thing has been an abject failure.

]]> By: pedestrian http://hotair.com/archives/2008/08/15/new-beijing-olympics-event-the-journalist-throw/comment-page-1/#comment-1307892 pedestrian Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:08:56 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=22493#comment-1307892 The Chinese lied and told the IOC that the reporter was carrying an authorized set of five circles, and so the IOC said it was ok to a$$ rape him. The Chinese lied and told the IOC that the reporter was carrying an authorized set of five circles, and so the IOC said it was ok to a$$ rape him.

]]> By: peacenprosperity http://hotair.com/archives/2008/08/15/new-beijing-olympics-event-the-journalist-throw/comment-page-1/#comment-1307871 peacenprosperity Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:00:43 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=22493#comment-1307871 <blockquote>Glad you disapprove of arresting journalists for doing their jobs.</blockquote> Does that include emplyees of the ny times, chris matthews and keith uberwoman?

Glad you disapprove of arresting journalists for doing their jobs.

Does that include emplyees of the ny times, chris matthews and keith uberwoman?

]]> By: wildweasel http://hotair.com/archives/2008/08/15/new-beijing-olympics-event-the-journalist-throw/comment-page-1/#comment-1307860 wildweasel Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:56:04 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=22493#comment-1307860 Screw it. Give 'em the winter olympics too. Damn nosey foreign press! Screw it. Give ‘em the winter olympics too.

Damn nosey foreign press!

]]> By: Darvin Dowdy http://hotair.com/archives/2008/08/15/new-beijing-olympics-event-the-journalist-throw/comment-page-1/#comment-1307861 Darvin Dowdy Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:56:04 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=22493#comment-1307861 The big question I have is why didn't the Chinese police confiscate the camera's and destroy them? I'm not trying to defend them. But the question begs to be answered. I saw no night sticks come out. No blood. Well maybe I am trying to defend them a bit. However, I'm glad that the obnoxious reporter did his job. It was good practice for the Chinese authorities. And it allowed them to see that these sorts of protests are largely ignored and that it is "best" to simply allow them to continue until the protesters get tired or hungry and go away. I'm one who beieves that freedom has taken hold in China and now that Pandora's box has been opened, well its just a matter of a decade or so before it really begins to blossum. We're seeing some of the growing pains. I was encouraged by the video. DD The big question I have is why didn’t the Chinese police confiscate the camera’s and destroy them? I’m not trying to defend them. But the question begs to be answered. I saw no night sticks come out. No blood. Well maybe I am trying to defend them a bit.
However, I’m glad that the obnoxious reporter did his job. It was good practice for the Chinese authorities. And it allowed them to see that these sorts of protests are largely ignored and that it is “best” to simply allow them to continue until the protesters get tired or hungry and go away.
I’m one who beieves that freedom has taken hold in China and now that Pandora’s box has been opened, well its just a matter of a decade or so before it really begins to blossum. We’re seeing some of the growing pains. I was encouraged by the video. DD

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