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Song of the week: Waiting for the End of the World, Elvis Costello
Ramble:
Did you see the opening ceremony for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics? Scooter Trash Hubby and I watched and both of us were awestruck. Wow. Amazing and yet creepy... frightening and yep... intimidating... such precision... such a massive organized group... what else can these people do?
We know the Chinese do not value human life-- their one child policy does not infer that Chinese couples "do it" once and move on with life... state sanctioned abortions are the norm. We also know that they continue to imprison dissidents. The tour of The Bodies continues to be controversial as China has never divulged how the "displays" came to their final demise.
None of the people who once inhabited the bodies in Bodies gave their consent to be used this way, and that has made some folks profoundly uneasy. Their doubts are compounded by China's record of human rights abuses, including the harvesting of transplant organs from executed prisoners.
We know that during these Olympic games they have put their collective "perfect" face forward in a little girl Milli Vanilli lip synced song... pay no attention to the imperfect girl behind the curtain... The women's gymnastics team are all at least 16 years of age... ya... right... k... What else has the Chinese government fudged to present a more perfect country-- ?
So, ya... I'm anxious... and now that Russia is beating their collective chests... I'm nervous...
2008 Beijing Olympics - Opening Ceremony
Chinese Military Parade
Soviet Union Military Parade
The Third Reich
The last sentence from this newsreel says it all.
"…An amazing spectacle of profound significance to the world which however you regard national socialism must provoke reflections impossible to be ignored."
Blogs and Links to Check Out This Week:
Kathleen Parker on Townhall- The Beauty of Imperfection
The Bodies Exhibition
Post-Gazette- The Bodies Controversy
Have a great week everyone!
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