The Olympic spirit is clearly dead in China so let's just cut our losses and move on. Do people really want to travel to Beijing and be spied on everywhere, including in your hotel room? Sally Jenkins of the Post has a great article today that's really worth reading, in full. What a sorry state of affairs that the business sponsors are all running for the hills to avoid upsetting Beijing, surely out of fear of later retribution. Despite providing 70% of the money for the IOC, somehow they just can't do anything though when it was South Africa, it was possible. When Greece was behind schedule, the threats were everywhere and alternative cities were kicked around. In 2008, world leaders, corporations and the IOC all show just what cowards they are by accepting such disgraceful actions. By attending and giving money, they're all endorsing the Beijing regime. Pathetic.
