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China barring Joey Cheek from Olympics
Scandanavian War Machine:
i know you never suggested that, it was just a random thought that occurred to me because of China's behavior recently. And of course it would never happen because China supplies the most of the world with cheap stuff and without them we would all fall apart rather quickly.
ViolentDove:
Who's Joey Cheek?
Why would anyone fuck with China over some guy I've never heard of?
himynameisjulien:
He's an Olympic gold medalist (speed skating) and one of the biggest political activists against the genocide in Darfur. He donated his Olympic prize money last year to a Save Darfur foundation. Read what tommydski posted.
In a similar line of thought as yours, what if, say, some guy in Russia, had taken some American hostage for some kind of political thing. Most people likely haven't heard of them (until the imminent news coverage, same as Joey Cheek, except more people have probably heard of him), so why would the U.S. do anything? I know it isn't the same, but more people have probably heard of Joey Cheek than some random American.
Tom:
I honestly don't see the big problem here.
--- Quote from: himynameisjulien on 06 Aug 2008, 14:58 ---An embargo would destroy China, and cripple the U.S. .
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This'll never and shouldn't happen in relation to this or in relation to anything. The global economy fucking needs China like fish do water.
ViolentDove:
--- Quote from: himynameisjulien on 06 Aug 2008, 17:06 ---He's an Olympic gold medalist (speed skating) and one of the biggest political activists against the genocide in Darfur. He donated his Olympic prize money last year to a Save Darfur foundation. Read what tommydski posted.
In a similar line of thought as yours, what if, say, some guy in Russia, had taken some American hostage for some kind of political thing. Most people likely haven't heard of them (until the imminent news coverage, same as Joey Cheek, except more people have probably heard of him), so why would the U.S. do anything? I know it isn't the same, but more people have probably heard of Joey Cheek than some random American.
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Yeah, I'm perfectly able find out who Joey Cheek is. It was a rhetorical question aimed to hi-light the fact that he's relatively unknown, and therefore any country able to do anything about it probably wouldn't. This is quite aside from the fact that there is only one country that has any leverage with China, and they wouldn't lightly compromise their diplomatic relationship over a relatively unknown political activist whose visa refusal is unrelated to any direct political matters between the U.S. and China.
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