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Originally Posted by RogerWilco
Sorry, you guys are right. Lets do nothing over China kidnaping our citizens at will. As long as I can get a fairly cheep iPhone.
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Cheap.
To the point however, its not "let's do nothing", it's "there is nothing" we can do. Not that would make one bit of difference anyhow. China doesn't play by our rules, and if we want to do business with them (which is absolutely necessary at this point), then we do have to play by theirs.
If you want to get China on a level playing field, there is one way and one way only......and that is economically. Canada is in no position to do so however. We are a small fish in a great big pond.
Again...the only thing that occurs by not going to the Olympics is you hurt the athletes and coaches who have been training for them for years and years. In some cases the majority of their lives. It causes China zero embarrassment because....they don't care.
On top of which, politicizing sports is just gross.
You want to make a mark and show China their crap must stop? Get a coalition of G7 or G8+5 countries together and get them all to stop trade with them. That would actually matter and force changes.
Good luck with that.