Belgium To Restrict Olympic Athletes' Speech

[bekeselassie]

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/01/23/ ... pics23.php

[guru]

Now THAT'S funny! Well played.

[Chetanji]

The Trade Agreements between America and China are worth billions of dollars each year to the many American Corporations involved.
As such America and any other country with similar trade agreements "keep quiet" to human rights issues.

This above issue must be difficult for anyone with a sensitive mind to the suffering of others.

[gh]

Canadians won't follow Belgium's lead; story on front page.

[Chetanji]

You think they'll put tourists and athletes in jail for protesting?
Guaranteed there will be some protests.
When you tell someone "Not" to do something, it is a natural Law, that "thing" will be done. People cannot help themselves.

[bad hammy]

When you tell someone "Not" to do something, it is a natural Law, that "thing" will be done.

That's why some folks get vacations around here . . .

:lol: :wink:

[eldrick]

if tourists are stoopid enough to go to a country & contravene their laws, albeit the illegality to protest about lack of free speech/human rights/etc, then standard sentence of that country to such, namely a bullet to back of head & organ farming is what they deserve - it's the law

for a tourist, choice is simple :

- follow the countries laws

- don't go there

as for an athlete, i see them as no different :

- follow the countries laws

- don't go there & wait for '12

[Chetanji]

if tourists are stoopid enough to go to a country & contravene their laws, albeit the illegality to protest about lack of free speech/human rights/etc, then standard sentence of that country to such, namely a bullet to back of head & organ farming is what they deserve - it's the law

Oh I agree with you. To exist in this world free of dark clouds following you constantly, simply stay away from idiots that will drag you down. Mind your own business and pay attention to all details around you especially the subtle ones. It can be the difference between death avoided and...

Going to elementary school in Hawaii in the late 60's, local kids a couple of years younger and smaller would from time to time come up to us white boys and spit on us and say, "Howlie wanna Beef? HuH?" This was interpreted to "Hey Dumbass you want to fight?"
The first time this happened, a guy next to me pushed one of the kids and they both ran around the corner and in the next second two giant hawaiians come back around the corner, grab my friend and pounded him into the ground.

You see this was a simple setup. You use one fools anger to set him up to fall. This was a very important lesson for young me.
If you believe that we have a destiny in Life and basically the only real choice is not to react, your life will improve radically.

[eldrick]

sorry

squaxy / harry 'n' lloyd won't pass me the wesley pipes, so i'm bereft of an interpretation...

[Chetanji]

sorry

squaxy / harry 'n' lloyd won't pass me the wesley pipes, so i'm bereft of an interpretation...

Let's interpret this above dandy. I'll just googlize it...
the results came back in 24.945 ms from over 1000 hits on each object.

first object ( squaxy ) = ( Senior Gentle Soul with razor sharp mind );

second object( harry 'n' lloyd ) = ( horn-rimmed spectacles, straw boater, and trademark toothy grin immortalized );

third object ( wesley pipes ) = ( Black Bagpipes known as the musical instrument of war, the Great Pipes of the Highlands were without equal, according to historians. The shrill and penetrating notes worked well in the roar and din of battle and pipes could be heard at distances up to 10 miles. Because of the importance of the bagpipes to any Highland army, they were classified as an instrument of war by the Loyalist government during the Highland uprising in the 1700s. After the defeat of Bonnie Prince Charlie in 1745, kilts and bagpipes were outlawed, the pipes being classified as instruments of war.)

So it goes without any confusion here that if you....

Divide a Senior Gentle Soul with razor sharp mind by a horn-rimmed spectacles, straw boater, and trademark toothy grin immortalized you end up with the Great Pipes of the Highlands 8)

Brother Eldrick I believe we can pass you the Wesley pipes even though you weren't willing to pass them to us! 8) 8) (two 'cools' sandwiched between two very happy's) Our gift to you!