Last night I was telling some friends in my ceramics class that I'm really excited about watching the opening ceremonies of the Olympics this Friday. They both said, "Oh, I'm not going to watch it. I'm boycotting China." I was like "hmm... yes. An interesting predicament."
It really led me to think about how much one person can do by not watching an event on TV that is being held in China. If nothing else, a smaller number of viewers as compared to past Olympics will at least give China a message about how Americans feel. But honestly, do you think they care about that? It's just one of those things I think about..how much can I, as one person, do to affect China? Or any other major world issue?
I saw the movie Swing Vote last weekend and I really liked it. I'm a Kevin Costner fan and he was downright hysterical, but I also really enjoyed the themes that they touched on. One of them was this notion of each vote or person counting for something. What do you think??
I just found this article on CNN and it made me smile BIG. :D Imagine what the Chinese will be thinking when someone from Sudan leads the way for all the American athletes in the opening ceremonies! What a thrill. Now that's one person making a difference.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/07/flag.bearer/index.html
Random note: I'm also really looking forward to watching Michael Phelps swim. I read part of an article in USA Today last week about him and how his body is just made for swimming. He's got a very long torso, short legs, double jointed knees, and very long feet. Fascinating! I think God smiles when we figure out how He actually made us for very specific purposes. *smile*
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Ash! I've been so excited to watch the Olympics. Like for months now. The opening ceremonies are finally here! I already talked to Ashot today; he's in Beijing with Karine until the 12th. They have ticket lined up to boxing, weightlifting and handball, and are trying to score some swimming and gymnastics tickets, which are hard to come by. More later....
Yeah, finally! A post! :) I always like hearinh your thoughts... where is the article about Michael phelps?
Yeah, we made Anna watch one of Michael Phelps's swims cause it was very apparent that she wouldn't watch ANY of the Olympics without our "help" and we didn't want her to miss out on history!!
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