http://www.andromeda-arts.com/2008/07/torn/ i adore alliteration. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:02:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.andromeda-arts.com/2008/07/torn/comment-page-1/#comment-561 Anna Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:49:18 +0000 http://www.andromeda-arts.com/?p=129#comment-561 This was the first time in my memory that I didn't watch the games...and I love them as you do. It broke my heart. I hate China's Human Rights record. I just see that courageous man standing in front of those tanks...I remember 1989 and Tienamen Square, and it was the first time as a child that I realized that in other places in the world, people don't have as many rights. I remember crying and not being able to really comprehend it - I still don't. This was the first time in my memory that I didn’t watch the games…and I love them as you do. It broke my heart. I hate China’s Human Rights record. I just see that courageous man standing in front of those tanks…I remember 1989 and Tienamen Square, and it was the first time as a child that I realized that in other places in the world, people don’t have as many rights. I remember crying and not being able to really comprehend it – I still don’t.

]]> http://www.andromeda-arts.com/2008/07/torn/comment-page-1/#comment-142 ophmac Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:52:43 +0000 http://www.andromeda-arts.com/?p=129#comment-142 (/cynical mode on/) I believe that ANY human action or activity is politically driven to some extent, sport is not an exception. The ivory towers of "fair play" and "olympic spirit" are utterly immaginary. (/cynical mode off/) (/cynical mode on/) I believe that ANY human action or activity is politically driven to some extent, sport is not an exception. The ivory towers of “fair play” and “olympic spirit” are utterly immaginary. (/cynical mode off/)

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