Olympic Team Apologizes for Breathing
ESPN reports a group of USA Olympic cyclists showed up in Summer Olympic site Beijing, notorious for its thick, polluted air, wearing protective masks Tuesday. After many Chinese considered the masks an outrage, the team members apologized today.
Beijing has put into play numerous pollution cutting measures including reducing cars on the road. Because hey, they have to clean the air up since the nation’s going to be on international TV for a month. Olympic athletes and the nation’s public perception (which is so good right now) have to be protected.
As far as regular citizens? You guys don’t deserve to breathe. Be glad they’ve postponed the ritual dissident executions for three weeks while the world is watching. Um, why did we agree to hold the Olympic Games someplace most of the athletes may not be able to breathe again? What was the backup choice, Chernobyl?
Image by Bruce in Beijing licensed under Creative Commons.
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Wait, were they practicing with the masks, or just wearing them? Seems a bit silly to me.
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