The 2008 Summer Olympics is coming very, very soon. Just mere days. I am very excited about this, actually, as I have been following the summer olympics ever since I can remember. I loved watching the opening ceremony and then the closing ceremony, and every sport in between. I love almost all the sports that are displayed, and I love seeing the world come together to fight in friendly competition. The way I see it, if we concentrate on sports as a competition, we would probably have less wars and political bullshit that we have today. All that aggression would come out readily and steadily and healthily in the form of exercise. It’s awesome.

This year, the politics in the air is pretty smelly. With China hosting the summer games this time around, it’s really crazy. I am so torn about all of this. I think that it’s crazy that there have been so much violent protests concerning China being the host. I applaud those who want to protest, but terrorism and war in the name of “peace” isn’t peaceful at all. I don’t agree with what China is doing with Tibet and their people being in such dire living conditions, but seriously… how is hurting the one event that brings the world together going to make China’s government “learn” their lesson? It’s just going to harm and kill more innocent people. It just puts a whole damper on things. It’s uncalled for. And it gives China a reason to fight back with more force and violence. Heightened security, police brutality, all the works. It’s not pretty. It saddens me when I see this in the news.

But regardless of all that, I am rooting for all the hard-working athletes who are participating in the summer games. They’ve all worked butt ass hard and they deserve this spotlight without fear. I’m looking forward to seeing all the games.

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