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April 22, 2008 10:02am by David Farrar

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3-coil

In Helen’s case: depends if we were negotiating a FTA with them.
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April 22, 2008 10:05am
slightlyrighty

Coffee all over keyboard 🙁
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April 22, 2008 10:14am
Short Shriveled and Slightly to the Left

tell me thats fake…..please
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April 22, 2008 10:26am
East Wellington Superhero

A people without a history are easily pursuded.
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April 22, 2008 10:26am
BlairM

Actually they didn’t allow Nazi Germany to host the Olympics. They allowed Weimar Germany to host the Olympics, and the Nazis took power after the IOC awarded the ’36 Olympics to Berlin.

Which is what makes the decision to hold them in Beijing (and Moscow in 1980 for that matter) all the more disgraceful.
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April 22, 2008 10:29am
gd

The IOC is one of the most corrupt organisations in the world Kick backs pay offs abound both into and out of the organisation.

Its run like Mannys Music Parlour Good governance principles are a stranger to its members.
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April 22, 2008 10:40am
Alces

Well……probably not a second time.
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April 22, 2008 10:43am
Bob

I don’t agree with either withholding the games or our FTA from China. The Chinese leaders must be sensitive to criticism of them. The government is not monolithic. It will have members with different shades of opinion. Some will be liberal in wanting relaxation of attitudes and sympathetic to improved human rights. Things changed in Russia when the younger liberals in the communist government got more influence. I believe in talking to the Chinese not shunning them.
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April 22, 2008 10:45am
dad4justice

China has an army of 200 million men. What was the good book that I read in called again ?
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April 22, 2008 10:50am
Grant Michael McKenna

Interesting take BlairM- remember that in 1936 the Nazis were the lawful and recognised government of Germany, so I think that the decision by the IOC to allow them to keep the Olympics, was correct-remembering that athletes were allowed free movement- and that Nazi anti-Semitism was toned down.

The major problem that we face in analysing the issue is that we know what came after- and if the participants had known, their actions would have been different.

Apparently the picture is from protests in San Francisco.
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April 22, 2008 10:51am
Ross Nixon

D4J, China’s 200 million man army was actually a boast (exaggerated) of “trained militia” in a 1961 AP release cited in Hal Lindsay’s book ‘The Late Great Planet Earth’.
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April 22, 2008 11:14am
democracymum

Would we also have brokered a Free Trade agreement with Nazi Germany?
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April 22, 2008 11:15am
dad4justice

China has a liking for Tanks and I think they would have more Panzers and Tigers than the Krauts had?
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April 22, 2008 11:16am
ghostwhowalks3

Would we have allowed the modern Olympics to follow the Nazi originated torch parade from Olympia to the stadium.

But is John Key going to the Olympics ?

He seems to have accepted free tickets for the RWC ( along with a lot of others
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April 22, 2008 11:19am
dad4justice

GWW – I do hope our lovely honest Prime Minister and her nice husband attend the 100m Tank final and they jinx proceedings again?
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April 22, 2008 11:24am
Frank

I would remind people we are New Zealanders, proud of our country and it’s achievements, but are not necessarily responsible for having a corrupt Government. Chinese are proud of the achievements of their country and well they might. They are not necessarily responsible for certain actions of their Government. But China’s progress over the last 20 years has to be admired, in economic and sporting terms. After all we have progressed ourselves, despite shonky buildings and finance companies and a corrupt government.
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April 22, 2008 11:25am
dad4justice

Yes Frank – China has engaged a forward momentum – while NZ has engaged a reverse gear.
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April 22, 2008 11:29am
Adolf Fiinkensein

Democracymum, the British, Americans Kiwis and Aussies did. They and we traded with them as hard as they and we could go, right up to 1939, I suspect you might find. I think Bob is right.
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April 22, 2008 11:31am
LabourMustBeLiquidated

And thats about all you need to know about these protesters.
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April 22, 2008 11:52am
RRM

Don’t mock too hard. You lot are for ever complaining that the Clark govt is “Just like” (Stalin/Mugabe/insert random despot tyrant here)…
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April 22, 2008 12:23pm
gd

Frank Absolutely correct And when I travel overseas I am very careful to distance myself from the Clark led Socialist government.

Especially in the groups I am involved in who are concerned with good governance principles.

I tell them that NZ is constantly at the top of the international ratings on such matters.

Too which they rely thats because the NZ governemnt is clever at hiding the truth from those organisations.
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April 22, 2008 12:32pm
roger nome

This has got “Coalition For Free Speech” all over it 🙂
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April 22, 2008 2:10pm
Alces

OT…

But too good to miss.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgaeyMa3jyU
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April 22, 2008 2:20pm
Lawrence Hakiwai

I hope the sign was a really clever joke, but I suspect not.
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April 22, 2008 2:32pm
Murray

Talk to the tank Bob.
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April 22, 2008 2:37pm
Bevan

This has got “Coalition For Free Speech” all over it

You forget Roger, its the left who have the supporters who can’t think for themselves…..
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April 22, 2008 2:52pm
goodgod

Neville Chamberlain would have agreed whole heartedly with Bob.
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April 22, 2008 3:16pm
JSF2008

I love it helens new best friend the COMMUNIST CHINESE ( didnt helen support them during NAM) anyway on BBC as pink shirt lefty as you can get stated the commie chinese are embarking on a really serious re educating of history in TIBET, how many local tibetians will die and be turned into kidney transplants before they are re educated , , shit im waiting for the 1800 blue track suited thugs that will arrive to keep helen mugabe in power (WITHOUT GLORY).
whats that tune called that i think off a lot, yes thats it ( TIME TO SAY GOODBYE)ms davis
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April 22, 2008 4:13pm
side show bob

It wouldn’t suprise me to see a sign like this in NZ. Given the amount of history taught to our children these days.
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April 22, 2008 6:28pm
Rex Widerstrom

Okay, so given the effect Jesse Owens had in terms of embarrassing Hitler and his cronies, what we do is enter the Dalai Llama in something and rig it so he wins 😀
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April 22, 2008 8:49pm
jcuknz

So much for the New Zeland education system … urggh!

What concerns me is the fact that the younger ‘educated’ Chinese people are right behind their government in the supressin of ‘rioting’ etc in Tibet.
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April 22, 2008 10:05pm
Alces

Imagine the NZ left if the US occupied Tibet.

There’s just enough remnant PC Mao in the mix for “tolerance” from the historic fellow travellers.

Ah, the Olympic spirit.

The comrades never disappoint.
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April 22, 2008 10:21pm
GNZ

I thought it was ironic, and quiet good too.
The point being that the olympics was ‘REALLY’ effective at making Nazi germany improve their human rights etc.
Still maybe I’m giving them too much credit.
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April 23, 2008 7:40am

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