The International Olympic Committee just announced that it still considers China a "wise choice" for the upcoming Olympic Games.

Rogge said the opportunity to bring the Games to the world's most populous nation meant the IOC had made the right choice.

"IOC considers that it made a wise choice in awarding the games to Beijing and we have no regrets," Rogge told a news conference in response to a question about China's human rights record.

"We have the tremendous added value of bringing sports and the Olympics to one fifth of mankind."

This of course means that China should get to host the Olympics every time until some other country surpasses China in population.  Here are two more examples of extreme denial in the same article... this:

Firing into crowds of protesters and killing 8 of them isn't violent?  That's just the most recent example of the Chinese government's brand of "non-violence".  And then there is this about the smog and pollution surrounding the Games:

"The health of the athletes is absolutely not in danger. There is no danger to their health, (although) it might be that some of them may have a slightly reduced performance," Rogge told students at a dialogue session.

Just like if they were having the Games at high-altitude, right?  It's not as if pollution caused health problems.  The smog is just one of those "uncontrollable variables" like the wind, storms, or poltergeist activity. /sarc

If it's bad enough that the athletic performances will suffer, what about the spectators who aren't in Olympic-level health?  Too bad for them I guess... they should have listened to me.

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