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Utter Idiots and Why the United States Will Not Boycott the Beijing Olympics. By Dan Harris

By Dan Harris and Steve Dickinson

Okay, so I didn't really write this, but I have thought this so many times in my head that somehow my thoughts must have transferred nearly 1 to 1 to this post. The post is "Utter Idiots and Why the United States Will Not Boycott the Beijing Olympics" and with two very minor variations, it conveys my thinking, exactly. The two changes are that I would use a word weaker than idiot so as to offend a bit less and I am not as frustrated as the actual writer, Kai Pan. I also should credit Kai Pan for the history lesson regarding China's role in the 1984 Olympics; I have to admit I was not aware of that. During my first year blogging, those who accused me of being a Panda licker or a China hater angered me. During my second year of blogging they frustrated me. I am now indifferent, figuring those who make such comments either know not whereof they speak or simply have not been reading this blog long enough to know our actual views. Once I achieved indifference, I realized the overwhelming majority of our readers (I would guess something close to 99%) do want to listen and debate, not just hurl invective. So the word "idiots" is not directed at any of you.

Full post as published by China Law Blog on July 24, 2008 (boomark / email).