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Boycotting the Beijing Olympics 2008- Ellie Mann and Teddie Schroeder

What does it mean to boycott the Olympics? To boycott means to refuse to do something. So to boycott the Olympics would mean to not support or to protest against the Olympics. This also includes not attending the Olympics and the athletes from that country would not be able to compete in the Olympics as well. Pros for the USA to boycott the 2008 Olympics! · China is one of the worst policed countries, since mid 1900's china has been killing millions of their citizens. · The International Olympic Committee pronounced in 2001, that the 2008 summer Olympics would be in Beijing. The Chinese authority promised the IOC and international community big improvements in human rights in order to win over the 2008 Olympics. Six Years later nothing had changed to make the situation better. · The air and water pollution is a big issue in Beijing. Some athletes are dropping out of the races in order to stay healthy. Some people say that the athletes should drop out and not risk their health forever to compete in one sports competition. Cons for the USA to boycott the 2008 Olympics! · China hopes that hosting the Olympics will help improve the human rights as it did in South Korea twenty years ago. · Most of the athletes have been training for most of their lives for the 2008 summer Olympics and to take it away from them would be hard. · If the IOC was looking for politically motivated reasons to vote a city for the Olympics they would be out of luck because almost every city has a flaw. So why boycott the 2008 Olympics? Could we have gotten any better city to do it in?? · Whether the USA boycotts the Olympics or not, it’s not going to have a very big impact on China, so why torture the athletes? Why not let the athletes decide whether we should boycott the 2008 Olympics???

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