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Posted Mar. 25, 2008,
The Olympics: No to Chinese Tyranny! Yes to Greek Goddess-Wear!
By Ann Magnuson
Like this Slate.com editorialist says, I wonder "Why SHOULDN'T We Boycott the Olympics?" What the Chinese military is up to in TIbet is (and has been since 1951) frightening. And yet the beauty of these Greek Olympic vestal vigins (a bevy of Greek actresses who took place in the lighting of the torch ceremony in Olympia yesterday) reminds us there is something quite beautiful and politically transcendent about the ancient games. Still, we applaud the protest that disrupted the ritual. Not to mention Bjork! And the French! And Prince Charles!
There are many good reasons to attend but perhaps better ones in favor of not, especially this one made in the Slate piece: