In the name of thousands of cats, PLEASE BOYCOTT THE BEJING OLYMPICS!!

[moosmom]

Um, correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Bejing a COMMUNIST country???? WHY are we holding the UNITED STATES SUMMER OLYMPICS in a communist country?

[jackie]

Um, correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Bejing a COMMUNIST country???? WHY are we holding the UNITED STATES SUMMER OLYMPICS in a communist country?

Beijing is a city, not a country.

It is not the UNITED STATES SUMMER OLYMPICS, The US do not own the Olympics, it is an international event. The host cities are elected by the International Olympic Committee.

[caseysmom]

Beijing is a city, not a country.

It is not the UNITED STATES SUMMER OLYMPICS, The US do not own the Olympics, it is an international event. The host cities are elected by the International Olympic Committee.

My thoughts exactly! This is an international event, nothing american about it!

[Vela]

Like the two above, the Olympics has never been a US event....it's a worldwide event and that's the reason it's held in many different countries....=x

[moosmom]

Oops..I guess I was wrong...HOWEVER, Bejing IS communistic, right?? That and the killing of those poor innocent animals has me truly pissed off.

[caseysmom]

Oops..I guess I was wrong...HOWEVER, Bejing IS communistic, right?? That and the killing of those poor innocent animals has me truly pissed off.

Donna, Nobody advocates the killing of animals, it is done here everyday though as I know you are aware. Last olympics there was the same outcry if you remember about the killing of the stray dogs in Italy.

What does communism have to do with this? The Olympics were started to bring the athletes of the world together and the countries would forget their differences for the sake of the sporting events and the athletes, it is really none of our business if they are communist is it? Can you explain what you mean by that?

[kittycats_delight]

Donna, Nobody advocates the killing of animals, it is done here everyday though as I know you are aware. Last olympics there was the same outcry if you remember about the killing of the stray dogs in Italy.

What does communism have to do with this? The Olympics were started to bring the athletes of the world together and the countries would forget their differences for the sake of the sporting events and the athletes, it is really none of our business if they are communist is it? Can you explain what you mean by that?

I do have to interject here about the killing of stray dogs in Italy. There is no such thing as a kill shelter in Italy. It is completely illegal to do what you suggest here in Italy. This is the first I have heard of this.

According to Dr. Enrico Moriconi, president of the newly formed AVDA, or Veterinari per i Diritti degli Animali (Association of Veterinarians for Animal Rights), Italy is a world leader in animal rights law. Since 1991 it has been illegal to kill healthy dogs and cats living in shelters.

Turin, the prosperous industrial city in northern Italy that will play host to the 2006 Winter Olympics, has passed strict animal protection laws, dating back to the time of Guisseppe Garibaldi, the political activist who founded the first animal protection society in Italy, the Ente Nazionale Protezione Animali (Society for the Protection and Care of Animals), in 1871.

If you want to see the link for this check here it is the last 2 paragraphs of page 1. The article is called 'The Pope & The Pussycats'.

I think you are 100% mistaken as the scandal was about the Athens 2004 games and the slaughter of stray dogs. The numbers were never confirmed but it is speculated between 1500 and 4000 we poisoned to clean up the streets of Athens for the games.