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Jibba
United States22883 Posts
If I ask you to sacrifice yourself for your country, you're first going to ask what's in it for you and what's at stake for the country. There's little in it for them, and honestly there's not that much at stake for the country simply in terms of having a nice looking opening. The cost/benefit analysis doesn't come close to making sense for any Westerner. Obviously the sense of nationalism is the tipping point, but how does it get that large. | ||
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EmeraldSparks
United States1451 Posts
Your understanding of history is obviously very shallow and comparing military personnel to 17 year old dancers is quite a stretch. No, not really. There's plenty of more damning stories to post if that was my intent. I'm wondering why the hell would anyone willfully wear diapers for the image of something like an Olympic ceremony? Someone answer the question. Why the fuck not? It's not like they're making you suck a row of cocks or drink a gallon of piss. It's an adult diaper. Hundreds of thousands of people wear them. Maybe I'm alone, but it just doesn't seem like that big of a fucking deal. Why would they do it? For the same reason they wanted to participate in the ceremony in the first place - why else? The question doesn't fucking need to be answered! It's like asking "why the fuck would anybody willfully put on a costume just for the image of something like a parade"? Your question only makes sense in the way you want it to if you are holding an assumption that all people do or should have an amazingly powerful aversion to wearing diapers, which I don't really have (okay it's unpleasant, but I'd hypothetically have a chance to take place in a historic event and if that causes me to be somewhat inconvenienced, fuck that), and to me it seems like just not that much of a big fucking deal. | ||
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HaFnium
United Kingdom1078 Posts
China is a poor country. Don't let the spaceships, the bird nest deceive you. I wonder if you have even been to the poorer parts of China. There are many many many beggars. Guranteed 2/3 meals per day is a dear thing for many of those peasants. For the same reason (money), many parents are forced to send their sons to learn gymnastics/table tennis at a young age. There was a story where a man commited crime so he could go to jail for food, the purpose is the same. I would say that their behaviour is a bit egoistic. Hell, I wouldn't want to practise that hard for an Olympic, but I am in the wealthier part of China (Hong Kong). I think it is naivefor westerners to look at China from their own perspective. I do find them the Chinese have a high sense of nationalism but the performers are NOT only moltivated by nationalism. If the Chinese's living standard is as good as Western counrtries (materially), then i bet there would be a lot less people willing to do that. I would NOT call that retarded nationalism. I can understand the comparison with North Korea, because North Korea is the best in these perfomance with lots of people(I hope you have done your research). When you compare things, you would always aim to compare with the highest quality stuff. Like in SC, you would always compare top foreigners' skills with koreans'. | ||
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Jibba
United States22883 Posts
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[X]Ken_D
United States4650 Posts
Ahh, the sacrifice. Let's not forget the traveling Japanese world warrior. After he defeated the Thai champion, he disappeared without showing up on the medals podium. Rumor was he started training right away doing constant dragon punch motion underneath the waterfalls.  | ||
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