Yesterday my friend The Pajama Pundit brought up his point of view on the whole "apology" from cyclists who got off a plane when landing in China wearing smog masks.
The Chinese government was very offended and the cyclists were forced to give an apology for being concerned about their health which showed "great disrespect" to the Chinese government and all their hard work and years spent on cleaning up the pollution.
So I asked myself, since I don't live in Beijing, is it really that bad?
This brought me to a youtube clip after a few seconds of "intense" research. Although the clip here at CNN is much worse and only a few days ago, this video below shows you just how bad the pollution is in Beijing, China.
Should the cyclists have apologized? Not a chance in hell. But who knows, you should respect those who don't respect other humans, am I right?
And in a somewhat related story, an athlete had his visa revoked by the Chinese. It's the writer that makes this story worth while.
Olympic gold medalist and outspoken Darfur activist Joey Cheek has had his visa revoked by the Chinese embassy, hours before the speedskating champion was set to fly to China. And he wasn't even planning on wearing a mask when he got there.
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