terms of the 2008 olympics boycott

this is my first post here, and i had grand dreams of coming onto the scene with a big splash. this will have to do.

firstly, regarding katie's post on tv and our lack thereof, our whiteness must unfortunately be acknowledged. it is what it is, i guess. i will echo her sentiments and add that it has been quite liberating. and you can still watch tv on the interwebs if you really "need" to.

secondly, as katie half-heartedly declared, we are boycotting the 2008 olympics. there are lots of reasons why, and i won't take the time to enumerate them here. i will refer you to a page that has a decent summary of some commonly cited reasons why boycotting the olympics this year is a necessary stand to take.

i'll acknowledge that i heard a compelling story on npr a few months ago arguing that just because china has done some bad stuff lately is no reason to punish the athletes that have worked hard to get there and that sports is not a good arena for geopolitics. decent point, but on balance, the olympics are still getting boycotted in the wussow household.

thirdly, the terms of our boycott:
1. the olympics must never be voluntarily watched by tuning a tv to the olympics coverage.
2. if you are in a place where the olympics are on, you must turn your eyes away and select a seat that makes it difficult or impossible to see the tv screen.
3. watching news coverage of the olympics is strictly prohibited, unless it is coverage about boycotting the olympics or how awesome it is to boycott the olympics.
4. reading internet news about the olympics, with the aforementioned exception.
5. discussing the olympics with friends, unless it is to loudly and obnoxiously discuss your boycott and attempt to impose it on others. participating in conversations about the olympics with clandestine intent to aggressively subject-change is also permissible.

join us (me).