Comments on: The Digest. 06.17.08. http://c-monster.net/blog1/2008/06/17/the-digest-061708/ Where High Gets Low. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:30:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: C-Monster http://c-monster.net/blog1/2008/06/17/the-digest-061708/#comment-12978 C-Monster Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:50:38 +0000 http://c-monster.net/blog1/2008/06/17/the-digest-061708/#comment-12978 LOL! i guess i'm defending the indefensible on this one. i just figured that anyone who was willing to talk trash about an authoritarian regime should be allowed to do so, no matter how bogus their motivations. (look ma, i'm on tv!) LOL!

i guess i’m defending the indefensible on this one. i just figured that anyone who was willing to talk trash about an authoritarian regime should be allowed to do so, no matter how bogus their motivations. (look ma, i’m on tv!)

]]> By: scott mclellan, former press secretary http://c-monster.net/blog1/2008/06/17/the-digest-061708/#comment-12881 scott mclellan, former press secretary Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:56:08 +0000 http://c-monster.net/blog1/2008/06/17/the-digest-061708/#comment-12881 i don't see the problem. i don’t see the problem.

]]> By: jasonlujan http://c-monster.net/blog1/2008/06/17/the-digest-061708/#comment-12837 jasonlujan Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:35:13 +0000 http://c-monster.net/blog1/2008/06/17/the-digest-061708/#comment-12837 re Ai Wei Wei I'm calling this as hypocrisy. He spent years in a Chinese labor camp, etc. so he had plenty of history and reason to refuse taking the gov't's commission money for his role in the stadium. But he didn't. Bad analogy/cliche: People who buy stolen (luxury) goods, knowing they're stolen, and then call the seller a thief don't have room for indignity. re Ai Wei Wei

I’m calling this as hypocrisy. He spent years in a Chinese labor camp, etc. so he had plenty of history and reason to refuse taking the gov’t’s commission money for his role in the stadium. But he didn’t.

Bad analogy/cliche: People who buy stolen (luxury) goods, knowing they’re stolen, and then call the seller a thief don’t have room for indignity.

]]> By: C-Monster http://c-monster.net/blog1/2008/06/17/the-digest-061708/#comment-12836 C-Monster Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:19:55 +0000 http://c-monster.net/blog1/2008/06/17/the-digest-061708/#comment-12836 on the point of accepting the commission, agreed, he coulda turned it down from the get-go. but my question is: does receiving a commission necessarily require compliance in matters of opinion? besides, he accepted the commission in '03 and has distanced himself only recently. surely he's allowed to change his mind? on the point of accepting the commission, agreed, he coulda turned it down from the get-go. but my question is: does receiving a commission necessarily require compliance in matters of opinion?

besides, he accepted the commission in ‘03 and has distanced himself only recently. surely he’s allowed to change his mind?

]]> By: orangemenace http://c-monster.net/blog1/2008/06/17/the-digest-061708/#comment-12821 orangemenace Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:32:55 +0000 http://c-monster.net/blog1/2008/06/17/the-digest-061708/#comment-12821 The bird's nest video + comment isn't a question of free speech - that man is complaining about a situation that he has contributed to by participating in the construction process and designing something complicated that was sure to put unprotected workers at risk. Boycotting the Olympics is a BS way of protesting China's human rights violations when you had the opportunity to TURN DOWN A PROJECT THERE. The bird’s nest video + comment isn’t a question of free speech - that man is complaining about a situation that he has contributed to by participating in the construction process and designing something complicated that was sure to put unprotected workers at risk.

Boycotting the Olympics is a BS way of protesting China’s human rights violations when you had the opportunity to TURN DOWN A PROJECT THERE.

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