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Chinese Government blasts Spielberg for backing out of 2008 Olympics

February 14th, 2008 by Scott Marks

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One of his lackeys must have slipped Steve Spielberg a DVD screener of Darfur Now. Yesterday the Oscar winning director stepped down as the artistic adviser to the opening and closing ceremonies of this year’s Summer Olympics to be held in in Beijing. Steve’s decision came in response to China’s disingenuous attempts to help end the crisis in Darfur.

According to the Associated Press, “China is blaming activists with ‘ulterior motives’ for linking the Beijing Olympics to the nation’s involvement in Sudan, with top officials saying they shared concerns over the humanitarian crisis in Darfur.”

“China is believed to have influence over the Islamic regime because it buys two-thirds of the country’s oil exports while selling it weapons and defending it in the United Nations.”

1 Billion Chinese can’t be wrong, and while I’m against China’s lack of involvement in the Darfur crisis, I wholeheartedly endorse any country that will publicly support, then denounce Lord Spielberg.

In a written statement Spielberg said, “”I find that my conscience will not allow me to continue business as usual…At this point, my time and energy must be spent not on Olympic ceremonies, but on doing all I can to help bring an end to the unspeakable crimes against humanity that continue to be committed in Darfur.”

Hey, save some of that precious energy for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull!

In an act of coincidence probably intended as a tribute to Spielberg’s storytelling skills, earlier on Tuesday, nine Nobel Peace Prize laureates sent a letter to Chinese President Hu Jintao urging China to uphold Olympic ideals by pressing Sudan to stop atrocities in Darfur.

Initially game organizers took the high road stating, “”We express our regret over his recent personal statement.” Yesterday, the committee blasted Spielberg for not keeping “in line with the Olympic Spirit that separates sports from politics.”

Hey, Charlie, this is America where sports and politics go together like Spileberg and a low-angle dolly shot. If anything, the organizing committee took another look at Munich and decided that they didn’t want this years festivities to be as dull as Spielberg’s Olympian creaker.

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