tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7351625215946204499.post375868809313480758..comments2023-04-10T01:54:04.557-06:00Comments on Deep End of the Gene Pool: One gold equals 1,000 silversMarie Waldenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07069597929673994123noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7351625215946204499.post-79973340669608033992008-06-13T19:00:00.000-06:002008-06-13T19:00:00.000-06:00Jacques and B, I think sometimes I attempt to be p...Jacques and B, I think sometimes I attempt to be provocative without being completely genuine. I was writing about the way China treats its athletes. But who am I to judge? Seriously. Even in my small neck of the woods, we start our children playing sports while still in preschool, because we hope that they'll have an edge later on. <BR/><BR/>In China, the government decides who has Olympic Marie Waldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07069597929673994123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7351625215946204499.post-21502547618513558362008-06-12T20:46:00.000-06:002008-06-12T20:46:00.000-06:00I wondered the same thing that Jacques did. My so...I wondered the same thing that Jacques did. My son lives in China and I have visited that country twice in the last couple of years for a lengthy period of time. I have found that indeed they are very much like us. I am tempted to say the same as us. There are, like in the USA, flaws in their lives and athletes probably behave themselves much like ours. As strange as it seems, I felt a b+ (Retire In Style Blog)https://www.blogger.com/profile/05114209481329773753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7351625215946204499.post-59442319967221171332008-06-04T09:09:00.000-06:002008-06-04T09:09:00.000-06:00Where did you get that great photo!?! I don't know...Where did you get that great photo!?! I don't know, Mango, about the tone and substance of your blog. The Chinese sports federations are very dynamic with literaly millions of web sites.Sports and National Pride are very big in China. To think that these helpless ants go into the fight to serve their gargantuan Queen is a fabricated anti-communist myth.The chinese are not very different from us Jacques POIRIERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01950469985662429634noreply@blogger.com