Comments on: Beijing's "Perfect" Smiling Angel http://www.souvey.com/2008/08/beijing-smiling-angel/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=beijing-smiling-angel "Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time." Sat, 26 Mar 2011 02:20:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Matt Millar http://www.souvey.com/2008/08/beijing-smiling-angel/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Matt Millar Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:34:38 +0000 http://www.souvey.com/?p=37#comment-15 One cannot help but wonder what role in the decision was played by the fact that the girl ultimately chosen for display has distinctly more Western-looking facial features than the girl chosen for singing... One cannot help but wonder what role in the decision was played by the fact that the girl ultimately chosen for display has distinctly more Western-looking facial features than the girl chosen for singing…

]]> By: Matt Millar http://www.souvey.com/2008/08/beijing-smiling-angel/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Matt Millar Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:34:00 +0000 http://www.souvey.com/?p=37#comment-14 I suppose the only defense that could be made in China's favor is that there's nothing requiring them to have a matching voice and singer. Nevertheless, when you combine this with some of their other monkey business (like their chemically seeding the clouds and the walls in Beijing), it makes them look power-hungry at best. What really gets me is they decided it was in the best interest of the nation to censor any dissenting opinions about the incident expressed on the Internet. Bull. I suppose the only defense that could be made in China’s favor is that there’s nothing requiring them to have a matching voice and singer. Nevertheless, when you combine this with some of their other monkey business (like their chemically seeding the clouds and the walls in Beijing), it makes them look power-hungry at best.

What really gets me is they decided it was in the best interest of the nation to censor any dissenting opinions about the incident expressed on the Internet.

Bull.

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