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The British Olympic committee is requiring that nation's athletes to sign a 'no-talk' agreement which states they will not say anything about 'sensitive' political or human rights issues before or during the summer Olympics in China this year. A similar thing happened in 1936 before the Berlin Olympics, which led to the Brits doing this:

At least Prince Charles, usually not my idea of a stiff upper-lipped Englishman, has said that he will not be attending the games even if he is invited. The best thing the world could do is follow his example. With her abysmal human rights record and her illegal occupation of Tibet, China should never have been chosen in the first place. Everything we will see this summer in Beijing will be a facade, covering up everything from government corruption to environmental disaster. It makes me glad so few people (at least in this country) watch anymore.