"I absolutely 100 percent think it [the Beijing Olympics] compares to the Berlin Olympics in 1936."-Rob Anders, Conservative MP (Calgary West)
Pretty sensationalist. And also pretty irresponsible (full story). Anders is referring to the fact that Falun Gong practitioners will not be able to participate in the Olympics (much as Jews were excluded from the Nazi-led 1936 Olympics). But to draw parallels between the two events in such a general way is pretty unfair. That's like saying that Anders wants to be Time Magazine's Man of the Year so that he can be viewed in the same light as other winners like Hitler and Stalin.
In related news, Anders also once called Nelson Mandela "a communist and a terrorist".
For the record, Falun Gong is a quasi-Buddhist religion that was outlawed by China in 1999, forcing its founder and leader, Li Hongzhi, to flee to New York. It has a pretty good following around the world, but some people see it as more of a cult than anything else (including, obviously, the Chinese government). That might have something to do with Li's assertions that aliens walk among us and "already control man" through science. I think Li Hongzhi, translated loosely, is either "Tom Cruise" or "L. Ron Hubbard".
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Geoff, didn't you learn anything from our Scientology visit? You're generally too critical, in addition to being active followed by bouts of laziness and not being a good team player.
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