O, you acrostiverbalists, Part 2: Politics

Thursday, March 27, 2008

O, you acrostiverbalists, Part 2: Politics

Please post an acrostic poem using the letters of either BEIJING or OLYMPICS.

In your poem, please express your opinion as to whether the United States (or any country) should consider boycotting the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing due to alleged human rights violations enacted by China upon Tibet.

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phottto · 889 weeks ago

Only

Lonely

Young

Men

Pee

In

China's

Streets

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phottto · 889 weeks ago

so yeah, apparently i didn't read the rest of the post about boycotting or not. i imagine that if young men are peeing in the streets, you wouldn't want to go there.

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Kaitlyn 43p · 889 weeks ago

I actually assumed you meant we shouldn't boycott, since China isn't all that bad... after all, only the lonely young men are peeing in the streets. That leaves all the women, boys, older men, and young men with friends to keep the pee off the street.

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Kaitlyn 43p · 889 weeks ago

Before the summer sports begin,

Entire countries are chagrined.

It isn't much to subjugate

Just l'il Tibet through twenty '08!

I'd really rather watch some sports

Not sue the east in ethics courts.

Go turn your back on bad reports.

Only forty years from now, I spy

Late-breaking news reported by

Your local Chinese anchormen:

"Midnight tonight on CNN...

Powers unchecked turned to the rest,

Into the south and north and west,

China conquered to heavenly heights.

Suckers like you will have no rights."

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Jordan 57p · 889 weeks ago

Bam! You made Toast of that Post

Except I think your Views are highly Skewed.

If you view your Disquisition from a Tibetan Disposition,

Just for a moment Think about that tiny area on the Brink. Wouldn't

It be Nice if the world endorsed their Rights

Not turn their Backs for athletes on field & Track, but

Give some License to voices that have been Silenced.

Oops, worked on that for a

Long long time

Yet eventually reread your post and realized that

Maybe you were

Portraying someone else's views about Tibet.

I'm still not sure, so I figured I'd post my response anyway.

Crap!

Skitamarinky dinky dink.

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Kaitlyn 43p · 889 weeks ago

Turning thoughts to rhyming lines

Often in the best of times

Makes elegant, pure subtlety

Erode to... well, confusedty.

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Kaitlyn 43p · 889 weeks ago

Hm. Maybe "China *conquering* to heavenly heights" would have cleared up my little poem. Think Firefly:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefly_(TV_series)

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mb · 889 weeks ago

I love Firefly. I said "goram" the other day and people looked at me strange. You can watch the whole series free over at hulu.com.

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Marli · 889 weeks ago

Oh, what has the world come to?

Long ago we supposedly separated church and state

Yet today, it's not only church and state, but sport and state

Moreover, the lack of separation only serves those who

Prefer a lack of communication

If we cannot be friends in state (or church)

Can't we still play together?

Sincerely, Marli

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