I have been watching the Olympics and reading about the age controversy surrounding some of the young athletes. This morning I heard about the young talented singer who was replaced by a lip-sinking little Chinese actress because she was not "cute" enough. The Chinese officials are not even apologetic about the incident. The Olympics is all about image and replacing a little girl with a great voice and crooked teeth with a pretty girl with no voice seemed like a logical choice. I guess we are teaching a nation of children that cheating is good if it helps maintain an image. I think the little girl on the right looks more typical of an 8 year old child. In fact she looks a bit like the "sixteen" year old girls competing in the Olympic gymnastic events.
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