Beijing.....Faux Pas? (Or Not)

http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/bei...v=ap&type=lgns


give me a break. they wore masks to Bejing because ...well....they needed to! And now they're supposed to apologize over something the whole world knows was necessary because what? It hurt China's feelings??

IT. WAS. TRUE.

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Was that Al Gore I saw behind that one mask?

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“The gladdest moment in human life, methinks, is a departure into unknown lands.” – Sir Richard Burton

I thought a good number of people over there already wore masks. I guess I don't understand why this is even a story. Sometimes the rest of the world just has to find a way to slam America no matter how small and petty a story it is.

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