Spanish advertisers launch a campaign to go to China, “a wink” called by Calderon. Anglosaxon countries get mad and call us racists… but Chine doesn’t say a word, and don’t seem to be offended with that picture.

Spain makes the “wink” picture about China, China is not mad at Spain, but Anglosaxon get mad to Spain and call us racists…

Can anybody explain me what’s the matter here?

That said, I am sure there is a lot of upside to this greek team, and they can only present themselves better from now on, so I still have hope that the numerous players who haven’t played well this far will take it up a notch. If that is against Saras and his motley crew or the great Manu, I don’t care, they are surely not better than us on paper and hopefully we want it more. Hitting more than 2 threepointers a game might help. And if we lose now because we face a good team then we deserve to lose and be kept out of the medal round, you can’t medal if you don’t beat the best teams, I don’t want to sneak past croatia.

Everytime you steal the ball, the US player is ready to steal it from you again.

Bosh stepped up against Greece, I don´t know if the Greek coach or technical team have watched a lot of Toronto Raptors’ last two season, but he can be a beast and more skilled than Howard in some aspects of the game.

The US team is totally different from what we saw in 2006. Specially, you have Kobe Bryant, who can be an amazing motivator and is defending amazingly well.

That said, now Greece will be 3rd, right? Which team would suit better for them at the quarterfinals? Which country you want to avoid? Argentina? Lithuania?

what worked, though, was containing howard. So he isn’t that much of an issue. But then there was this bosh guy who more than made up…tough one, that.
anyways, my 2 cents to that game, migala, what else is there to say about this juggernaut of a team…

I think the Spanish team’s intentions were as inocuous as, for example, having your hair dyed blonde had the Olympics been organized by Sweden. It was just that. A gesture towards the host team.

Noone thinks having slant-eyes is bad or degrading. The very same team wore samuari bandanas in Japan and it seemed cool to everyone.

The New York times correspondent in Beijin had a hard time to find one single Chinese person offended at the Olympics by the infamous picture.

The Chinese Embassy in Spain claim not to be offended at all because it means nothing for them.

The Chinese sponsors also find it funny. They know the team is not racist.

There was no intention to hurt anyone’s feelings. And if anyone feelings’ have been hurt, for that I apologize.

Now, about USA-Greece game…

Anyways, given the medal standings, who wouldn’t want to be associated with the Chinese team?

Maybe it is a story in other parts of the world – I just don’t know.

It is mostly the media looking for drama and a story to write about – this is how western media operates..

Some are upset that the Spanish say this is not big deal and meaningless.
Especially those who think this is a double standard – trust me, if any U.S. athlete did this there would be hell to pay. They would likely have been severely disciplined, by the USOC and probably kicked out of the Olympics.
For the Spanish to brush this off as meaningless, really bothers some people.
I think it is ridiculous too – I hate political correctness. but unfortunatly this is how the world works.

Trust me that this is a major racial slur towards Asians. Maybe not in Spain – I can’t answer that, but it sound form you that this is true.

This is a story that is gaining huge momentum in the U.S. with all the major sports radio, t.v., internet and print media talking about it. There is talk of Gasol and Calderon being disciplined by the NBA (I think this is silly, but they are still talking about it). But it is true Gasol and Calderon have been playing long enough in america that they should have known better.

Europeans like to rip on the U.S. as being arrogant, ignorant and insensitive towards other people and cultures – it seems like tables have turned. You saying this is no big deal, kind of proves this point.

By the way, I am sure my view is biased. I am a New Zealander, that lived many years in Canada and Australia a year in Hong Kong and past 5 years in the U.S.

Hopefully I can give you the view from the ground here in the U.S.

And in the end, how on earth can you just think of applying your US-point-of-view to everyone else over the world??? This is an advertising picture shot by request of a Spanish Sponsor… Oh God! You are not alone in this world, in fact you are only three hundred million people out of six trousand million! Oh, and most Spanish ARE NOT racists and feel shame at bullfighting, we have far better ways to have fun.