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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is more American than playing for the highest bidder?[/quote]

I think my my bigger beef is China. [b]Why represent a country known for its human rights abuses?[/b] Hopefully she's at least a spy for the CIA pretending to be an ally.

Obviously there is another one skiing for the UK, but I don't find that as ethically dubious. [/quote]

Why? Uh… 14 mil??[/quote]

And also because, [b]quite obviously, it was the only other option available to her.[/b]  It isn't like she could have just picked another country with an unblemished human rights record (if such a thing exists).  [/quote]

No dog in this fight but I don't think that's true. She could've easily represented US. It was a business decision encouraged by her mom and, obviously, she agreed with. China is a big market. [/quote]

The PP said that she would be fine with a US citizen representing the UK (because the largest colonial power has a pristine record when it comes to human rights violations - people have no knowledge of history, we're doomed - but I digress).  My point was that you can't just pick a country off the shelf and represent it in the Olympics, it has to be on you have a claim to citizenship to.  For Eileen, it was the US or China, and China provided a huge upside.  No problem here.  [/quote]

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