THE Olympics has been marred by Chinese controversy over another.
If it wasn’t ‘free tibet’ protestors hijacking the limelight, it was George Bush slating China’s human rights record.
But the thing which did it for me was the deception caused by using a ‘prettier’ child to lip-sync ‘an ode to the motherland’ in the opening ceremony.
The actual singer, seven-year-old Yang Peiyi had a few milk teeth missing and a chubbier face compared to the ’smiling angel’ face of nine-year-old Lin Miaoke.
Straight teeth sound better
An authority that can allow that to happen sends out a very miserable message. It says ‘we don’t care about the damage done to one of our own children’s feelings as long as we look good in front of the world’.
And how needless? The talented young singer was just as cute, if not more so but instead ’straight toothed’ Lin basked in all the glory.
Take the Shame switchers! And the most shameful thing is that they don’t realise that perfection is not beautiful. Beauty lies in the imperfections.
Like in matters of the heart; Love isn’t about finding the perfect person; It’s about finding the imperfect person and discovering out all their perfections:-)
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