if the west wants to boycott the olympics, please go ahead cause it will be a much better olympics without all the western egos and protests and bi.tching and moaning! please dont go to china,u will do china and its friends a big favour.there are over 100 countries that would love to go to beijing and enjoy possibly the greatest olympics ever held.i personally think the olympics would be awesome without these western countries like USA,australia,UK,france,germany,italy,NZ,canada,et c. they can hold their own lilttle games in some invaded territory. i hope the crooks boycott beijing.i think china would be much better off, besides the west needs china way more than china needs the west. china has control over the US dollar and the US economy through its large US$ foreign exchange reserves.i hope china,russia and co boycott EVERY western major international event in the future.the dependence on the west esp. USA is declining year by year.the asian century is slowly taking its baby steps!