Should the Olympics be held in China?

Now to balance what might be seen as an implied cultural bias I would add that I would ban Great Britain and the United States from hosting the Olympics on political grounds. Not that the ideals of the Olympics mean very much in this day and age, but as well as the human rights issues it's barely safe for the athletes to compete apparantly?

The following seems to form the core of the base for the defence.

"If anything, the Games can only be a catalyst for constructive dialogue in a complex and sensitive transformation that is taking place in compressed time," he said.

"We believe that in the past six years the Olympic Games have had a positive impact in a number of areas such as education, media regulations and on environmental standards."

Amnesty International seem more sceptical.