Olympic boycott of a sort under discussion

French Foreign Minister Bernard Koucher suggests a boycott of the Olympic opening ceremony may be in order if China continues its crackdown in Tibet.

BOOM!

This is one of those ideas that makes total sense.

The opening ceremony is quasi-political. The only thing that theoretically relates to the Olympic Games themselves is the lighting of the torch, and even that can have political overtones.

An opening ceremony boycott would in no way politicize the events themselves.