Spanish Olympic Team: "Ching Chong Chinaman! Ha Ha!" [Bad Ads]

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gawker.com - 8/12/2008

Spanish Olympic Team: "Ching Chong Chinaman! Ha Ha!" [Bad Ads]

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The Olympics, we're told, is a delicate dance of geopolitical maneuvering dressed up as an athletic contest. In reality, it's the world's largest assembly of dumb jocks. All of whom are now in a position to cause international incidents! Spain and China may have poisoned their diplomatic relationship because the entire Spanish national basketball team thought it would be cute to make an ad ...

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