Leave politics out of it

I read with a certain amount of sadness that Britain's Prime Minister has decided to boycott the opening ceremonies at the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. While I don't agree with China's handling of certain issues, I don't believe the Olympic Games are the place to hash those issues out. There are plenty of means to bring pressure to bear on China without entangling the Olympic Games in a political morass. Let's keep the Olympics about the games and not political gamesmanship.