Wowee, as we used to say when we were kids. Wonder if every pre-Olympics everywhere elicits such complaints? Oh, if I could but read Chinese! I'm sure they were just as bad.

Look. Every event, every celebration, every festival, everything is inconvenient to somebody - to lots of somebodies. Here in Juneau, Alaska, we know that tourist season discommodes those of us who live here and get no direct benefit from all the money that is being spent to support all the t-shirt and gift shop owners and staff. It lasts five months and it will be back next year.

It is what it is. We will survive tourist season. You will survive the Olympics.