Chinese crackdown in Tibet photos and Video leaked.

[JustAnotherBlueRanger]

The King-man's totally right here. The Olympics are about athletes and the sense of sportsmanship that brings them together to compete. Politics has as much place in the Olympics as prayers have a place in the public school system. In other words...NONE.

You'd think that the protesters would realize that these attempts to put out the Olympic torch and disrupt it's run is NOT helping their cause any. Did the people who are participating in the Olympic run have anything to do with what the Chinese government has done? No, of course not. Will disrupting the Olympic run actually DO anything positive to help their cause? Again, NO, of course not. If anything, the protesters are HURTING their own cause by these constant displays of misdirected rage and their mob-mentality.

If you want to protest the Chinese government, then PROTEST AGAINST THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT. The athletes competing in the Olympics have no say whatsoever in anything that their government does, so why should they be targeted, blamed, and hurt for something that they didn't do?

The answer is simple. They shouldn't.

Except the Chinese Government is using the Olympics as one big PR campaign designed partly to present themselves as the next great nation and probably the best suited nation to challenge the US as a Superpower and across the globe.

Protesting what's going on in Tibet via the Olympics casts credibility and doubt on China's plans and puts them in an uncomfortable positions of their own making.

I would do what France is doing and boycott the opening ceremony. Let the athletes compete fine but boycott the opening ceremony, that would be message enough for me.

 

[KingRanger]

Why is it that "peaceful" protesters are always the first to cause violence?

 

[Impulse87]

because among the protestors there is always that one dumb ass who's prepared an explosive

we really do need to look back atr ghandi and martin luther king's work and follow their examples

 

[JFC]

Except the Chinese Government is using the Olympics as one big PR campaign designed partly to present themselves as the next great nation and probably the best suited nation to challenge the US as a Superpower and across the globe.

Protesting what's going on in Tibet via the Olympics casts credibility and doubt on China's plans and puts them in an uncomfortable positions of their own making.

Again, that's the CHINESE GOVERNMENT doing that. It is NOT the Chinese athletes, or any athletes from any of the other countries that have been training and working all of their lives to have a chance at participating in this.

I don't have any problems with people protesting the Chinese Government. It's the way that they're going about doing it that I feel is wrong. Who is actually "guilty" of these crimes? The government, or the athletes? These protesters want to and SHOULD be protesting against the government, but they're going about it by threatening the athletes. THAT is what's wrong.

I would do what France is doing and boycott the opening ceremony. Let the athletes compete fine but boycott the opening ceremony, that would be message enough for me.

Are those just the French political officials boycotting the ceremonies, or are they forcing their athletes to boycott it as well? Some of these athletes may never have a chance to witness an experience like this first-hand ever again.

 

[JustAnotherBlueRanger]

Again, that's the CHINESE GOVERNMENT doing that. It is NOT the Chinese athletes, or any athletes from any of the other countries that have been training and working all of their lives to have a chance at participating in this.

I don't have any problems with people protesting the Chinese Government. It's the way that they're going about doing it that I feel is wrong. Who is actually "guilty" of these crimes? The government, or the athletes? These protesters want to and SHOULD be protesting against the government, but they're going about it by threatening the athletes. THAT is what's wrong.

Except in this case as in most cases with politics at this level, it's one and the same. You can't have one without the other. That's unfortunate to the athletes and people of China but oh well.

Are those just the French political officials boycotting the ceremonies, or are they forcing their athletes to boycott it as well? Some of these athletes may never have a chance to witness an experience like this first-hand ever again.

See above.

 

[sandman54301]

PROTEST AGAINST THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT.

The problem is, whenever that happens, the Chinese Government kills the people who are protesting. I think that this is a legitimate way for the protestors to bring international attention to something that is being swept under the rug. Threatening anyone as part of a protest is wrong, but I think that going to SF, and standing and protesting is a good thing for them to do.

China being allowed to host the olypmics is a joke. It's like Iran hosting a conference by the Jewish Anti-Defamation League. It doesn't make sense. If a few people with picket signs can help bring awareness to this modern-day Nanking, then so be it.