Why the Olympics should not be protested

Excuse me did you say that China is sacrificing her wealth to put on the Olympics?

Are you serious? Do you even know what the government of China has been doing?

Do you not know China will make money with the games there?

Sacrificing? I cant believe you said such an ignorant thing.

I would have bought your argument if you would have left out the sacrificing of poor china.

China who has forced abortions with its one child policy.

China that exploits its people in unsanitary conditions in unsafe workplaces.

China that has child labor.

China that has imprisoned people for speaking their opinions.

China that is one of the worlds largest polluters.

Oh poor Victim China! Oh the pain that they must feel sacrificing their resources to serve the world the olympics.

Let's all cry for poor China!uke:

I am not watching the Olympics. I would rather eat broken glass.

But in the west and a good part of the world you have freedom of choice. You can watch or not watch. The decision is yours and yours alone...

I mean it is not like you live in China or anything..

 

I lived with a couple of chinese people a few years ago, and they were adamant that Tibet was part of China, and always has been. I think chinese people have been brainwashed by the media, very few of the people in china actually know that there is a huge global protest going on at the moment against their government, all media reports omit any scenes of protest.

 

For anybody to say that the Olympic games overshadow or in any way warrant watching because the athletes earned that right is to say the rights that are are earned by Tibetian people every day are lesser.

I don't see how those statements can be seen in any other light. The argument is that the Olympics is outside the box and should be supported no matter the circumstances. Is that not to say that the Olympics are on a pedistol and is being considered as more important than the freedom of a nation.

Didn't countries compete in the Olympics and celebrate their winners before television was around?

Wont you see the names of winners on the news during the days surrounding the games?

What could possibly make any one of you say, "Meh. I feel bad for those guys in Tibet, but not bad enough to turn my tv off and atleast make an attempt to bring cause for change"?

When the Olympic games hosted by China break ratings records, and without boycott support it will, we will be sending the loudest most ridiculous message in history. If you are a part of the ratings boost that is going to make this the most watched Olympic games ever, you are telling China, "Keep doing whatever you want whenever you want. We'll keep throwing money at you and turning a blind eye".

When China starts trying to smack us around like they do Tibet, you people will wish you'd shut the fuckin' set off. And dont' say it can't or won't happen. By sheer man power and strength in numbers along with their climbing economy they will soon be in position to take role as the leading world super power. How quietly they do it is what has yet to be seen.

 

Why don't the Tibetan athletes who have refused to take part, instead take part but use it as an opportunity to stage a protest. Think about it, the world would be watching as one of them taking part in some event suddenly falls to ground and douses himself in fake blood. Might only get one protest, but it'd be a good one! My guess is the chinese are probably not going to allow Tibet to take part, and that is the real reason they are not taking part.

 

I do believe you are probably right. I mean how would China handle a Tibetan contestant lighting himself ablaze on live world wide television?

 

I think they'd find it very hard to cover up, internationally anyway. They probably wouldn't take the risk though.

 

They'd probably torture him to death afterwards if he was still alive and then blame it on the Dalai Lama.

 

I dont think tibet produces much athletes.

from what ive seen in national geographic they just raise goats and smoke stuff.

 

Too bad we can't protest products made in China, or the US and other western countries trading with China, because we would have few products to buy at all that way.

 

That is kind of what I thought, then someone said they were not taking part in protest. They are not all monks and farmers though I assume, at least in other parts of the world where they are more free there may be some athletes.

You are right though it not the kind of culture that would have any kind of affinity with the competitive spirit of sportsmanship. They have realised for many a long time there is more to life than running the fastest.

But still, they don't really need to enter to win.