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olympics Not the place to protest
Like another commenter mentioned China is now more in a position to do better. This movement forward will be hindered by protesters who mean well, but in fact may be hindering the very progress forward they want to stimulate.
Posted to Foreigners by MMahraj on March 28, 2008
Re: Weak logic...
Amy, If you read it, the last thing it says before the list is ''politicization,'' so yes technically she is not including Munich as a ''successful protest'' as I summarized it. However what is politicization other than the outcome of protest? My point is unchanged. The murders of Munich were not political hay, they were an act of murder, ...
Posted to Foreigners by Ygalbot on March 25, 2008
C. Hitchens < J. Carter
Hitchens is right to decry China's backing of human rights abusers. The seduction of the Olympic boycott, however, is one that I hoped might escape him. Taking too much tea with Mia Farrow, no doubt.After those pesky Russkies invaded Afghanistan, Jimmy Carter gave them an ultimatum: Leave or we'll prevent our athletes from achieving their lives' ...
Posted to Fighting Words by markdolley on October 1, 2007