Posted by Jay_Bravest_Face on August 10, 2008, at 8:13:40 [reposted on August 10, 2008, at 22:44:14 | original URL]
In reply to Re: Any thoughts about the Open Ceremony of the Oly » Jay_Bravest_Face, posted by Sigismund on August 10, 2008, at 1:57:25
No, I don't want to get into an argument Sig :-)
It's just, there was supposedly a deal about more open human rights if they got the games, and China agreed at the time. Then, as time went by, they balked. You know, they just demolished thousands of homes, without the residents consent, to make room for the Olympic grounds? Yesterday, after that stabbing of that American, the Chinese pretty much denied it even happened! Then a group of foreigners protested in Tiananmen Square, and the where ordered to leave the country. Journalists have been complaining of being followed by Chinese secret police everywhere they go.
Believe me, I am one of the most progressive, call me 'liberal', persons when it comes to peace and making good with other countries. I am not saying we should be on the offense to China, but out of all the countries in the world, they need to be sanctioned somehow to bring their Human Rights quality way, way up in standard. We don't hand them the "keys to the kingdom..", nor should we have given them the Olympics without major conditions. IMHO....:)
Jay
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