tlcorbinWarning
April 9th 2008 12:48
Category: The Wood Shed
The time for protesting the Olympics being held in China has long since past.
As an Alaskan, I don't see things the way supporters of trendy causes do outside of our state; the rule of action and reaction have not changed or been set aside. Thoughtless action could ultimately provoke the killing of innocents, and who will then claim responsibility?
Should the protester have their way and do manage to embarrass China, there will be a backlash against Tibetans, and any dissident captured; they will be brutalized.
These same folks who rail against the US involvement in the war on terrorism, are going to stir up a whirlwind of retaliation against dissidents; while seeing themselves as paragons of moral righteousness and rescuer of the nations whose higher means justifies the end.
It's unconscionable and ill thought out. Now that China has taken a huge financial and political risk, they won't allow themselves to be humiliated or to publically loose face.
Who, among the stylishly dressed and carefully choreographed protesters will stand in for a single suffering soul in a Chinese prison? It’s easy to support a cause when it doesn’t cost you anything worse than a night in jail and a fine. Consider paying the price with your broken body and spirit to earn my respect for your self indulgent behavior.
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Comment by katyzzz
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I have always maintained that China should not have been given the Olympics in the first place, the Olympics have become a political tool, thus departing from the original concept.
You are so right to draw attention to the brutal consequences for the Tibetans and their supporters. And for the hypocrisy of those who decry what they themselves then do.
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all these protesting countries have trade agreements with china, people could boycott china as a tourists travel destination, political diplomats could use their position to influence foreign policy . . . to the chinese this concentration of protest on the olympics must seem an irregular spike of negativity as they dont usually get such vocal feedback on the issue . . . kind of like letting resentment build up silently and then blurting something out unexpectedly?
they will probably feel embarrassed that they gauged their own national image so wrongly
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How did you get google to post video add on site? I want to visit Manly!
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Good post!
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Hi SL, yea, she must be checking the opinion polls again; her trade mark. Thank you.
We have well educated women in this country with strong character and morality. Why won't they step up to the plate and run for president; is it the systematic character assassination of the vetting process that scares them away?
Raven
Comment by Kim L
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China's histroy of Human Rights abuses is long and varied. 45 minutes before the olympics and the band wagon gets crowded with 'armchair protestors'. I fail to see how boycotting the olympics will create a more peaceful, loving or friendly China....
By the way, do you live in ALASKA??? Dude, get the hell out of there, haven't you seen/read '30 days of night'??? YIKES!!!
Kim
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I'm watching you Raven.
(Apologies for the degradation of such a worthy topic with my innane humour.)
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The tibet cause, while being genuinely worthwhile, seems to be a trendy bandwagon that everyone has jumped on.
And as for politicians jumping on the bandwagon. Please, spare me. You want to show your outrage, how about trade sanctions against China. Oh that's right, you don't want to alienate what is the largest growing consumer society in the world at the moment!
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The fact that the olympics is being used as a tool to make China see that they are SEEN is a positive thing.
If i was living in oppression, I would want to know that others are speakingf out for me, but i do not presume to speak for the entire Tibeten people.
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China knows that it is seen, and are skilled at spinning perceptions to their purposes.
China is allowing free commerce and information to flow through their country and I suspect that will have a profound affect on the people and their future.
To one degree or another, we have all chosen an acceptable level of oppression from our governments or they wouldn't exist; and those governments exist because they serve a useful purpose. When that usefulness ceases, so will the government.
Raven
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Regarding a morally corrupt situation; define corruption first with an applicable standard that universally fits the targeted demographic model, allow those affected by this model to identify problems that fit within the confines of that standard and then decide what is or isn't moral corruption. In a country of thieves, theft is honorable.
But then we come this cross roads: which code of morality do we use? Judeo-Christian? Islamic or Buddhist? Wiccan or pagan? Atheist or gnostic? Secular or spiritual? There are many to choose from, but which one is appropriate Brenton?
Advocate silence, never; advocate inaction, never; advocate considered speech and action, always.
The antics being displayed at present are aimed at satisfying the media and individual egos, not at resolving the problem, and it's shameful. That remains the primary thrust of this post.
Raven
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Sorry I missed this one.
Too late to worry about the Olympics but not too late to get some good out of it.
The actions of the Chinese government towards Tibet should not go unnoticed and ignored.
I have little faith in capitalism being the birth of freedom because capitalism is just as compatible with fascism as it is with democracy.
I do not think that the protests here and elsewhere will make the Chinese angrier than they already are. They will however put pressure on our own governments to think twice about what business they are willing to do in China.
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I think Pandora's box had been inadvertently opened in China, but they are experts at controlling populations. We'll see what happens.
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