I see that protesters have disrupted the Olympic flame procession in Great Britain and in France, where the torch was extinguished three times. By Olympic tradition, the torch is supposed to be lit in Greece, then goes around the world before arriving in the host country. In this case, it's the People's Republic of China.
But their brutal suppression of the Tibetan people and the recent violence in that Chinese-occupied country has lead to worldwide protests, and protesters have targeted the Olympic torch.
It is most unfortunate that this tradition has been disrupted, but the sole responsibility for this fiasco lies with the people who are in charge in Beijing. It was their orders that sent their army in to put down a legitimate protest in a country that does not belong to China, with more than a hundred lives being lost. The Tibetan people have a right to practice their religious beliefs in spite of the heathen communists.
China is not being a good Olympic host.
And the IOC should put a stop to this fiasco before it gets any worse. They were opposed to this multinational torch tour in the first place; and where Tibet is concerned, the unity propaganda coming from the Chinese government rings hollow.
And for the Chinese foreign minister to call the Olympic flame the "holy flame of the Olympics" is just plain offensive. Communists don't believe in anything being holy. The Chinese government has also denied that the flame was put out in France at all, telling it's people in official Chinese news broadcasts and print media that the relay in France was "successfully completed." NOT!!
Just take the damned torch to China and let them parade it around there.
2 comments:
"recent violence in that Chinese-occupied country"???
What country is that?
You are an idiot.
Takes one to know one. Intelligent comments only, please.
Tibet was doing fine on it's own without the Chinese invasion of 1950, which started this entire sad state of affairs.
Consider:
Did Lebanon disappear after Syria took it over? No. Did Afghanistan disappear after the Soviets invaded? No. Did Iraq or Afghanistan disappear after we invaded them? No.
Tibet hasn't disappeared either.
"Chinese-occupied country" is an apt description, just like "American-occupied country" is suitable for Iraq and Afghanistan at present.
And I might add that burying our heads in the sand (as the Chinese want us to) won't make the problem go away, as much as they would like it to.
I stand by my terminology.
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