"Why should the world reward people who are obviously so bad to their
own people, so bad to other people."
Here in Atlanta, we saw for ourselves what the International Olympic Committee is really all about. The IOC is filled with a werid mix of rogue, thuggish elites that think they're worthy of titles, such as, "your excellency." How the government of China treats its citizens is of no concern to them. Apparently as it was no concern to those that awarded Olympiads to Adolf Hitler and the peace loving USSR, who just months before hosting the 1980 Summer Olympics, invaded Afghanistan.
I love the Olympics and what they stand for. But I'm not for governments using them as a propaganda campaign to put on a friendlier face for the world. I suspect this is the only reason why China was ever interested in hosting.
And I say that as someone who was proud of Atlanta's Olympic effort to put on the largest games in Olympic history. Attending the 10 year anniversary celebrations brought back some wonderful memories. But thanks in part to the IOC, not all of our memories were good ones.
Gere has always been a champion of the Tibetan people, who have been abused by the Chinese, and serves as Chairman of the International Campaign for Tibet.
2 comments:
I'm so consumed by a feeling that my voice doesnt matter i feel helpless against a tiger like China, especially when my Federal Government partners with them.
It's quite amazing how China has come such a long way from Tianamen Square in 1989. They couldn't have done it without 2 Bushes and a Clinton. Which is one reason why I voted for Nader as the Green Party candidate in 1996.
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