Comments on: Olympics Boycott http://www.kipesquire.net A Stitch in Time Saves Nine ... But Haste Makes Waste Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:02:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Downtown Lad http://www.kipesquire.net/olympics-boycott/comment-page-1/#comment-6850 Downtown Lad Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:37:34 +0000 http://www.kipesquire.net/?page_id=4963#comment-6850 China is not perfect by any means, but it's more free than it has been in any time in its history. And it many respects - it is more free than the United States. As long as you don't challenge the government, they pretty much let you do whatever the hell you want. It's really no different than Korea was in 1988 when they hosted the games. Certainly more free than Mexico was in 1968. China is not perfect by any means, but it's more free than it has been in any time in its history.

And it many respects – it is more free than the United States. As long as you don't challenge the government, they pretty much let you do whatever the hell you want.

It's really no different than Korea was in 1988 when they hosted the games. Certainly more free than Mexico was in 1968.

]]> By: kim http://www.kipesquire.net/olympics-boycott/comment-page-1/#comment-6809 kim Mon, 11 Aug 2008 06:10:27 +0000 http://www.kipesquire.net/?page_id=4963#comment-6809 Hil. I don’t support a boycott and I want the Beijing Olympics to be a success. But the Games are a chance, while the world is watching, to press China for change. Without change China will carry on executing more of its citizens than any other country in the world, it will continue censoring the media and the Internet and it will continue locking up and torturing those who try to stand up for their rights and the rights of others. It isn’t political. To stand up for human rights is to stand up for the values enshrined in the Olympic Charter. http://www.uncensor.com.au Hil. I don’t support a boycott and I want the Beijing Olympics to be a success.

But the Games are a chance, while the world is watching, to press China for change.

Without change China will carry on executing more of its citizens than any other country in the world, it will continue censoring the media and the Internet and it will continue locking up and torturing those who try to stand up for their rights and the rights of others.

It isn’t political. To stand up for human rights is to stand up for the values enshrined in the Olympic Charter.

http://www.uncensor.com.au

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