Posts with the tag 'Olympics'
I already refuse to watch even a moment of them - and will do my best to tune out even the barest mention of them. This due, of course, to the fact that China’s government is an anti-human, worst-sort-of-culture-of-death imaginable tyranny. But here’s another reason, if you need one - from NRO’s The Corner:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra, R-Mich., the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, issued the following statement in response to the International Olympic Committee’s decision to exclude Iraqi athletes from the Beijing Olympics:
“It is outrageous that the IOC would reject athletes from a democratic Iraq, and at the same time, from Saddam Hussein’s son Uday’s notorious, torture-based Iraqi Olympics team. embrace those from repressive regimes like North Korea, Burma and Sudan. This is the same Olympic organization that embraced the participation of athletes
“Rather than give the world the excitement of seeing Iraq’s athletes further unify their nation across sectarian boundaries in the spirit of Olympic competition, the IOC has chosen to spit in the eye of the athletes and people of this emerging democracy.
“I urge President Bush and the leaders of the free nations participating in the Beijing Olympics to put maximum pressure on the IOC to reverse course. Democratic leaders should not embrace the farce of watching athletes from some of the world’s most brutal regimes being paraded in front of them while athletes from new democracies are spurned.
“First tortured by Uday, and now rejected by the IOC, the athletes of Iraq have suffered enough.”
There is something which continues to outrage - no matter how many times I see it - about bodies staffed with international elites which will grovel to tyrants but have all sorts of objections to imperfect democracies. We can forgive them, of course - cut off as they are from the wellsprings of truth, the global elite often can’t even tell when they are doing a horribly wrong thing…but forgiving them and understanding their sorry plight doesn’t make it any better for the people of Iraq, who have every right to be represented in Beijing if, for instance, the slaves of North Korea are allowed in…
Tags: acts of cowardice, China, Iraq, Olympics
July 26th, 2008
And start up a trade embargo, and break off diplomatic relations with that inhuman government in Beijing:
SA won’t stop Zim arms cargo
The government has defended the Chinese consignment of arms destined for Zimbabwe which is on board a ship in Durban harbour.
The An Yue Jiang, which is reportedly loaded with 77 tons of mortars, ammunition and rocket-propelled grenades, was boarded by SAPS explosives experts on Wednesday.
Reports of the arms shipment has sparked a political outcry with parties calling on the government to block the consignment to Zimbabwe’s army.
Zimbabwe has no money at all - in fact, the entire country is completely bankrupt…so, there is no way for Zimbabwe to buy arms from China, and that means that China is buying the loyalty of Zimbabwe’s government to further China’s imperial ambitions in Africa. The government of Zimbabwe, of course, has been engaging for years in a systematic oppression of the people of Zimbabwe - for China to lend a hand shows that the government of China is outside of the bounds of civilized behaviour, and unfit for decent company of any kind.
Enough is enough - down with the Chinese government, and to hell with their pretensions to world power.
Tags: China, Olympics, Tibet, Zimbabwe
April 18th, 2008
Good job!
LONDON (AP) - Police repeatedly scuffled with protesters as Olympians and dignitaries carried the Olympic torch through snowy London during a chaotic relay Sunday.
Demonstrators tried to board a relay bus after five-time Olympic gold medalist rower Steve Redgrave launched procession at Wembley Stadium - presaging a number of clashes with police along the torch’s 31-mile journey.
There have been 30 arrests, Metropolitan Police said.
In west London, a protester tried to grab the torch out of the hands of a TV presenter, forcing police to briefly stop the procession as officers detained the man. Another demonstrator tried to snuff out the flame with what appeared to be a fire extinguisher. Others in the crowd threw themselves at torchbearers running past in official Beijing 2010 Olympics tracksuits.
Let those people who govern China with such savegery know how people feel about the barbarism in Tibet. I’m still hopeful that some how, some way, a complete boycott of the Olymics will take place - that people will just rise up and say, “enough! We’ve had it with lending credibility to tyranny!”. We can have the Olympics in any one of a score of free nations - no need to give the Chinese tyrants a chance to look good on TV…
And Simon Jenkins in the Times of London says it perfectly - and before the protests:
Today’s London publicity stunt for the Chinese regime should be ignored by the public and any reputable athlete or politician, unless to register a fierce protest. The four-month “journey of harmony” of the Olympic torch (or many cloned torches) through 21 nations is an exercise in political laundering. It is appalling that the prime minister is to “greet” his torch in Downing Street.
This tour has nothing to do with sport. It has been staged by the Chinese government, not the International Olympic Committee, with “celebrity runners” in each country approved by the commercial sponsors, Coca-Cola, Lenovo and Samsung. In Britain those conned into joining include Tim Henman, Sir Trevor McDonald, Vanessa-Mae, the Sugababes, Ken Livingstone and Gordon Brown. It shows how craven Britain has become to its membership of the so-called Olympic family and its Chinese parents.
Tags: China, Olympics, Tibet
April 6th, 2008
The Chancellor does the right thing:
The German chancellor, Angela Merkel, yesterday became the first world leader to decide not to attend the Olympics in Beijing.
As pressure built for concerted western protests to China over the crackdown in Tibet, EU leaders prepared to discuss the crisis for the first time today, amid a rift over whether to boycott the Olympics.
The disclosure that Germany is to stay away from the games’ opening ceremonies in August could encourage President Nicolas Sarkozy of France to join in a gesture of defiance and complicate Gordon Brown’s determination to attend the Olympics.
Donald Tusk, Poland’s prime minister, became the first EU head of government to announce a boycott on Thursday and he was promptly joined by President Václav Klaus of the Czech Republic, who had previously promised to travel to Beijing.
Let us hope this is the start of an avalanche of international against China’s despotic, corrupt and anti-human government.
Tags: Chancellor Merkel, China, Germany, Olympics, Tibet
March 30th, 2008
This might be an idea worth considering:
PARIS (AP) - Moves to punish China over its handling of violence in Tibet gained momentum Tuesday, with a novel suggestion for a mini-boycott of the Beijing Olympics by VIPs at the opening ceremony.
Such a protest by world leaders would be a huge slap in the face for China’s Communist leadership.
France’s outspoken foreign minister, former humanitarian campaigner Bernard Kouchner, said the idea “is interesting.”
Kouchner said he wants to discuss it with other foreign ministers from the 27-nation European Union next week. His comments opened a crack in what until now had been solid opposition to a full boycott, a stance that Kouchner said remains the official government position.
The idea of skipping the Aug. 8 opening ceremony “is less negative than a general boycott,” Kouchner said. “We are considering it.”
I would prefer an outright cancellation of the 2008 Olympics - China, under its corrupt and cruel communist leadership, is unworthy of the honor. Absent that, I would like to see us boycott the Olympics - but that is not likely to happen. So, a boycott of the opening ceremony might be the best we can get - and it would be a stinging slap in the face to China’s horrific, anti-human leadership.
Tags: Chinese oppression, Olympic Boycott, Olympics, Tibet
March 19th, 2008
So, who is planning on watching the Olympics this summer?
Hundreds of Tibetans have died in unrest in Lhasa and elsewhere in the Chinese-ruled Himalayan region, the India-based Tibetan parliament-in-exile said in a statement Monday.
“The massive demonstrations that started from March 10 in the capital city of Lhasa and other regions of Tibet, resulting (in the) death of hundreds of Tibetans, and subsequent use of force… needs to be brought to the attention of the United Nations and the international community,” the statement said.
Not only should we boycott this year’s Olympics, we should boycott the next one, just to show our utter contempt for these IOC cretins who feel a periodic urge to kneel before tyrants…
Tags: Chinese oppression, Olympics, Tibet
March 18th, 2008
