Saturday, March 22, 2008

Free Tibet

There appears to be a small ground swelling occurring. There is a greater expression of disapproval for the Chinese government's harsh tactics during the Tibetan protests.

Germany Warns China Olympics at Risk
Germany's foreign minister has warned China that its response to the crisis in Tibet may jeopardize the Summer Olympics in Beijing, a newspaper reported on Friday
Hopefully more countries will fall in line behind Germany.

The Olympics put the spotlight on China and the bad publicity will hurt them. The Chinese do not want that.

If I were a magician, I would try to sway more political leaders to boycott the Olympics. This is the time to put the spotlight on the Chinese occupation of Tibet.

Pelosi urges world to condemn Beijing
...US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said after meeting the Dalai Lama, the Tibetans’ spiritual leader, that the free world would lose its moral authority to speak about human rights if it did not condemn Chinese oppression in Tibet.
Until the US gets out of Iraq, our moral authority is not on solid footing.

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