Hillary Clinton has asked President George W. Bush to boycott the 2008 Olympics opening ceremony and while that is a noble thought I have to ask myself if that in itself is doing enough.
As representatives of the United States of America, should our athletes participate in the 2008 Olympics? How can we as a country justify being a part of something that will add money to the pockets of the very people who treat human rights as nothing other than a passing fancy?
Every nickel and dime from tourists and corporate sponsors will go directly to a government that represses its people and executes them in public for no other reason than it is an annual event.
China has failed to follow through on its promise to improve human rights. They were given the 2008 Olympics in good faith that they would keep their promise and instead they launched war against a spiritual movement.
Since 2002, over 6,000 people have been evicted from their homes to make way for construction of the new Olympic Stadium in Beijing. Many of them violently…Read the rest
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