James asks whether, as religion and politics don’t mix, do sport and politics?
And the answer is sort-of (in my humble opinion):
I believe the protests in London and Paris about the transportation of the Olympic flame through the cities on the way to Beijing was appropriate and laudable. If our government was abusing human rights I would expect us all to be protesting. Now that our government is supporting those that abuse human rights we should still be protesting.
Tibet should be free of oppression by China.
That all said, Britain should not withdraw from the upcoming Olympics because that would be unfair on a generation of athletes, achieve less than nothing and be an inappropriate way of protesting.
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#1 by Curly on April 8th, 2008 - 1:33 pm
It was a Black day for Gordon Brown and the UK govt.
Who authorised the use of Chinese security personnel in London?
#2 by jameshigham on April 10th, 2008 - 5:05 am
This is always the dilemma – the hardworking athletes versus the greater good.
#3 by Lilith on April 20th, 2008 - 12:38 pm
The Tibeatns are ethnic nationalists – like the BNP. They want Tibet for Tibetans. Nazis in other words. Shame on you for supporting their racism.