The 2008 Olympic Summer Games are a hot topic lately. The international consensus is that China needs to improve the human rights within their country and seriously think about freeing Tibet already. The Olympic Games have brought these issues to center stage and I don't think that is a bad thing.
Boycotting the Olympics could potentially do more harm than good. No matter how right the world may believe the message is, delivering it in such a negative way will probably not sway China the least bit. The Games are an opportunity to begin candid, meaningful communication between China and the international community. It's an opportunity that should not be wasted. Messages on banners strung across bridges in the U.S. will reach the government in China but probably be passed on as 'Keep Tibet' by the media to the Chinese people anyway.
The games should go on, even just with the hope of sparking comraderie between the world and China, so that down the road they will hear what we have to say.
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Site name inspired by the abandoned Ranger station depicted in my first post, and as suggested by the wonderful KT. It was one of many discoveries made during one of many of my misadventures in British Columbia.
Site name inspired by the abandoned Ranger station depicted in my first post, and as suggested by the wonderful KT. It was one of many discoveries made during one of many of my misadventures in British Columbia.
1 comment:
Well-said. Meaningful communication sometimes starts because people are willing to make concessions. The Beijing Olympics are an attempt at inclusiveness and there is a lot of potential for communication when everyone is invited to the party. (Not to mention the toll a boycott could take on the athletes that have trained so hard to be there).
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