Wednesday, March 19, 2008
China and the direct action Olympics
The spectacle of John Derbyshire plotting direct action protest is more than a little entertaining:
I still doubt that a big Olympic flop could bring down the communist government of China, and of course Tibet might be forgotten again a news cycle or two from now, having no oil, and with a population insufficiently barbarous, and a religion insufficiently dogmatic to produce terrorists. Still, a boycott of the opening ceremony by leaders of free nations might actually come off. The French seem to be seriously pondering it.
All sort of other ideas for embarrassing the ChiCom gangsters are buzzing around. Some are suggesting, for example, that athletes simply not show up for the opening ceremonies. (They are not required to by their Olympic contract.) There is also the idea, which I rather like, that an entire national team might shave their heads the night before the ceremony to show solidarity with Tibetan monks and nuns, the bravest and most persecuted of Tibetan patriots.
The possibilities are endless.
2 Comments:
By 
Tom the Redhunter, at
Wed Mar 19, 10:53:00 PM:
Half of me thinks a boycott is a good idea. All the ChiComs are going to do is use it as a big propaganda for their system, and present us with a Potemkin village.
On the other hand, they're so damn sensitive ("a country with a chip on it's shoulder") and worried about "face", that they might just lash out in response. Whoever is their current dictator might fall, a hothead might replace him, and they may just up and attack Taiwan.
By 
, at
Thu Mar 20, 01:01:00 AM:
I read that in HANOI ON THE BAY(SAN FRANCISCO)is barring proesters from getting with in a certian distence of the tourch carrying cerimony LETS JUST BOYCOTT THE OLYMPICS
