Hitlers Torch
I came across this today (Hitler Passes The Olympic Torch To China) and whilst I don’t normally follow up my thoughts with further writing, the article raises a few pertinent points.
Whilst I wouldn’t go as far as to suggest the mass genocide of the Nazi’s is being emulated in anyway by the Chinese they are still “cleaning up” on a regular basis. Much aside from the continual presence of Chinese rule inside Tibet, the Chinese are forcefully removing thousands from their homes in order to build new facilities and roads, enslaving large groups of unemployed people to work on these programmes and even imprisoning those who complain.
Whats happening in Tibet is a moot point - its been happening for years and will continue to happen (unless the West decide to invade them to). Its not disimilar to the occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan by the West. The real issue is not even the continuing human rights abuses China overseas on a routine basis.
The real problem for me, and the reason the games should never have been awarded to China in the first place is the escalation of these abuses in the name of the games. The Olympics may well give much to the world of sport, but they are taking much more from innocent citizens who are unable to fight back.
Filed by Kieran at April 9th, 2008 under Blog, Other Blogs, Topical?