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2008-03-23 China-Japan-Koreas

Dalai Lama out to destroy Olympics, sez China

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Posted by Steve White 2008-03-23 00:37|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 I'm surprised that so many people from all over the World are rooting for Tibet! Especially since the ground swell against China seems to be idealogicaly neutral.

It seems the same folks reject China's land abitions and are calling for a boycott of the olympics in China at the same time.

You can count me in that group.

[the only thing that bothers me is that total load of sh*t from Georgia did the same thing back in '79]

Posted by RD">RD 2008-03-23 01:41|| 2008-03-23 01:41|| Front Page Top

#2 how difficult is it to proofread and then use spel chek?

ideologically... ambitions

Posted by RD">RD 2008-03-23 01:48|| 2008-03-23 01:48|| Front Page Top

#3 Dalai Lama out to destroy Olympics, sez China

Smells like projection.

Posted by gorb 2008-03-23 05:05|| 2008-03-23 05:05|| Front Page Top

#4 big hitter, the Lama

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-03-23 07:18|| 2008-03-23 07:18|| Front Page Top

#5 The danger for the Chinese central government isn't just the Tibetans. There are other provinces with 'issues' as well. If the central government doesn't shut down the Tibetan problem quickly, it will show weakness and thus the disorder spreads. If they Tienanmen Square the Tibetans, they risk losing face if the rest of the free world boycotts. Somewhere in the ~~Imperial City~~ capital some party official who pushed the Olympics as a great demonstration of Chinese grandeur and show is getting a new seat someplace about several hundred meters further away from the center of power. Any one outside of a 'yes' man lackey knew something like this was probable.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-03-23 10:40|| 2008-03-23 10:40|| Front Page Top

#6 "Dalai Lama out to destroy Olympics and damage China's international reputation"

Olympics, hell - he's out to destroy the Chinese government. And as for "destroying" your "international reputation," you're doing a bang-up job of that by yourselves.

Best of luck, ~~Dolly~~ Dalai! :-D

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-03-23 10:40|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-03-23 10:40|| Front Page Top

#7 May the Chinese enjoy interesting times.

Posted by Chinemble the Wicked1503 2008-03-23 12:10|| 2008-03-23 12:10|| Front Page Top

#8 Of course the Dalai Lama is trying to destroy the Olymipics. Everyone knows Buddhists are violently opposed to men and women wearing short pants and anything that vaguely resembles fun. Or am I confusing Buddhists with Islamist jihadis?

Posted by SteveS 2008-03-23 12:18|| 2008-03-23 12:18|| Front Page Top

#9 If they Tienanmen Square the Tibetans, they risk losing face if the rest of the free world boycotts.

How would we ever know? Seriously - there's no foreign press in Tibet right now. They could be gunning down monks by the thousands and we would have no idea.

Posted by Secret Master 2008-03-23 14:16|| 2008-03-23 14:16|| Front Page Top

#10 Where was the foreign press at the first event? The means of capturing an event and getting the word out has taken leaps since then. One chip can bring the whole mess down.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-03-23 15:30|| 2008-03-23 15:30|| Front Page Top

#11 Tibet will only be free when China is free. The Tibet rebellion hits at the heart of the Chicom machine. I hope that this rebellion spreads like wildfire to other places, like Burma, though that would be a long shot.

The depressing thing is that our State Dept will be trying to gloss over the rebellion, rather than take the high ground, and be a beacon of hope, like the US has been for years to oppressed people. Well, it is up to people to lead, as the leaders have lost their moral compass.

The Chicoms cannot afford to have the Tibetan rebellion take hold and be sustained, so the PLA will crush them like bugs. However, there are consequences to that behavior, which is the destruction of their precious showcase Oleo-Lympics.

The President needs to stay home and end the illusion. Consumers need to hit the Chicoms in their pocketbooks. This is not as easy as it sounds, but the power of the pocketbook can be a powerful tool.

I hope that this Tibet thing is a start of something big that will help all the people of China, though I have no illusions of a miracle.

Hey, I can hope. Just keep Condi and the rest of the Dept of State turncoats on a tight leash.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2008-03-23 16:46|| 2008-03-23 16:46|| Front Page Top

#12 Maybe this is just middle age grumpiness catching up with me, but I read this headline and immediately think, who the hell cares if the olympics gets destroyed?

I think it stopped being worthwhile long long ago, it's just another showcase for spoiled professional atheletes and the government and corporate doctors who try to figure out how to make their steroid injections undetectable. The only reason it's important is that we continue to pretend it's important. But it always gets caught up in us having to pretend the psychopaths-du-jour aren't.

It's time we stopped bothering with this stuff.

Posted by Abdominal Snowman 2008-03-23 17:13|| 2008-03-23 17:13|| Front Page Top

#13 The President needs to stay home and end the illusion. Consumers need to hit the Chicoms in their pocketbooks. This is not as easy as it sounds, but the power of the pocketbook can be a powerful tool.

Sadly, AP, I'm afraid there is too much money at stake. Bush will attend the Olympics. The fat cats told him to. It hurts real bad to know that Jimmuh showed more integrity when the Olympics were held in Moscow in 1979. At the time I thought it was pretty lame that that was all he could do but now I see that Bush can't even do that much.

Don't look for McClintobama to say anything about it either. Amazingly, they left it for Nancy Pelosi. Just stunning.

The MSM, as usual, will remain silent.

For most people, this entire situation is nowhere near their radar screens. They don't look at labels to see where things are made. They just buy. And they will sit in front of their TVs all fat, dumb and happy to watch the Olympics.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2008-03-23 17:37|| 2008-03-23 17:37|| Front Page Top

#14 I know that, AU. It is depressing, but you can do what you and your family can, and you can tell your friends. Every great movement becomes something, born for a few flashing neurons. Most of the time, nothing happens, but it may be. Tianniman Square did not change the world, but got some people thinking. Tibet may not be the tipping point, but it may help. Remember it took hundreds of years to pull out of the dark ages. It took less than 100 years to end the Soviet Union, well maybe not so good an example. There are things that are just bigger than us, but we are a part of them.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2008-03-23 20:13|| 2008-03-23 20:13|| Front Page Top

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