Olympics

[dancinginchains]

Originally Posted by Didymos Thomas

Which is why I think we have to reference our own circumstances.

That is very well said.

[Aristoddler]

I was talking about the Olympic situation with a coworker today. To quote him: "It's a shame that the people that are going to suffer the most from this are the athletes that are going to miss out if it gets boycotted."

Wow.
I didn't carry on the conversation with him any further because he obviously has missed the point of the demonstrations so far.

I wonder though...how many people have the same thought that the ones who are suffering the most are the athletes?
How many people have missed the point that the real ones that are going to suffer in the long run are the Tibetans?
How many people have missed the point that the reason the demonstrations are being held, is because of what is happening with Tibet and China?

How many people wonder what the outcome would be if Tibet had oil...how would the American government react?
Would "Communist China" all of a sudden become a threat to world peace, such as Iraq and Afghanistan have?

[Didymos Thomas]

Don't get me wrong, I would feel terrible for those athletes who have such an opportunity should the games go through a mass boycott, but those athletes will have other opportunities to represent their nation and compete. There are millions of Tibetans and Chinese who have no further opportunity to breathe.