If you have been watching the news where ever your are, I'm sure you hvae noticed what is happening right now in China. The people of Tibet, now a chinese province, are being violently repressed for, according to the Chinese government, supporting dissedent beliefs and whishing to cause turmoil in the country ahead of this years Olympic Games in Beijing.
Somehow I don't quite thing this is in keeping with the image China has developed in its rather murky past. Macau springs to mind. Tianemen Square. The ongoing restritions imposed on basic freedoms, like freedom of expression in the media. The presucution of catholic chinese. The "cure for all remedies" way in which the death penalty is used in an otherwise biased and corrupt judicial system. The discrimination of women in all walks of life. The non-existant protection of the working class. Female infanticide. Need I go on?
I call on you all to take heed of this message and sign the following petition to show the Chinese government that its action will not go unnoticed or unpunished. Enough is enough my dear friends.
The Olympic Games where founded as a beacon of international coperation and to showcase the benefits the world could reap by embracing freedom and democracy. Is it not then a bit antisenscial that a communist, repressive, huma rights abusing nation is allowed to host what is one of the greatest spectacles of the year? Think about it...
Signing out...
Cesar
1 comment:
yups
yups
^^
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