On Apr 11, 4:37=A0pm, dank <d...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Chen wrote...
> > Dalai Lama reiterated he sup****ts Beijing hosting the Olympics, but
> > pointedly said nobody can tell those opposing Chinese actions in Tibet
> > "to shut up."
>
> I really don't care what the Dalai Lama says, and I was there as my own
> personal protest contingent and wasn't affiliated with any of the Tibet,
> Burma, Darfur, or other factions. =A0Someone asked me what side I was
on,
> and I held up my sign and said I was on "our side" (freedom).
>
> I'm not very interested in the Tibet issue, and I don't recognize the
> Dalai Lama as anybody im****tant because he is a religious leader and I
> am anti-religious and pro-democracy. =A0The Dalai Lama is unelected so
he
> has no legal authority, though still more authority than the unelected
> Communist puppet installed by Beijing.
>
> > "I sup****t Chinese hosting the famous world games," he said Thursday
> > in an international hotel outside Tokyo "because China is the most
> > populous and an ancient nation. Chinese people deserve to host the
> > games."
>
> > Everyone who wants to boycott Olympic game must shut up. He means all
> > western leaders too.
>
> We're not boycotting the Olympics (yet), we're simply using it as a
> forum to protest China's human rights abuses. =A0My protest sign didn't
> even mention the Olympics, it simply stated the obvious fact that I
> could freely protest in San Francisco without being shot.
>
> What was really neat is that pro-China demonstrators were allowed to
> demonstrate in favor of the Olympic Torch and walk down the street
> protesting the protests and they also weren't shot to death. =A0Maybe
> Westerners should simply avoid the Beijing Olympics out of safety
> concerns, because their tendency to speak freely without worrying
> about political implications might cause Chinese security forces to
> shoot them.
You were lost in your protest. You must be fooled by those Hindu Sic.
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