On Apr 9, 4:45=A0pm, ar...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Karen Gordon) wrote:
> (K): Two-faced wimp.... =A0
>
> Harper says he won't be going to the Olympic opening ceremony, 'but it's
> not a boycott'.
>
> Harper says: ""I think experience would suggest that such boycotts are
> generally not effective".
>
> Harper says: "Even the Dalai Lama has not called for such a boycott,"
>
> What this all says about HARPER, is that he is a hypocrite. =A0His
'concer=
n
> for human rights abuses' in China are at the same depth as his concern
for=
> loss if profits by cor****ations doing business with China.
>
> Even Hillary Clinton has more balls than Harper.... she's telling Bush
to
> boycott the Games. =A0(Boy, does she overestimate the size of any balls
on=
that
> man!)
>
> Good for you, Gordon Brown! =A0Britain should be proud.
>
> Now it's time for the Aussie PM to show some intestinal fortitude.
=A0Afte=
r
> all, China DID boycott your Olympic Games.
>
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> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A01956 Melbourne Olympics
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0The People's Republic of China boycotted the Melbourne Games
to=
> =A0 =A0 =A0retaliate against Taiwan's participation under the name
"Formos=
a."
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> April 9, 2008
>
> British PM won't attend Olympic opening ceremony
> European Parliament expected to pass motion urging boycott
>
> Facing intense pressure from human rights campaigners, British Prime
> Minister Gordon Brown has decided to skip the opening ceremonies of the
> Beijing Olympics, the BBC re****ted Wednesday.
>
> The British news organization said Brown's decision does not mean he
will
> boycott the entire Games. He still plans to attend the closing
ceremonies.=
>
> Officials at his office were not immediately available for comment.
>
> The news came as the European Parliament pondered a motion urging
European=
> countries to boycott the ceremony, unless Chinese authorities begin
talks
> with the Dalai Lama.
>
> The motion, which is non-binding, stems from China's crackdown in Tibet
> after violent protests against Chinese rule broke out last month.
>
> "There is this growing momentum to send some sort of signal to China,"
> CBC's David Common said.
>
> The resolution, which was obtained by Reuters, says:
> "The European Parliament calls on the EU presidency in office to strive
to=
> find a common EU position with regard to attendance at the Olympic Games
> opening ceremony with the option of non-attendance in the event if there
> is no resumption of dialogue between the Chinese authorities and His
> Holiness the Dalai Lama." =A0
>
> Common said the motion is expected to pass.
> ______________________________________
>
> Australian PM opposes Beijing Games boycott
>
> BEIJING (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Wednesday
> reiterated his opposition to a boycott of the Beijing Games but called
on
> China to solve its "significant" human rights problems in Tibet through
> dialogue.
> [....]
> Rudd on Wednesday reiterated his opposition to a boycott of the Beijing
> Games but called on China to solve its "significant" human rights
> problems in Tibet through dialogue.
>
> "Some have called for a boycott of the Beijing Olympics because of
recent
> problems in Tibet. As I said in London on Sunday, I do not agree," Rudd
> said in a transcript of a speech delivered to students at Peking
> University on Wednesday.
>
> "I believe the Olympics are im****tant for China's continuing engagement
> with the world," Rudd said.
> ________________________________________
>
> China scorns Olympic boycotting
>
> CHINA said countries that boycott the Olympic opening ceremony in August
> would undermine their own interests, while skirting the issue of why it
> stayed away from the 1980 Moscow Games
>
> The Chinese foreign ministry made the remark when asked to respond to a
> call by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for President George W Bush to
> consider boycotting the Olympic opening ceremony in Beijing.
>
> "The Olympics is a s****ting event for people around the world. Not
> attending does not mean isolating China. Officials and heads of state
who
> come to China are participating in a gathering of the Olympic family and
> show sup****t for their own athletes," foreign ministry spokeswoman Jiang
> Yu said. =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0
>
> "If someone wants to use the Olympic Games to flatter themselves it will
> not succeed. If they don't participate, it is the same as leaving the
> Olympic family. It will undermine their own interests,'' she said.
>
> When asked to comment on China staying away from the Moscow Games 28
years=
> ago, she did not address the issue directly.
>
> "We have been opposed to boycotting the Olympic Games for any reason. It
> is a s****ts event for people around the world. It is not a venue for the
> discussion of political issues or a platform to give a political show,''
> she said.
>
> China today also hit out at Amnesty International ahead of a new re****t
by=
> the rights group, saying any attempt to threaten it over the Beijing
> Olympics would fail.
>
>
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> =A0 Many of us believe that wrongs aren't wrong if it's done by nice
peopl=
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> =A0 like ourselves. =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 ~Author Unknown
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I am surprised that a rabid Socialist like Krazy Karen would attack
the "Communist" Chinese government, her spiritual cousins!! Is this
what her hero, Jack Laytoon, recommends??
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