On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:09:38 -0700 (PDT), jimjames5417
<jameswright@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>On Apr 9, 4:45 pm, ar...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Karen Gordon) wrote:
>> (K): Two-faced wimp....
>>
>> 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. His
'concern
>> 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. (Boy, does she overestimate the size of any balls
on that
>> man!)
>>
>> Good for you, Gordon Brown! Britain should be proud.
>>
>> Now it's time for the Aussie PM to show some intestinal fortitude.
After
>> all, China DID boycott your Olympic Games.
>>
>>
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>> 1956 Melbourne Olympics
>>
>> The People's Republic of China boycotted the Melbourne Games to
>> retaliate against Taiwan's participation under the name "Formosa."
>>
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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."
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> "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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>> Many of us believe that wrongs aren't wrong if it's done by nice
people
>> like ourselves. ~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??
Hell, Karen loves the liberals these days (after a decade of cursing
them) so don't be surprised at anything she writes. For years the
left excused everything China did, just like decades ago they were
apologists for Stalin. That's what 'progressive' means these days,
only now, they progressively move forward and backward.
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