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XPost: can.politics, aus.politics, alt.politics.british
From: alangbaker@telus.net
For once, you've said something I can agree with, Karen. Wonders will
never cease.
Let all the politicians in all the nations of the world who have any
sense of decency boycott these games. Not the athletes; they *have*
worked hard to get to the Olympics.
But if all of officialdom stayed away.
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ar231@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (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 corporations 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.
>
> """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
> 1956 Melbourne Olympics
>
> The People's Republic of China boycotted the Melbourne Games to
> retaliate against Taiwan's participation under the name "Formosa."
> """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
> 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 reported 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 important 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 sporting 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 support 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 sports 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 report 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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--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
"If you raise the ceiling four feet, move the fireplace from that wall
to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect if you
sit in the bottom of that cupboard."
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