http://rcgale.com/2008/04/21/the-olympics-in-beijing-and-chinas-problems/ Ross Gale is a writer from Portland, Oregon. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:07:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://rcgale.com/2008/04/21/the-olympics-in-beijing-and-chinas-problems/#comment-157 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:25:42 +0000 http://rcgale.wordpress.com/?p=79#comment-157 no i don’t think china should be allowed to have the olympics until some changes are made in how they are oppressing tibet but i don’t want the atheletes to have to make a decision not to participate since they have worked their whole lives for this one event. maybe it could be delayed until there is some resolution. the olympics represents unity among the nations, unless the nations are in agreement with china i don’t know how we can support the olympics there, in fact they probably should not have been considered to host in the first place – human rights has been an issue for many years in china prior to this.

]]> http://rcgale.com/2008/04/21/the-olympics-in-beijing-and-chinas-problems/#comment-153 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:41:16 +0000 http://rcgale.wordpress.com/?p=79#comment-153 yes and yes. the olympics stands for something a lot bigger than the host country. can’t we celebrate the improvements that have been made by china in the past 20 years? having the olympics there is only going to allow them to continue moving forward, because they will see that they have to in order to compete in the world.

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