Did you see the protests in London?

WoollyRedHat

Personally, I'm glad people spoke out and came in big numbers. Comments like this however are quite angering:Beijing Olympic torch relay spokesman Qu Yingpu told the BBC: "This is not the right time, the right platform, for any people to voice their political views.

When is it the right time then, for the Chinese to be held accountable for their Human rights record, in any case it's the perfect time, when they wanted to see it run smoothly, I think it would be deeply wrong for people not to rally their disgust about what they're doing,

biko

The Tibet issue have been going on ages, it's not a new issue - it's just escalated. This is the time to focus on Chinas human rights issues and their invasion of other nations.

I met a guy yesterday at a party that stopped eating Chinese food because of this.

seraphimvc

china always do whatever they want.Yes,beside that you can be careful of them nexttime when you see them on the street ,nothing you can do about it.they dont even 'appreciate' lives there,tooooooo many of them!for them :human right?how much?lol

(for the chinese food)
beware tho,you cant tell who is chinese ,american chinese,hongkong chinese,thailand chinese,singaporean etc....same as to food...

WoollyRedHat

They should never have been given it in the first place though.

TPD

Anyone seen the Penn and Tellar episode on Mother Teresa, Ghandi and the Dali Lama? (I'm pretty sure they're all misspellings, Not too fussed)

After seeing that I dont think Tibet should be given back. Sure, the Dali would be happy, dont think his new slaves would be though.

Cool_CM

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

They should never have been given it in the first place though.

Sh*t Happens
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936_Summer_Olympics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1934_World_Cup

rossie1977

TPD wrote: »

Anyone seen the Penn and Tellar episode on Mother Teresa, Ghandi and the Dali Lama? (I'm pretty sure they're all misspellings, Not too fussed)

After seeing that I dont think Tibet should be given back. Sure, the Dali would be happy, dont think his new slaves would be though.

yeah, tibet was actually worse off with the dali in charge, he sure ruled with a iron fist

sport and politics should not mix, China's terrrible human rights are well known, i wonder will the UK/USA's invasion of foreign countries/prisoner treatments in guantanamo bay and iraq be protested against come the next olympics in those countries........

thebman

Didn't China have conditions on getting the Olympics whereby they'd have to improve human rights in certain areas?

If they haven't meet their obligations then a boycott is in order if the Olympics isn't moved to another country.

CantGetNoSleep

There's no chance of the Olympics being moved to another country, they've been getting ready for them for years

Random

I loved how Sky news talked down the "protests" as the torch was moving through the streets. Then "Sky News on the Hour" ... "BREAKING NEWS! - MASSIVE PROTESTS DISRUPT THE TORCH!"...

Make up your mind !

Trojan911

There is always a protest going on in Central London, and to be honest the majority of people couldn't give a monkeys....................

BraziliaNZ

It's a bit 2 faced really. We have no problem importing cheap goods from them but because Free Tibet and the Dalai Lama are kind of trendy politics, hippies and so called liberals want to get involved and make noise.

Saint_Mel

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

...Free Tibet...

I'll take it!

And I'll sell it back for .... all the tea ...

Xavi6

Saint_Mel wrote: »

I'll take it!

And I'll sell it back for .... all the tea ...

"Hello China? I have something you might want....". Gotta love Griffin.

Deadalus

I lived in China around the time of the Tsunami in South Asia and I actually had one of my college students say to me I wish that Tsunami hit China so there wouldnt be so many people here as lots would have died!!! I just stood there mouth wide open and at that point gave up trying to undo years of these now adults being tought complete disregard for human life.

PeadarofAodh

www.news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7333955.stm

Apparently the protests were "vile" and carried out by "A few Tibetan seperatists"...according to China.

I reckon it'd be great if they managed to actually succeed in getting the torch. Looking forward to seeing what happens in Paris!

Spyral

People have the right to protest and they should exercise this right lest it be taken from them, so sayeth the Great Alaundo

Collie D

According to 2FM news the flame has been extinguished. Watching Sky News now, all seems peaceful enough. No pictures of the torch

Was in London, was chatting to a guy on the tube who was following the 'fights' around London when it happened for the craic.

Collie D

Myth wrote: »

Was in London, was chatting to a guy on the tube who was following the 'fights' around London when it happened for the craic.

:eek:

This is AH. Surely that kind of thing only happens in Ireland?

Collie D

Collie D wrote: »

:eek:

This is AH. Surely that kind of thing only happens in Ireland?

Well he was American

yawtin

I heard that "free tibet" people are paid for protests,

I saw pictures of Tibetan protesters appeared in both London and Paris and attacked a crippled chinese torch carrier.

I did not see much footage of Chinese people supporting the torch and Beijing Olympics in BBC, even though the Chinese demonstrators out numbered "free tibet" guys in both London and San Francisco.


I don't believe a bit of what BBC says about China any more. But I still like their animal programmes.

irishmilk

yawtin wrote: »

I heard that "free tibet" people are paid for protests,

You should add "cited unconfirmed report that" with it, before you show a guess to other people. You do not learn any from BBC, do you?