Olympic games are about sports
It is our responsibility to say “keep politics away from Olympics”. Olympics is about Sport. Regardless how history shows endless men and women misused Olympics to pursue their ideologies, Olympics is about sport and it is our responsibility to ensure Olympics is about sport.
If we allow people to taint Olympics with political purposes, there will never be peace at future Olympics. Every future Olympic will be the event for more political pursues, more deaths, more chaos, etc. And we will become the one who open the floodgate. The only way to keep this sport event clean and pure for sports is to never let these people succeed in their political pursues through tainting Olympics.
So what do you think about torch protest?
I had a good laugh when I read the readers’ comments left at bbc.co.uk.
“The protesters can protest, but to use a fire extinguisher, jump on a former Blue Peter presenter and snatch the torch - that is barbaric. I can’t believe it.” Thomas, 11, Suffolk, England
“I think it’s fair that the protesters had their say, but they did kind of ruin it!” Victoria, 9, Dorset, England
“I think it is alright to protest about the torch. But DON’T hurt the people holding it, it is not right!” Emily, 10, Hull, England
“I think that people should protest because it is not fair that only a few people get a say in this. However, I also think that the protesters should respect the fact that it is a tradition and so should everyone else.” James, 10, Lincolnshire, England
“I think it is silly to take the torch off people because you could burn them.” Jordan, 7, Kent, England
These children who left the comments seem more sensible than those adults who harass the athletes.
We wish for Tibet’s Autonomy just like Hong Kong’s Autonomy…not independence, not misleading and vague word like “freedom” or “free something”. (what is freedom by the way? to be allowed to kill? to be allowed to rob torch from athletes.) (what is the meaning of “free Tibet”? are you asking for Tibet independence that will cause wars and lives? or are you asking for autonomy and less intervention?)
We want peace at Tibet not independence. We want Tibetans to live the way that they want and not independence. Following & trusting Dalai Lama’s words, we wish for true Tibet’s autonomy, just like Hong Kong autonomy for we also know independence will only bring wars and deaths to this beautiful land. We therefore want China, one day, to treat Tibet like they treat Hong Kong. At the same time we want a happy Olympic for sportmen and sportwomen to test the limit of human’s potential. We wish all athletes to have their unforgettable moments at Olympics. It is just so important.
If you are Westerners, you must know that Dalai Lama openly stated that he wants autonomy for Tibet and not independence.
We need to make Tibetans who live in Tibet to know that human rights does not attach with heavy price like chaos. They don’t have to fight and suffer in order to live the way they want. We can see that US’s democracy does not comes with death or chaos. They protest in the morning, have a nice picnic and go back home for lunch. Don’t let them convince us that we deserve a inferior version of freedom/democracy that such freedom/democracy comes with chaos and deaths. We must believe that we can protest in the morning, have a nice picnic and go back home for lunch and take a nap. Because we know if Tibetans continue conversations with Chinese government, build trusts between two parties, autonomy is possible. To preserve their ways of life is possible though difficult (unless you convert more Chinese back to Buddhism. This is the problem created by Carl Marx, another Westerner).
If you care about Tibet, don’t use the word freedom because it can be twisted by Western media to equate it with independence. Use the words “Peace and True Autonomy just like Hong Kong”. Be specific.
Back to basic principles
We believe we should not sacrifice today for tomorrow as much as we cannot enjoy today regardless of tomorrow. We must live today and have a better tomorrow. We should not create chaos today regardless what you want to achieve tomorrow.
Therefore it is wrong to kill now for future peace. Killing will never bring peace. Therefore it is wrong to start a war and create chaos in order to build a democracy world in future. Therefore Luke Skywalker threw away his lightsaber at the final moment with the Emperor. You cannot be in the dark side using the dark force and to bring light and justice to the world.
- Calvin’s Tiger from Coolheadwarmheart.com
Independence is a dirty word. It serves no meaning to anyone other than the persons who hold the power. Independence to politicians is as market niches to businessman. To create independence is to create a market niche for them.
We must have faith that there is no price to be paid for human rights. We can have human rights without sacrifice good life, peace and pursue for human being’s potential, Olympics. We must not sacrifice today for tomorrow for we can live to the fullest both today and tomorrow.
By the way, human rights coverage is so wide that we should be specific about it. Right to make a living, right to be free from fears, right to speak, right to be rich, right to be free from harms, right to love and to be loved, etc. We can have all, we must believe that. But of all the least important is freedom of speech. If you have the all other part of human rights, you really don’t need this freedom of speech.
If the price of human rights is death and chaos, can we trade the part of free speech for good life & prosperity? I can sell free speech right for good & happy family life, if you give me such limited options.
Freedom of press belongs to those who owned press. Freedom of speech in a happy and peaceful world is only important to those who wear warm cloth, eat well and has got nothing better to do.
Speak out is to have your verbal orgasm in public. You feel nice when you speak your piece of mind, but what do you get after such speech/mind orgasm?
However, I agree that it is good to have rights to free speech, though at times I really don’t know what to do with this right (while I have a reasonably enjoyable life, a cozy home and a close and warm family) other than writing a blog like this.
To fight and suffer for such freedom of speech? Nay.
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