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Submitted by Norm on Fri, 11/16/2007 - 1:50pm.
This one is for you eregular. By Associated PressBEIJING (AP) - Chinese police will deal harshly with social or political demonstrations at the Beijing Olympics, a top security official said Friday. With 28,000 journalists expected to attend, the Aug. 8-24 Olympics offer a rare chance for protesters to express grievances against China's communist government on issues including religious freedom, Tibetan independence and global warming. Liu Shaowu, deputy director of the Olympic Security Command Center, said security forces would stop any form of demonstration at or around venues. He also suggested that protests deemed threatening would be snuffed out far from Olympic sites. Read the rest of the story: Here
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One would not expect less
Submitted by Anonymously Larry on Fri, 11/16/2007 - 2:08pm.for me?
Submitted by eregular on Fri, 11/16/2007 - 8:00pm.As soon as I read it
Submitted by Norm on Fri, 11/16/2007 - 8:08pm.Chinese protesters will be
Submitted by The Fire Inside on Fri, 11/16/2007 - 8:48pm.Chinese protesters will be praying for pepper spray.
When it happens in China
Submitted by Guglielmo on Fri, 11/16/2007 - 11:41pm.You realize they're still
Submitted by The Fire Inside on Fri, 11/16/2007 - 11:52pm.You realize they're still shooting people -- with live ammunition -- in rural China, right?
When the Olympia Police Department starts dragging people away from The Evergreen State College in the middle of the night -- never to be seen again -- I'll have a lot more sympathy for people protesting.
As it is, we can all wake up each morning and do whatever we feel like. I'm sure many of the people at the Port of Olympia even "Wake N' Baked" the next day. More than likely, many also went to the park and just did nothing. Maybe some went to work or lecture.
The point is that nobody can legitimately say they're afraid the black helicopters are going to come for them.
Why wait
Submitted by Guglielmo on Fri, 11/16/2007 - 11:57pm.I'm with you fire
Submitted by Norm on Sat, 11/17/2007 - 11:48am.You have no what idea what
Submitted by Rob Richards on Sat, 11/17/2007 - 11:49am.Fine, throw in pandemonium
Submitted by Norm on Sat, 11/17/2007 - 11:51am.It's just frustrating for me
Submitted by Rob Richards on Sat, 11/17/2007 - 12:13pm.Rob
Submitted by Norm on Sat, 11/17/2007 - 12:16pm.well
Submitted by Rob Richards on Sat, 11/17/2007 - 12:22pm.It's like you are a mind reader!
Submitted by Norm on Sat, 11/17/2007 - 12:28pm."When the Olympia Police
Submitted by Anonymously Larry on Sat, 11/17/2007 - 10:15am."When the Olympia Police Department starts dragging people away from The Evergreen State College in the middle of the night -- never to be seen again -- I'll have a lot more sympathy for people protesting."
Fire, I understand, if I read correctly that you are active military. I'm trying to be patient with your opinions and thoughts, but this one is a deal buster.
In a preventive society we don't wait for the worst case scenario to take action. You know the term "premptive", right?
I'm trying to be patient
Submitted by The Fire Inside on Sat, 11/17/2007 - 7:09pm.I appreciate that. I've been on OlyBlog for a couple of days, though. I know where I'm walking so you're more than welcome to engage me when you feel like it.
Yes, I'm familiar with the word and the idea. I think it's appropriate under certain circumstances.
I don't necessarily disagree with the principles the protesters are citing (e.g. taking to the street, not waiting for the shredding of the constitution, etc.)
I just completely disagree with the reason why they're citing these principles and, in many cases, the people who are doing the protesting.
I've only been removed from the college setting for about a year, but I have come to realize how much of the "real world" I didn't know about.
I know that people like to feel grown-up because they're paying a tuition bill. In the grand scheme, that's a pretty average task (paying bills.)
A girl I went to school with has been in Belize for the last couple of months working with the local population. She's planning on staying for the foreseeable future. I just read that another OlyBlogger is in Africa.
I don't know. I probably shouldn't even comment on any of the protesting, I just get frustrated seeing people who live a -- by and large -- comfortable life try to play the card of the oppressed masses.
Things are so much different
Submitted by Rob Richards on Sat, 11/17/2007 - 7:26pm.