[Peace-discuss] Olympic demonstrations

[Brian Dolinar]

We must agree, though, that the Olympics are political. BD

On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 11:11 AM, Karen Medina <kmedina at illinois.edu> wrote:

> Brian Dolinar wrote:
> > >   The better parallel is the pressure the Dali Lama
> >   and marchers put on the Chinese govt
> >   leading up to the 2008 Olympics, the protests across
> >   the world at torch passings,
>
> I disagree with how these demonstrations were done as well. If I were to
> protest China's treatment of Tibet, I would not have obstructed the torch
> runners because they were attacking the wrong people.
>
> The Dali Lama himself was not part of obstructing the torch runners. Why
> didn't the "supporters" take his lead?
>
> A better tactic would have been to organize runners to run along with the
> olympic torch runners, symbolizing that human dignity and human strength are
> tied together.
>
> -karen medina
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