[Peace-discuss] Olympic demonstrations

[Laurie]

Ah but Brian, life is political as is everything that one does in one's life
- even eating, sleeping, and crapping.  So what else is new?

 

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To: kmedina at illinois.edu
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Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Olympic demonstrations

 

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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