On Mar 15, 12:15=A0am, "Zomi" <z...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Olympics boycott if China mishandles Tibet: Gere
Yes, people should listen to Richard Gere and stay away from China/
Beijing during the Olympis:
- US Far Long Gone nutcases plotting to take their act to Beijing
should stop asking US Congress for airplane ticket money.
- Re****ters Without Border taking money from NED/EU Commission should
return the funding and go re****t more in Iraq.
- Canadian Student For Free Tibet should stay home and help Student
for Free First Nation hang some flags in Wistler for Canada's
"Colonialist Oympics".
Anyone hates China and wants to use Olympics to denigrade a billion
people PLEASE listen to Richard Gere and STAY HOME!!!
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> Fri Mar 14, 2008 9:52pm EDT
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> By Paul Eckert, Asia Correspondent
>
> WA****NGTON (Reuters) - China should suffer a boycott of its cherished
> Beijing Olympics if it mishandles protests in restive Tibet, Hollywood
act=
or
> and Tibetan activist Richard Gere said on Friday.
>
> Gere, a close follower of the Dalai Lama and chairman of the
International=
> Campaign for Tibet, stressed that neither the exiled Tibetan spiritual
> leader nor the ICT advocates a boycott of the Summer Olympics.
>
> But he said it was his personal opinion that it would be
"unconscionable" =
to
> attend the Beijing Games if China failed to deal peacefully with unrest
in=
> the Himalayan region -- protests that have turned to riots and already
> claimed several lives.
>
> "I've not been pro-boycott, but I think if this is not handled
correctly,
> yes we should boycott. Everyone should boycott," Gere told Reuters in a
> telephone interview.
>
> Gere, a Buddhist for some 25 years, said he was grieving for "my bothers
a=
nd
> sisters" in Tibet but "sad for both sides" in a dispute has that
simmered
> and occasionally exploded since China annexed Tibet in 1950.
>
> "As educated, as sensitive as the Chinese are, why they've misread the
> Tibetan situation from the very beginning is beyond me," he said.
>
> "It's just so foolish and short-sighted. Everything that they want is
> destroyed in moments like this," said Gere, referring to the Chinese
quest=
> for international respect and recognition they seek in hosting the
Olympic=
s.
>
> Gere's Tibetan contacts have all described the uprising as spontaneous,
he=
> said, adding that he did not believe the marches were linked to the
> Olympics.
>
> Rather, marches held by Tibetans worldwide this week to mark the 49th
> anniversary of a failed uprising against Beijing's rule that led to the
> Dalai Lama fleeing to India were part of a long succession of
grievances, =
he
> said.
>
> "It's just a pressure cooker and, eventually, the law of emotional
physics=
> is it will explode at some point," he said.
>
> (Re****ting by Paul Eckert, editing by Todd Eastham)
>
> http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN1444309320080315
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