A Form Of Protest - You Think?
The U.S. cycling team arrived at the Beijing airport all wearing black respiratory masks. I would like to think this was a form of protest against China.
The Chinese are not taking it well calling it provocative especially since one of the cyclists competes indoors. I think the color black is very telling...
Labels: Beijing Olympics
posted by Rositta @ Tuesday, August 05, 2008
3 Comments:
Unfortunately, Beijing throws a party, and everyone comes. A better protest would be not going at all. If I were an athlete, I'd probably wear the mask too.
Well I guess they made a point....but who do they think they are....that to me was very inappropriate on their part....they chose to participate in the Olympics....they say that the athletes shouldn't be used as pawns...but look what these athletes did...personally I would send the Americans home for such a display of poor political incorrectiveness. The Olympics are certainly not what they used to be....it's not sport anymore as far as I am concerned...it's who can ge the biggest sponsor to show off some talent. Very commercial...very sad
smalltown rn, China made a number of very important promises re human rights to the IOC before being awarded the games. Thus far they have not been kept, in fact reading some Chinese bloggers it seems things are worse. People are being forced out of their homes and villages for China's moment of glory. Kind of hard as an athlete to made a decision not to go after all the hard work you've done to get ready. Masks, yes even Chinese wear them on bad days so wearing a black mask is protesting the right to speak freely, I thought...
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