Protesting the Olympic Games - by Alexander
I have seen the news about the Olympic torch. They have shown how protesters tried to disrupt the relay of the Olympic torch because China is violating human rights in Tibet. People wanted to extinguish the Olympic flame, as the Olympic Games are taking place in China this year.
I think the protests are justified because the Tibetans have human rights and China mustn't violate them. What is your opinion?
posted by Manuela @ 4:49 PM
4 Comments:
I very much agree with what you said. I believe that the China Olympic games should be boycotted because of the mistreatment and murders of the Tibetan people. My husband told me, in 2000 when the Olympics we're in Sydney they we're going to go to Beijing but they told them no, until they fixed up what they we're doing with Tibet. Since then, nothing has changed, and yet, they still got the Olympics. I think it's very wrong.
Thanks for your comment. Unfortunately nothing has changed so far. The Chinese are still in Tibet. It's very sad.
Take care,
Alexander
It is very sad. Currently the Olympic flame is down in Canberra (Australia's capital) and they're spending around 6 million dollars on security because of what happened when the Olympic flame was extinguished. I just think that China does not in anyway deserve to have the Olympics when they haven't changed since they were denied the Olympic games in 2000 because of the human rights problem in Tibet.
So they haven't changed, they deny it happening and I've even read that Chinese citizens don't even know that this is going on because the Chinese government keeps it quiet from them. It's really a sad situation.
Hi Sara,
Thanks for your comment again. Alex appreciated it a lot. However, he's still a beginner in English, so his vocab is rather limited and it's quite difficult for him to discuss such a political issue in English.
But we read and translated your comment in class.
Thanks again.
Best wishes,
Manuela
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