Olympic-sized Mess

International political leaders are mostly sticking with one of two explanations as to why they are not applying more pressure to China as human rights violations increase prior to the coming Summer Olympics. The first excuse is that, "The Games shouldn't be made political". The second excuse, favored by the International Olympic Committee, is that "Boycotting the Games only hurts the athletes". It could  carry some weight, so long as athletes are given the freedom to voice their own feelings and thoughts on the matter. So, who can possibly clean up the political mess surrounding the Olympics? The columnist Sally Jenkins wrote in today's Washington Post that, "At this point, the Beijing Games are shaping up as a disaster. The violent police action in Tibet and other events of the past two weeks make one wonder if the Chinese government is fundamentally unfit to host an Olympics." As Jenkins goes on to propose, if the political leaders, IOC, and the Games' corporate sponsors are not willing or able to force China into improving human rights around what has always been an international exhibition of unity, perhaps the site itself should change. Of course, if nothing changes, television viewers can always make a stand about what they think of the Olympics, by not watching.
--Jason Kerkmans

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[Mé]

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[Alicia]

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