I did find this little news-item, and I thought it to be so interesting I will post it here. It seems there is a few Americans who have seen the light as well, he, he....
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Staff Editorial
Sidelines
Middle Tennessee State U.
(U-WIRE) MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- The United States seems pretty upset with the International Olympic Committee's decision to hold the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
The reason? Apparently China's not a good role model on the human rights front, and the United States doesn't want it to host an event boasted for its achievements in world peace and cooperation.
The problem is, why did everyone wait to throw up a flag after the announcement? If China is so immoral, shouldn't something have been done anyway?
There's another issue here. The United States loves to think of itself as the chosen one -- the one country in the world which has all its values on the right side of the fence. With that in mind, the promised land has been pushing its weight around since World War II, trying to show everyone the error of their ways.
Basically, we're the Jehovah's Witness of the world; we love to walk around the world, knock on everyone's doors and bring them into the light. Are we too arrogant to realize other perspectives can be as worthwhile as ours?
Not to be mistaken, China isn't as pure as the farm lands in Montana. The country has executed nearly 2,000 of its citizens since April of this year.
China doesn't show any signs of changing in the near future. Since the Olympic announcement, China has started attacking people within its own borders for criticizing its actions. Still, none of these actions are anything new.
Bottom line, the United States didn't start attacking China on a large scale until it was picked to host the events. Human rights are extremely important, but the United States' motives behind defending human rights only cheapen that importance.
(C) 2001 Sidelines via U-WIRE
http://news.excite.com/news/uw/010726/university-5
Yakki Da
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