Comments on: Beijing Olympics – A Sad Sign Of The Times http://www.tanveernaseer.com/beijing-olympics-protests/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=beijing-olympics-protests Business Coach and Writer Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:37:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: justrecentlyhttp://www.tanveernaseer.com/beijing-olympics-protests/#comment-14 justrecently Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:50:20 +0000 http://tanveernaseer.wordpress.com/?p=33#comment-14 Tanveer, there we differ, too. I think the problem wasn't giving the Games to a country with a poor human rights record. The problem was that the Games were given to a government that abuse them for shows <a href="http://www.voanews.com/tibetan/archive/2008-02/2008-02-27-voa7.cfm?CFID=8802748&CFTOKEN=66701657" rel="nofollow">like this one</a> - "Torch Will Burn on Mount Everest". As far as I know, the unlucky torch relay and all the stuff that Beijing likes to refer to as "politicising the Olympic games" came after that. I can understand your complaints, but I find the Chinese governments demands to keep the Olympic Games unpolitical very funny. Tanveer, there we differ, too. I think the problem wasn’t giving the Games to a country with a poor human rights record. The problem was that the Games were given to a government that abuse them for shows like this one – “Torch Will Burn on Mount Everest”.
As far as I know, the unlucky torch relay and all the stuff that Beijing likes to refer to as “politicising the Olympic games” came after that. I can understand your complaints, but I find the Chinese governments demands to keep the Olympic Games unpolitical very funny.

]]> By: Tanveer Naseerhttp://www.tanveernaseer.com/beijing-olympics-protests/#comment-12 Tanveer Naseer Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:44:26 +0000 http://tanveernaseer.wordpress.com/?p=33#comment-12 But emulating the behaviour and conduct of those you're criticizing is not hypocritical? And again, where were all these protesters seven years ago when Beijing was on its way to winning these Games? While I agree that a country with a human rights record like China should never have been awarded the Games in the first place, the fact is that the deed has been done and the focus should now be on the athletes. To use the Olympics to further your own agenda against China is no different than China using it to push their propaganda. Personally, I'll be taking the high road and focusing instead on cheering the athletes and their accomplishments at this next edition of the Games. But emulating the behaviour and conduct of those you’re criticizing is not hypocritical? And again, where were all these protesters seven years ago when Beijing was on its way to winning these Games?

While I agree that a country with a human rights record like China should never have been awarded the Games in the first place, the fact is that the deed has been done and the focus should now be on the athletes. To use the Olympics to further your own agenda against China is no different than China using it to push their propaganda.

Personally, I’ll be taking the high road and focusing instead on cheering the athletes and their accomplishments at this next edition of the Games.

]]> By: justrecentlyhttp://www.tanveernaseer.com/beijing-olympics-protests/#comment-13 justrecently Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:18:16 +0000 http://tanveernaseer.wordpress.com/?p=33#comment-13 I think that taking sporting events to countries with a poor human rights record is nothing new, and after all, the Olympic Games are pretty much about commerce and career now. But I think that no other country in recent times has gone as far as China in nationalising and politicising the Games. And to complain about demonstrations against the torch relay, as many Chinese do, is hypocritical. I think that taking sporting events to countries with a poor human rights record is nothing new, and after all, the Olympic Games are pretty much about commerce and career now.
But I think that no other country in recent times has gone as far as China in nationalising and politicising the Games. And to complain about demonstrations against the torch relay, as many Chinese do, is hypocritical.

]]> By: perry serpahttp://www.tanveernaseer.com/beijing-olympics-protests/#comment-16 perry serpa Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:59:53 +0000 http://tanveernaseer.wordpress.com/?p=33#comment-16 the chinese have had no scruples about using the olympics as a platform. what is more absurd than a country with such an abyssmal human rights record hosting an event whose charter includes "respect for universal ethical principles?" the chinese have had no scruples about using the olympics as a platform. what is more absurd than a country with such an abyssmal human rights record hosting an event whose charter includes “respect for universal ethical principles?”

]]> By: justrecentlyhttp://www.tanveernaseer.com/beijing-olympics-protests/#comment-15 justrecently Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:50:35 +0000 http://tanveernaseer.wordpress.com/?p=33#comment-15 <i>"There’s also the potential downside that if protests against host countries becomes a recurring aspect of carrying the Olympics, many countries might reconsider submitting bids..."</i> Hi there, I think it is true that this can happen. But honestly, I think the mistake was made when the games went to Beijing. It was the Chinese leadership that decided to take the "sacred flame" to the top of the Himalaya, it was one of their officials who made a <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7475441.stm" rel="nofollow">speech in Tibet</a> during an Olympic ceremony about "smashing the separatist plot of the Dalai Lama Clique completely", and it is their idea to turn these not-so-innocent games into a medal-superpower show. Maybe one of the reasons for the politicisation is that news travel so fast now, and that people get excited a lot easier than in the past. But everything in China is politicised. What followed overseas is just a rather logical consequence. “There’s also the potential downside that if protests against host countries becomes a recurring aspect of carrying the Olympics, many countries might reconsider submitting bids…”

Hi there, I think it is true that this can happen. But honestly, I think the mistake was made when the games went to Beijing. It was the Chinese leadership that decided to take the “sacred flame” to the top of the Himalaya, it was one of their officials who made a speech in Tibet during an Olympic ceremony about “smashing the separatist plot of the Dalai Lama Clique completely”, and it is their idea to turn these not-so-innocent games into a medal-superpower show. Maybe one of the reasons for the politicisation is that news travel so fast now, and that people get excited a lot easier than in the past. But everything in China is politicised. What followed overseas is just a rather logical consequence.

]]> By: Jason Whitmenhttp://www.tanveernaseer.com/beijing-olympics-protests/#comment-11 Jason Whitmen Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:00:26 +0000 http://tanveernaseer.wordpress.com/?p=33#comment-11 I finally decided to write a comment on your blog. I just wanted to say good job. I really enjoy reading your posts. I finally decided to write a comment on your blog. I just wanted to say good job. I really enjoy reading your posts.

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