Boycott The 2008 Olympics In Beijing
Merkel says she will not attend opening of Beijing Olympics
The German chancellor, Angela Merkel, yesterday became the first world leader to decide not to attend the Olympics in Beijing.
As pressure built for concerted western protests to China over the crackdown in Tibet, EU leaders prepared to discuss the crisis for the first time today, amid a rift over whether to boycott the Olympics.
The disclosure that Germany is to stay away from the games’ opening ceremonies in August could encourage President Nicolas Sarkozy of France to join in a gesture of defiance and complicate Gordon Brown’s determination to attend the Olympics.
Everyone should boycott it! Athletes too!
Not just for Tibet. But for their poisoning of the world and their nonchalance towards regulating toxic materials used in consumer product manufacturing.
Hey, IOC, were you guys bribed to give China the Olympics venue?
What could any of you have been thinking?
You basically placed a 21st-century event in a country that still thinks it’s the 19th century!
I knew it was a bad idea from the day it was announced.
Supplemental:
Boycott 2008 Communist Olympics
Reporters Without Borders For Press Freedom
10 reasons to boycott the 2008 Olympic Games in communist China
Nat Hentoff: Boycott 2008 China Olympics
Olympic Genocide 2008 – a petition
