Olympics in China – protests
I’ve been reading with interest the protests surrounding the Olympic Torch relay. Apparently the protests are happening because the demonstrators are upset that the Olympics are being held in China, and China has such a bad record of human rights violations. It seems that when the Olympic Committee awarded the 2008 site to China, China promised to improve its human rights problems, and it has not done so. Because of that lack of improvement, there are protests following the Olympic Torch. Some people are calling for other countries (including the US) to boycott the Olympics completely. Although I understand the reasons for this, I think it would be a shame, and wrong to boycott the Olympics. The athletes that have been training for years to be in the Olympics should not be caught in a political battle; this just would not be fair to them at all.
