Munich got them lots of support, just not the media type your think of. But lets be honest here. No one wants to speak about China's actions in Tibet, their actions against their own people, their actions against Taiwan (which they claim ownership of), etc. The Palestinians get all the press because the press can actually film them. Something about open media in Israeli society. The press is excluded form just about every action in China and locations near there. You want to see something from there, it's something smuggled out on youtube or the like. Not condoning the actions but at least they have to balls to say something about it.
On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 10:36 AM, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The Palestinian terrorists in Munich got lots of press, too. > > (Not comparing the two, other than the fact that press != support or > approval for the cause) > > For me, in cases like this, the messenger taints the message. > > (Which reminds me, can you believe they said "your taint" in an ad on > national tv for the movie "Baby Momma") > > On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 10:27 AM, Crow T. Robot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > I agree that it stinks - but it's working isn't it? They are getting > > exactly what is intended - massive media exposure to their "story". > > > > On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 9:02 AM, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Well, I think this stinks. > > > > > > http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/04/07/oly.torchrelay/index.html > > > > > > Regardless of your current beliefs or convictions or cause, there is > no > > > reason for this. > > > The Olympic torch relay was disrupted Monday by protesters in Paris > > > demonstrating against the Chinese government, causing authorities to > > > extinguish the flame three times and put the torch on a bus, according > > to > > > The Associated Press. > > > > > > > > > These guys lost any respect or support I would have given them: > > > The head of Reporters Without Borders, a French-based group that > > disrupted > > > last month's torch lighting ceremony in Olympia, Greece, had told CNN > > > before > > > the relay began that his group has planned "something spectacular" to > > > protest the relay. > > > Some demonstrators threw themselves at the torch, and at least one > tried > > > to > > > snatch it away during the 48-kilometer (31-mile) relay. Another tried > to > > > put > > > out the flame with a fire extinguisher. They were quickly pushed back > > and > > > cuffed by Metropolitan Police, which said its officers made 36 arrests > > on > > > a > > > variety of charges. > > > > > > > > > And this is so sad: > > > The plan was for the torchbearers to be encircled by several hundred > > > officers, some in riot police vehicles and on motorcycles, others on > > > rollerblades and on foot. Closest to the torchbearer would be the > > Chinese > > > torch escorts, with Paris police on rollerblades moving around them. > > > French > > > firefighters in jogging shoes would encircle the rollerbladers, while > > > motorcycle police would form the outer layer of security. > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:258103 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
