Three Canadians among six protesters in China post a banner on the Great Wall reminding the Chinese of their own slogan for the 2008 Olympics, and the atrocities they have perpetrated on Tibet and their own people. What happens? Censorship. Detention. Punishment? Disappearance? All six people have not been heard from since the Chinese have taken them into custody. Consular support cannot be offered until it is confirmed that arrests have been made.
China is also being pressured to exert its influence, its long time arms trade influence, in Darfur to break ties with the jangaweed. While millions starved, China and Russia helped keep the oppressors in guns and ammo.
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2007/05/08/amnesty-sudan.html
Boycott the upcoming Olympic Games in China
in all its forms.
Don't go if you are an athlete or official.
Don't watch if you are a spectator.
Even TV Broadcasters... reconsider your aim.
Don't purchase goods from the sponsors.
Finally, ordinary people can do something about dictatorships by being ordinary, acting in ordinary ways and making ordinary, everyday sensible decisions.
Imagine there's no heaven,
Its easy if you try,
No hell below us,
Above us only sky,
Imagine all the people
Living for today...
Imagine theres no countries,
It isnt hard to do,
Nothing to kill or die for,
No religion too,
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace...
Imagine no possessions,
I wonder if you can,
No need for greed or hunger,
A brotherhood of man,
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...
You may say I'm a dreamer,
But Im not the only one,
I hope some day youll join us,
And the world will live as one.
John Lennon
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