I’ve been sad to read in the newspapers about protests surrounding the Olympic Torch relay.  The people who are demonstrating at the relays are upset that the Olympics are being held in China.  The reason that they are upset that the Olympics are being held in China is that China has a really poor record of human rights violations.  When the Olympic Committee awarded the 2008 Olympics games site to China, China promised it would make improvements in its human rights problems, and it has not done so.  Because of that broken promise there are protests following the Olympic Torch where ever it goes.  Some people are calling for boycotts of the Olympics completely.  I hope that doesn’t happen; the athletes have been training for years to be in the Olympics and shouldn’t be caught in a political battle.

Posted: April 18th, 2008 under Issues, Life, News, Politics, Sports.
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