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[lbsaltzman@aol.com]

I hardly think that being fair to?the Olympics and the athletes?is worth 
stopping the protests in Tibet.? Tibetans has suffered decades of torture, 
murder destruction of their culture and occupation. They will never have a 
better chance to embaress the Chinese government and fight for their freedom 
than now. The Greek games involved stopping senseless wars between sovereign 
states. That is not the same thing as what is happening in Tibet. Tibet is 
being crushed by the Chinese and the people are enduring horrors beyond 
comprehension.


-----Original Message-----
From: Charles de Matas <cdematas@hotmail.com>
To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 2:23 pm
Subject: [permaculture] Boycott the Olympics ....




In ancient Greece warring city states suspended their disputes in order to 
participate in the Olympic Games.  Presumably when the games were over they 
went 
back to killing each other.  I think that the protestors in Tibet should wait 
until the Olympics are over to do their protesting.  It's not fair to the 
athletes who have trained for 4 years to have to be distracted by all of 
these 
political issues.  In the past athletes have even been killed while 
participating in the games.  I'm sure that the organizers of the games would 
want the Olympics to be a time of peace, and a universal ceasefire.  The 
problems in Tibet are not going to be solved overnight.  They can wait a few 
months.    Charles.
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