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Old 04-11-2008, 04:22 PM
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Now THIS is How You Protest
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Hello Freedomphiles! Did you read the Freedom File yesterday called I Hate the Chinese, So I'll Beat Up This French Kid? It concerned the recent protests in San Francisco, Paris, and London, where activists assaulted torch relayers, trying to disrupt the event and steal the torch:

  • Personally, I don't get it. I'm down with the Tibetan and Taiwanese freedom movements, and I'm not down with Chinese Communism and oppression. But I'm not going to go and **** with some young, idealistic atheletes hoping to live out their dreams. They aren't enslaving people, exiling religious leaders, or anything like that - they're just kids who've been training their asses off for four years for one shot at glory. And people have to be douchebags to them.


Well, one enterprising young activist has staged her own protest, and it is one that I can get behind. The New York Daily News reports:

  • "I figured it would not be smiled upon, but I thought it was freedom of expression," said Carter, 41, a 2005 recipient of a prestigious MacArthur genius grant.

    "As a civil rights activist in this country, I could not have these privileges and not use them," Carter told the Daily News.

    One of three New Yorkers chosen to bear the Beijing Olympic torch in San Francisco on Wednesday, Carter foiled an elaborate attempt by police to avoid thousands of demonstrators by pulling a Trojan horse-type ploy.

    Once she got her hands on the Olympic flame, she pulled a Tibetan flag from her sleeve to protest China's human rights abuses in the Himalayan province.


See? Even though people called it "disgusting and appalling" and said that she dishonored her family, this is the way you protest. My hat is off to this brave (and super hot, if you didn't notice) girl.

One thing that kind of caught my attention in the story, though, was what happened after she pulled out the little flag:

  • A Chinese paramilitary squad escorting the torch quickly snatched it from her, and cops pushed her into the crowd.


Why, exactly, are Chinese paramilitary goons accosting American citizens?
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Do you have a video for this?
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Wow this girl really put in on the line didn't she.....amazing! And I certainly agree they should not be able to look crossways at an American citizen! I demand action!
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YouTube - Olympic Torch-Bearer Raises Tibetan flag
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Nice, Major props for that one.
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Poetic justice would have been the crowd overwhelming & stomping the "paramilitary" goons to a pulp...but oddly, nobody remembering what happened.
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She ought to worry more about the crimes committed in her name. A protest against Guantanamo perhaps.
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She ought to worry more about the crimes committed in her name. A protest against Guantanamo perhaps.
Joe you need to give her some credit man and give the anti American sentiment a rest for a good cause. Guantanamo is not relevant to the Olympics in any way and her protest is absolutely relevant in every way.
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I dont need to give her any credit. Tibet is part of China and probably always will be. It is as every bit Chinese as Hawaii is American. And FYI i am not anti American, if i was i wouldn't be on this board speaking in a civil manner to most American members. So you can drop that claim. I am not anti any nation, race, religion or whatever. I believe in internationalism, hatred of any such collective is in direct conflict of all i believe.
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