Beijing Olympics

[Muslimwoman]

Oh if we are going to start owning words of the dictionary please can I put in a bid for the word 'simple' - I like that word, it is so simple.

Good luck with that little project 17th, give us a link and I will buy something.

[Snoopy]

"Steven Spielberg has withdrawn as artistic director of the Beijing Olympics because his hosts have not done enough to end the continuing human suffering in Sudan. Makes you wonder when he signed up, really, considering that the banishment of misery is so high on his agenda.
It must have been in that window of opportunity when the Chinese Government stopped executing citizens in the thousands and imprisoning lawyers, journalists and other advocates of human rights. Maybe it was during the time the Government no longer used torture on dissidents, including heavy beatings, electric shocks to the genitals and the forced injection of hot pepper, gasoline and ginger into the nose."

Gold medal for refusing to speak out | Martin Samuel - Times Online

…and maybe Spielberg hadn’t heard of Tibet either?

I’d like to think Spielberg signed up for the job always with the intention of resigning like this to cause maximum embarrassment to the Chinese government. What do you think?

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[Snoopy]

Reporters sans frontières - Beijing 2008

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