Much has been made of the fact that the athletes attending and competing in this year's Olympiad in Beijing , China will feel aggrieved by the conditions that they'll no doubt not get the chance to see. But are fully aware of the fact that there've been protests along the way of the route that the Olympic flame has followed.
For the athletes themselves from around the world that've spent years in preparation for their chosen events. They'll be asked to make some cold hard choices over the next few months prior to the opening ceremony on the 8th August. Many will be under pressure not to attend and boycott the event in full or in some cases to just not attend the opening ceremony itself.
Either way whatever decision they make will not sit well with everyone on both sides of this argument. It's said that China through its human rights transgressions is complicit also in emboldening others and in particular the Sudanese regime. But for all of the protests that are taking place over these abuses with the regard to Tibet and and the citizens of China. Why is that it's taken the events of the upcoming Olympics to voice the concerns. Afterall these atrocities have been going on for years and the world in effect has remained silent.
In Myanmar (Burma) political activist Ang Su Chi has been kept a prisoner in her own home for over a decade and the world remains silent as that despotic regime is allowed to be part of the civilized world.
It's been said that we choose our battles wisely and the wars we make to appease others. Well whilst the IOC sits silent acting as if that alleged esteemed body has no right to get involved in this at all . The world will continue to argue the merits of the event and the host is able to do as it pleases without being held accountable for its actions. Funny not so long ago the US and Russia faced the same predicament and that led to the two countries boycotting successive Olympics. That was over a war that both were inherently involved in on so many levels . All for their own well being.
tophatal .................