Comments on: Forbes, China caucus chair, and the president talk Olympics http://bearingdrift.com/2008/08/11/forbes-china-caucus-chair-and-the-president-talk-olympics/ Fri, 25 May 2012 04:21:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: DCH http://bearingdrift.com/2008/08/11/forbes-china-caucus-chair-and-the-president-talk-olympics/#comment-5423 DCH Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:54:53 +0000 http://bearingdrift.com/?p=864#comment-5423 Tom has a point. But beyond that, where do you draw the line between engagement and tacit endorsement? Methinks that holding the Olympics there - and the President attending - crosses that line so long as they continue to jail political and religious dissidents who have committed NO RECOGNIZABLE CRIMES, compel abortions (overwhelmingly of female fetuses), spy on our citizens, corporations and defense systems, allow journalistic access only to those who are willing to be state mouthpieces.... I could go on but you get the picture. Talk of engagement all you like, there may be some merit to that policy, but while these things (http://www.faluninfo.net/ - warning: graphic images) occur, endorsement is a shame. Tom has a point. But beyond that, where do you draw the line between engagement and tacit endorsement? Methinks that holding the Olympics there – and the President attending – crosses that line so long as they continue to jail political and religious dissidents who have committed NO RECOGNIZABLE CRIMES, compel abortions (overwhelmingly of female fetuses), spy on our citizens, corporations and defense systems, allow journalistic access only to those who are willing to be state mouthpieces…. I could go on but you get the picture.

Talk of engagement all you like, there may be some merit to that policy, but while these things (http://www.faluninfo.net/ – warning: graphic images) occur, endorsement is a shame.

]]> By: Tom James http://bearingdrift.com/2008/08/11/forbes-china-caucus-chair-and-the-president-talk-olympics/#comment-5417 Tom James Tue, 12 Aug 2008 01:49:53 +0000 http://bearingdrift.com/?p=864#comment-5417 What choice do you have when they are funding your military escapades, control your economy, and have superior numbers in their military? What choice do you have when they are funding your military escapades, control your economy, and have superior numbers in their military?

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