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Well, the world tour of protesting is still going strong and following the Olympic torch from place to place. Wherever the torch is, that is where you will find the hardcore protesters, professional protesters, and human rights activists.

Before you get your knickers in a knot, hear me out. I have seen the videos of the Chinese oppression of the Tibetans for years. I have seen them snipe down innocent Tibetans trying to go see the Dalai Lama. I also see the point of why should a country with such a bad human rights reputation be allowed to host the Olympics? Simple, MONEY!

The Olympics is a business, yes it is also a great event for all countries to compete with, but at the end of a day they are still out to make money. China has lots of money, so why not go to China? They do not care what China has done; only that China has money. Is this wrong? Of course it is wrong, but what can you do about it? Not much really. No matter how much you boycott or protest the Olympics, someone else will take your place to buy the ticket you are not buying.

I heard rumors that Bush was going to boycott the Olympics. I have not been able to verify that as of yet. If you know of another source please let me know. Our Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has said that he will not be “boycotting” the Olympics but does not plan on going there. He has stated that even the Dalai Lama has not called for an official boycott of the Olympics. I think that the Dalai Lama has only said that because he is a peaceful man. Our Prime Minister Stephen Harper, in my opinion, just doesn’t want to take a hard political action that could trouble relations between Canada and China.

A good point was brought up on noolympics.blogspot.com. They said, something along the lines of, if there is this much trouble over the Olympics OUTSIDE of Beijing, how much trouble will they have inside of Beijing? I think it could go one of two ways. They will do what they do best, and crack down on the people and not allow anyone to do anything remotely close to voicing their opinion. The other way is that people will swarm and protest in such large groups that they will simply not be able to handle such an enormous protest or large group of people. Either way it is going to make the headlines and make for entertaining news. We will all just sit back and see what happens.

I am not sure if I am going to watch the Olympics this year, I’ll make that decision when the time comes. I’d love to know what you are going to do. Are you going to watch the Olympics or are you going to boycott them?