olympic protests...

are happening during the lighting ceremony of the torch. also, from what i understand (although i couldn't find a page on it) is that they are closing the himalayan mountains to climbers, because of possible protest of the games. his holiness the dalai lama is threatening to resign if the violence continues in tibet. the violence that the tibetan people are using against the chinese occupation.

what the hell is happening? i can't help but wonder if all this is coming to a head, because of the up coming olympics. simple because of communist beijing. i don't remember, but did any of this type of stuff happen during the olympic games in communist russia?

side notes...

pelosi talked with the dalai lama about our (americans) recognizing the oppression of the tibetan people from the chinese, and how we ought to do something, for if we do not then how are we able to speak of freedom.

we also hear that we ought to do something about darfur and the genocide that is happening there.

however we as americans (and americans) get criticized about what is happening in the middle east.

if we are not fighting evil in the middle east, then what would we be doing in darfur and tibet? would we not be fighting evil? the liberals of america believe that we should not impose our will on other countries; however isn't that just what we would be doing if we went to darfur and tibet? don't get me wrong, i'm not saying that we should not help, but lets call a spade a spade, and move on with it.

man, i did not intend to go this route...

i digress; is the only reason to protest because beijing is going to be in the international spotlight? to 'get the word out' as it were? is this also the only reason for the escalation of violence, now? if the dalai lama does step down, what would that mean to tibetan buddhism? they would have no leader. at all. i don't need to/want to get into the dalai lama as a figure/person, and what he means to tibetan buddhism, but that would be huge. it's not like, if the pope said 'i'm done', and we just elected another one, and move on. totally different here.

this doesn't sit well.

with palms together...

[shalom...]