Two Britons arrested for unfurling 'Free Tibet' banners in Beijing

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Two Britons were arrested today for displaying Free Tibet banners near the Olympics stadium in Beijing.

The British Embassy in the Chinese capital said it was investigating and making efforts to get access to the pair, who are members of the group Students for a Free Tibet.

The protest group said four Tibet activists, including two others from the US, were detained in Beijing today after displaying two 140-square-foot banners outside the Bird's Nest Olympic stadium.

The first read: "One World, One Dream: Free Tibet" in English, and the second: "Tibet Will Be Free" in English and "Free Tibet" in Chinese. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...e-Tibet-banners-Beijings-Olympic-Stadium.html
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I wonder how often this is going to happen over the next few weeks?
 
DampCat said:
if they didnt have nukes what....?

Invade them? for what? You're right though. We should invade them. And when we're done with the largest/second largest population on the planet we can move on to North Korea. Then once we've invaded North Korea, we can invade Iran. Then, possibly, we'll have to start making up new enemies. We could invade Argentina cause 20 years ago they looked at us funny. Then we could invade Japan cause they're too clever for their own good. then we could invade the Australians for being dirty convicts that have effectively escaped from custody.
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Surely India should follow China? After all, they are sworn enemies of our allies in Pakistan. ;)
 
Having watched this thread since I first posted it, I have listed below some of the unsympathetic, ill-informed comment that it has generated:
  • Armchair protestors ahoy!
  • ... are they just clueless fame seekers ...
  • How stupid are they. Don't protest in china it's against the law.
  • ... those two muppets should have kept their mouths shut ...
  • I cant believe someone would do that, they muts be stupi.d (sic)
  • I've seen more web censorship at British public wifi spots
  • Good, hope they rot. There should be no mercy for stupidity.
  • ... they are hoping merely a banner would make a tiny change?
  • No sympathy for these people, an entirely stupid thing to do.
  • They fall under the same catagory of 'idiot'
  • It's just asking to be arrested.
Two common themes seem to be that nobody knows / cares about Tibet and that such a protest is pointless.

Hopefully, as a result of this protest, more people will learn about the situation in Tibet - in which case, it will have achieved something, without anyone being harmed. I suspect that the people involved knew that they would be imprisoned, accepted that fact and are happy that they have achieved more than the "Armchair Indifferent".

Just to get you going, you might like to look at www.studentsforafreetibet.org to learn something of their protest about the situation in Tibet.
 
Anim said:
Serious question here, why should i care?
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Clearly you do for some reason.

Serious question here, what has made you post five times in this thread, pointing out how pointless the whole protest is :confused:


As to the comment that "they will make not one iota of difference to the situation there", they have certainly gained a fair amount of public attention, it may make no difference, but then neither will keeping your mouth shut and passing by on the other side of the road.
Edmund Burke said:
The only thing needed for evil to prosper is for good men to do nothing.
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According to today's Daily Mail - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...a-pro-Tibet-protest-near-Olympic-stadium.html
Two Britons are this morning heading home after being deported by China following their 'illegal' pro-Tibet protest in front of the Olympic Stadium.
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I heard on the BBC this morning that G W Bush expressed "deep concerns" over China's human rights record in a speech delivered in the Thai capital, Bangkok on the eve of the Beijing Olympics.

I'm sure he wouldn't say such things when actually in China; what with their laws and all, he could end up getting deported :p
 
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