Protest This Tibet!

The Chinese government does an excellent job at shutting down any dissent. Tiananmen Square was an excellent example of this. Nothing says loving like getting run over by a T-35. So you have the Tibetans, who are currently having a little rebellion of their own. With crowds, chants, and the occasional severe beating by overzealous Chinese authority types. I mean, these people were only their own country before the hoards from China decided to extend their domain into Tibet. So some of these Tibetans are chaffing from the yolk and acting out. The Chinese response, was typical, but it is getting more attention than normal, with the Olympics so close. I like the fact they have shut down media coming out of Tibet, going as far as blocking YouTube. I don't care what kind of repressive communist regime that you are, YOU DO NOT BLOCK YOUTUBE! That and the fact that the Dali Lama is not inclined to tell his countrymen to stop their protest either, speaks to the importance of this event.

So the U.S. government has sternly rebuked the dragon from the East, for kicking out foreign journalist. Not that they are letting any of the journalists that are there actually report on anything of substance. As far as the Olympics go, the EU has already said it would not boycott the games. But, where does the U.S. stand? There have been reports that at least one hundred people have been killed by the authorities, and I am sure the count is much higher than that. Does the U.S. responsibility to make a stronger stand that just feigning outrage, or do the economics outweigh wholesale slaughter? Time will tell. Meanwhile, good luck you crazy Tibetans, don't let the Chinese keep, I mean beat you down.