Your ChiCom repression of the day
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The ChiComs get a another gold medal for Olympic tyranny. Ruthlessly perfect 10s across the board:
Two elderly Chinese women who applied to hold a protest during the Olympics were ordered to spend a year in a labor camp, a relative said Wednesday. Police later squelched a pro-Tibet demonstration.
The women were still at home three days after being officially notified they would have to serve a yearlong term of reeducation through labor, but were under surveillance by a government-backed neighborhood group, said Li Xuehui, the son of one of the women.
Li said no cause was given for the order to imprison his 79-year-old mother, Wu Dianyuan, and her neighbor Wang Xiuying, 77.
“Wang Xiuying is almost blind and disabled. What sort of re-education through labor can she serve?” Li said in a telephone interview. “But they can also be taken away at any time.”
And more:
Five Americans have been detained in Beijing following a pro-Tibetan protest in which they spelled out “Free Tibet” with blue lights near China’s national stadium, The New York Times is reporting.
The activists, members of Students of a Free Tibet, have not been in contact with their organization since their arrest on Tuesday, the Times reported.
The Beijing Olympics have witnessed several demonstrations against China, Reuters reported Wednesday. According to the Times report, Students for a Free Tibet alone has staged seven protests involving 37 people in China since the beginning of the games.
“I’d … like to emphasize that in China, activities that support Tibet independence will be strongly condemned by the Chinese people and will not be welcomed,” Qin Gang, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman told Reuters Wednesday.
Human Rights in China, a New York-based activist group told Reuters that 24 protesters had been detained or put under watch before the Olympics opened.
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Stinking Chicoms….. Obamians…. this is what you have to look forward to….
79 years-old? Are you kidding me? Those chi-coms are out of their freaking minds!!
Where are the speeches from all those who hold `Free Tibet’ bumper stickers?
This is a death sentence for these 70+
yr olds.
God save us, these people hold a lot of
our Debt.
I guess their internal organs are too old to hack out and sell to some fat slob in the United States.
But they will have universal health-care.
This is what you get for applying to protest. What do you get for signing a petition?
The AP cards were later returned when police discovered they were filled with hundreds of pictures of Islamic Rage Boy holding a “down with Tibet” sign…
Seriously, I know people who were “reeducated”. The Chinese government stinks for sure.
Can we send over allcode pink members?
I don’t think they would go, AJ. They wouldn’t get the kind of attention they crave.
Goldwater
They’ll sell the organs and pass them off as counterfeit 20 year olds.
This would be a joke if it’s was possible.
Now you know why the Chinese gymnastics coach sat in the stands with a look of horror on his face until they won 5 or 6 golds…
Opps; This would be a joke if
it’s wasit wasn’t possible.Oh, no worries here! I’m sure NBC News will be all over this, like they are with the Gitmo detainees, and will use the largess of their intrepid reporting to chide the Chinese into releasing the elderly ladies…eventually…once the games are over…and once Richard Engel can figure out how to file a report blaming President Bush for the incident and still get a book deal out of it. Hey, maybe Rachel Maddow even will do a live remote from Beijing for her first show, highlighting the ladies’ lack of freedom to protest their government - if there’s time, after she first lambastes the Bush administration’s disregard for human rights in Guantanamo. (sarc)
It doesn’t fit in with their propaganda that Booosh and (R)’s are ebilicious munsters!
So when do we get thrown into re-education camps for speaking the truth about their liberal fascism?
That’s weird, those idiot smiling faces from the Today show haven’t mentioned this crime. They did mention the ‘Hip Hop Grannies’- older Chinese ladies busting a move to a USA ghetto beat. I guess their producers got the stories mixed up.
Adorable - ppfftt!!!
That’s reminiscent of a quotation I read once; loosely stated, it went:
“Wherever a totalitarian jack-boot smashes into someone’s face, there will be a well-heeled Western liberal pointing out that the victim has free education and free healthcare.”
Well, at least they’re not being put in cages, like the protesters will be next week in Denver.
The biggest controversy that NBC has covered is when Bob Costas told Brian Williams that Springstein was dedicating a song to Michael Phelps. Williams repeated it on air. It never happened. Can you believe it, the MSM repeating unsubstantiated rumors without any investigation….?
And if the Olympics would had never been held in China, imagine how much more repressive their government could be and get away with it?
Has anyone seen the Uniball pen commercial? - (the smiling Chinese policeman helping the lost tourist?)
I, for one, have no trouble with NBC’s coverage - but watching the Uniball commercial, I can’t help but wonder if that’s straight from a Chinese goverment’s propaganda studio.
You’re right, it is much more humane to rip 70+ women from their families and throw them into a labor and reeducation camp for a year than it is to escort unruly college students to a decently sized holding tank until they get out 4 hours later and write a breathless blog post about it.
The sarcasm is evident, but honestly, everyone who wails about how “fascist” we are as a nation has absolutely no idea of life under a real totalitarian dictatorship.
Oops, should read: “women who are 70+.”
Buy American.
A much different reaction than would be the case if it were at the Republican Convention.
No, I would still think China is far worse no matter which convention the college kids were detained at.
A reminder of courage.
College kids???
No, Code Pink and these other Commie groups are stocked with the unemployable-
the mouth breathers unqualified to tie-dye t-shirts or shove lard at Michael Moore.
NOPE ‘O8
Yup, them too.
Let’s see, Dolphin boy wins another medal!
That Bolt guy sure is fast!
The Chinese women gymnasts sure do look young!
Labor camps?
Human rights violations?
Oops! Gotta go to a commercial, be right back!
I know I may catch some flak for this, but here goes.
If someone tells me that there is a mean dog in someone’s back yard and that I shouldn’t go there I don’t jump the fence to see what happens.
By the same token, the Chinese said don’t come here and protest about Tibet or bad things will happen.
I don’t agree with their policies, but you have to play by their rules.
That’s all I’ve got to say.
For those who continue to call George Bush Hitler, advocate assassinating him, protest against US military recruitment right in front of the recruitment doors, etc., etc., etc., they still just don’t get how So Not Evil the US really is.
So much for all that drivel that free markets by themselves lead to political freedom. You have to have a government erected that protects minority rights, has true rule of law, and which has universal suffrage set up first in order to have political and market reforms that improve the lot of the inhabitants….Compare the Czech Republic and Estonia to Russia and Communist China, for a rough comparative example.
well said Regulus
“Comrade, everything is fine. Keep moving along!”
The churlish Chinese leadership, like all the other promoters of state-sponsored slavery, chortle to themselves at their media manipulations. Sure, they’ve got all the world coverage of their wonderful facilities and little robotic performers. Sure, they’ve got all their propaganda and whatnot. Sure, they’re the epicenter of producing cheap plastic junk that is sold thru Wal*Marts throughout the world. But they’re still a slave nation working for a greedy group of elite politicos who dictate other people’s lives…Sort of like the City of Denver preparing for the DNC confab!
Hmmm. Sounds a little like Obama’s proposed “civilian national security force.” No?
BHO on 7-2-08:
“We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives we’ve set. We’ve got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.”
After the election, Grizz, after the election. What is wrong with these libs? Why do they hate freedom so much? Why do they hate America so much? I just don’t understand it. I would tell ‘em to go live in China for awhile, but they’d probably love it.
And after all this stuff was known for ages, they still let them host the Olympics……Fools!
But, I thought John Kary said re education camps were not that bad?
Oh, what the heck… let’s just make Taiwan the 51st state.
I agree. If these “students” - who probably don’t even know why they want to “Free Tibet” in the first place - think they can go internationally and have all the freedoms and tolerance they have here at home, then they deserve what they get. I’ve got no sympathy for these idiots who decide to go over and protest in another country - especially one with a glaring human rights record as China.
Thin the herd…
The “protest to work program” profiled here is an excellent example of Obama’s faith in government initiative. We conservatives will all be able to look forward to spending our golden years in re-education camps - getting rid of old lead-based paint on plastic toys or farming Arugula during His 6th term.
We have not had this much Olympics fun since 1936. Let’s hold a torchlight parade for the closing ceremony.
Michelle must have missed the memo that scores are no longer judged on a 10 point scale. First you must take the starting value, a 7.5 in this case, and then add on to that the execution score.
Oh…bad choice of words….
Bunch of cowards. Should have never been given the games.
Hey wait a minute. It’s a nice re-education camp. There’s three delicious helpings of gruel, a forced march exercise program to the Peoples Make Little Rock Out of Big Rock Factory, a back muscle caning toning treatment program, Little Red Book evening poetry sessions, and much much more. You Capitalist pigs no nothing of progressive society. Camp help old people no hurt.
I heard on the radio news that China plans a big crackdown on religious people after the Olympics.
How ‘nice’.
But first they must perform the closing ceremonies, as they conclude their showy Ode to Communism.
boooo!
If the government here doesn’t like what you say, you are also picked up (for a “hate crime”) and put in a re-education center (prison) and work (in laundry or license plates) there. Different names, different methods, same result.
Right after Obamahole is elected, Nancy re-instates the fairness doctrine, and congress classifies conservative speech as hate speech for “the chillren.”
#43-
Well mentioned and the Philadelphia 5 come to mind and of course there are the cases mentioned on the Alliance Defense Fund and FIRE websites too.
GSP
Like some have said, I feel no pity for these American students who are now locked up in some Chinese jail.
You can whine and moan senselessly in the US and get away with it (see Code Pink, Move On, Truthers, calls to execute Bush, etc) because the US of A is a civilized nation where you have true freedom of speech, no matter how hard these idiots try to paint America as a fascist state.
Then they go to a real fascist state and receive real fascist treatment … Good on them. Let’s hope this experience will cause some of them to grow up.
I guess the terms “liberation” (of Tibet) and “free speech” mean very different things in a liberal, er, I mean socialist/communist country.
The ChiComs must have really felt threatened by those old ladies!! I wonder how many soldiers, armed to the teeth, they will need to “escort” them to the hard labor, oops!, I mean “reeducation” camps.
I am going to go put Red Dawn in the DVD player instead of watching the Olympics.
Gee, where the hell is Richard Gere when ya need him?
Dittos there, pal. It is really easy to criticize a free society, calling it repressive and fascist, but when you come up against the real thing.
Isn’t it funny how the Sierra Club, ELF, and Greenpeace never seem to be able to find the time to protest the real environmental nightmares in China? Gutless cowards.
It is pretty similar to that old adage that “everyone is a liberal until they are mugged,” in this case, by reality.
I wonder if these students will let reality sink in and grow up?
Oops! Didn’t finish my first sentence: “…when you come up against the real thing, the ignorance of your positions becomes crystal clear.”
Or the dumping of tons of trash in our National parks by invading illegals.
Break the rules - Get punished. It doesn’t matter what country it is. These pantywaists that like to defy authority by protesting always have the feeling that their transgressions will be excuse because of the ridiculous “fight the establishment” culture we have here.
The grannies are another story. I’m pretty sure they knew what their government would have to say about protesting and I’m sure they knew that “re-education” was a possibility and proceeded anyway to send a message. I commend their bravery.
I start by putting anything that says “Made in China” back on the shelf. I figure I’ve avoided buying close to $10,000 in Chinese made products this year.
Yeah, good moral equivalent. It is not important that you are misrepresenting the facts, you would fit right in over there. I’m sure those Chinese ladies would gladly trade places.
I agree; More of the ‘enlightened’ should participate in demonstrations over there. Maybe they will better appreciate our model vs. the world.
And send Michelle Obama. Maybe she will be proud of her country then.
I think going to apply for a permit to hold a protest against a communist government wasn’t the best way to go about it.
Do you live in Canada or England? I know you can’t be talking about the U.S. Other wise, Jihad Jane Fonda, and Cindy Sheehan and friends would all be in prison by now. And the party in Denver wouldn’t be near as much fun to watch.
Marxist thought corrupts everything it touches.
I can see being angry because the PRC is jailing the elderly, but why tie that into sarcastic comments about people with “Free Tibet” bumper stickers? I don’t have a sticker, but I know people from Tibet and since college (1978-1981) have been pissed off at how the Tibetans are treated by the Chinese. But the comments about not feeling sorry or respecting the people who go to China to protest is just stupid. Those people have courage and should be respected, even on this blog. Sometimes I think the ideologues on both sides need to get a grip.
I suppose you’re right, now that they’ve decided to take down the razor wire.
more like condemned by party officials…
You beat me to it. Shouldn’t we respect them for the courage to protest in a real fascist country where the actual consequences are severe? These are no Dumpster Muffins.
Sorry, but no.
The protests for a Free Tibet are plain and simple, stupid. Let me elaborate.
1) Why do we want a Free Tibet?
2) Does the CCP merely oppress Tibetans, or do they oppress *all* Chinese?
3) How do Westerners who have no concept of the _real_ political situation in China, jumping on the Free Tibet bandwagon affect the average Chinese?
Think on those for a minute. Then read on.
About point 1, why should there be a free Tibet? The borders of _all_ countries are decided through conquest. How would people feel if some Chinese turned up outside the White House demanding for the return of certain states to Mexico? Or turning up outside of Downing Street demonstrating for a free Scotland and Wales? Would you support that? If not, why not?
On to point 2. The CCP oppresses _all_ Chinese who do not toe the party line. Freedom of speech is just not present. This applies to _all_ Chinese and not just Tibetans or Uighurs.
Following on from that, on to point 3. By jumping on the Free Tibet band wagon and pushing the Olympics as a platform for airing grieviences against China, the West has without a doubt contributed towards violence against Chinese. See the violent protests against chinese shopkeepers by Tibetan mobs in March, and the recent brutal attack by Uighurs against chinese police officers. The net effect of all this Western interference is to set back the efforts undertaken by Chinese political dissidents. The CCP now has a convenient excuse for introducing more draconian and oppressive measures which the average Chinese will welcome since the great and glorious CCP is merely protecting them from the destructive influence of the West.
The political situation in China is complex. Outsiders who know jack sh*t about the real situation should just shut the h*ll up and let others who know exactly what is going on get on with their work. With each passing year, China is becoming more and more open. Ever heard of a concept called “face”? This retarded action by a few stupid people who mistake China for the West think that throwing a hissy fit and doing brash protests will set back China’s political progress by _YEARS_.
So no, I do not feel any pity or sympathy for the fools who went over there and got themselves locked up. I hope that teaches them about the reality of the world and maybe they’ll grow up.
A good article about what I said previously is http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php?/site/article/5550/
On August 21st, 2008 at 1:11 pm, tiredofit08 said:
Hey! Party officials are Chinese people too! /sarc