The Communist Party in Beijing is broadcasting carefully staged fantasy images of “celebrations” in Lhasa, as the Olympic Flame makes it’s appearance in Tibet. In reality, the city is locked down. All traffic is stopped, Tibetans are not allowed to walk about without special permits, and a huge foreign army patrols the streets. Tanks, guns, beating batons are everywhere. Near the Potala, a handful of hand-picked stooges are present to be photographed cheering.
This is the reality of the “Olympic Spirit” — at least the version of it approved in the Age of Corporatism and Dictatorship. If I hear even one other person using that sickening phrase, I will turn my back on them and walk away. There is no sense talking to people who live in a world of lies, and abandon their fellow human beings to slavery, then spew out propaganda garbage claiming they represent noble values.
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