Comments on: IOC approves blogging athletes for Beijing - with strict rules http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2008/02/18/ioc-approves-blogging-athletes-for-beijing-with-strict-rules/ Online journalism news Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:47:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: No Censorship http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2008/02/18/ioc-approves-blogging-athletes-for-beijing-with-strict-rules/#comment-4546 No Censorship Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:40:09 +0000 http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2008/02/18/ioc-approves-blogging-athletes-for-beijing-with-strict-rules/#comment-4546 How dare the International Olympic Committee join with the butchers of Beijing to censor athletes in any way! Do athletes somehow become slaves of the Chinese dictatorship just because they are part of the Propaganda Olympics? No! If you are an athlete, start your own unofficial blog and load it up with videos, photos, interviews with Chinese human rights victims. Take your video camera, digital camera, and a laptop to upload and blog. Show a finger to the censors! China and the IOC won't dare send you home because they'll fear the reactions if they try. Google for ways to get around the "Great firewall" in China so you can update it from your hotel or other location. Action items on China and Tibet, including for athletes: http://www.conservativeusa.org/action.htm How dare the International Olympic Committee join with the butchers of Beijing to censor athletes in any way! Do athletes somehow become slaves of the Chinese dictatorship just because they are part of the Propaganda Olympics?

No! If you are an athlete, start your own unofficial blog and load it up with videos, photos, interviews with Chinese human rights victims. Take your video camera, digital camera, and a laptop to upload and blog. Show a finger to the censors! China and the IOC won’t dare send you home because they’ll fear the reactions if they try. Google for ways to get around the “Great firewall” in China so you can update it from your hotel or other location.

Action items on China and Tibet, including for athletes:
http://www.conservativeusa.org/action.htm

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