Comments on: China ‘Prepares’ For The Olympics http://themoderatevoice.com/21281/china-prepares-for-the-olympics/ An Internet hub for moderates, centrists, and independents, with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, and right Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:00:41 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: News about China » Alert - china http://themoderatevoice.com/21281/china-prepares-for-the-olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-113441 News about China » Alert - china Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:32:04 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/foreign/21281/china-prepares-for-the-olympics/#comment-113441 [...] China ?Prepares? For The Olympics By PATRICK EDABURN The Olympics are only a few weeks away and the friendly leaders of the ?Peoples Republic? of China are getting ready for things in their usual friendly and loving manner. They have anticipated the fact that there will be people from … The Moderate Voice - http://themoderatevoice.com [...] [...] China ?Prepares? For The Olympics By PATRICK EDABURN The Olympics are only a few weeks away and the friendly leaders of the ?Peoples Republic? of China are getting ready for things in their usual friendly and loving manner. They have anticipated the fact that there will be people from … The Moderate Voice – http://themoderatevoice.com [...]

]]> By: johnmgrant http://themoderatevoice.com/21281/china-prepares-for-the-olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-145460 johnmgrant Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:54:27 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/foreign/21281/china-prepares-for-the-olympics/#comment-145460 While I agree that China is a repressive regime (one that I have written against for many years), the "protest pens" remind me in a more than slightly uncomfortable way of the "free speech zones" that have been set up "near" the venues of the major party conventions since 9/11.<br><br>Does this equate us to China? No, but I believe it shows a troubling tendency in our nation that we need to address.<br><br>(Just call me the bomb-chucking assistant editor here... ;-) ) While I agree that China is a repressive regime (one that I have written against for many years), the “protest pens” remind me in a more than slightly uncomfortable way of the “free speech zones” that have been set up “near” the venues of the major party conventions since 9/11.

Does this equate us to China? No, but I believe it shows a troubling tendency in our nation that we need to address.

(Just call me the bomb-chucking assistant editor here… ;-) )

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