Aug
5
Athletes at the upcoming Beijing Olympic Games are not allowed to protest any of the human rights violations China is committing. That’s why this image has quite the metaphorical power:
This member of the U.S. cycling team is wearing a mask because of the high pollution in Beijing (in itself a bona fide human rights problem as especially the poor cannot escape the increasing pollution), but I also hope that the masks are going to become a symbol of the supressed free speech in China.
