Human Rights?

So, the big man finally says, he is proud of the chaos surrounding the flame of Olympia. That he is proud of the violence created by his people, putting innocent bystanders as well as torchbearers in so much danger that they have no choice but to prematurely stop the race. That he is proud of people needlessly turning an honorable and memorable event into a disaster simply because of a completely unrelated situation. And he calls this a new way of challenging great minds? And he calls it a new method of uncovering a basic truth? This so called "human rights" that resulted in so much violence, economical standstill, and hatred being correct is the basic truth? Or is the basic truth that he allows to be showed through violence simply the fact that we humans are nothing more than selfish primates? In what way does forcing an Olympic torch bearer into hiding in the name of human rights show that the Tibetans deserve to be given independence? In what way does this show the virtue of human rights? In all the protests: trying to bully a Paralympic torchbearer into giving up the torch, fighting with the police who probably want nothing more than to finish his job safely to return to his family, climbing to the top of public suspension bridges to hang banners and forcing resources to be diverted to clear the mess, blocking off the road and stopping all cars from moving properly just so that the torchbearer can be attacked; WHERE IN THE WORLD DO ANY OF THESE EXAMPLES SHOW THE VIRTUE OF HUMAN RIGHTS?? To those who claim that china is using the Olympics as a political move, what in the world do the Olympics have anything to do with Tibet's release?? Even if somehow someone manages to link an Olympic torch relay to politics, who gives you the right to turn this further into a political affair? Is a harmonious Olympic event so hard to achieve? Must we kill a torchbearer, forcing the entire event to end before we are happy? Do we have to send hundreds to jail to maintain order, injuring others in the process, forcing the runners off their roads before we are happy? Is this the cost of human rights? Is this the price of freedom of expression? Is this what peace really is?

Mr big man here, PROFESSOR of HUMAN RIGHTS Geartly, still has the cheek to say that this is a good way to challenge the great mind? He still has the cheek to say that this is a new way of revealing the basic truth? What next? Violence is the road to peace? Murder gives life? Mobs, just for your information, resulted in the death of so many women in the middle-ages simply because they were thought to be witches. Can someone PLEASE remind me of one single event of violent protests that resulted in a positive change? Mind you, the American civil war doesn't count. Really, that statement should stand next to the president of science society's "whatever that can be invented has been invented." Do you really think that stopping a world event is really the way to make someone listen? Do you really think this is some new way of revealing some truths? Do you really think this lets the rest of the world see the wonder of human rights?

He said the enemy is not human rights. Of course it isn't. Is the cause of crimes money? Is the enemy of civilization communism? NO! Human rights, just like money and communism, is simply a concept to empower. Just as money is a tool, "human rights" is a tool that empowers every individual. HOWEVER, like money, it can be abused, like money, it can corrupt. Like communism, it can make life hell for everyone. To everyone down there protesting, "human rights" is just an excuse to insult a nation that is becoming a threat to them. If they really felt about human rights, they would leave the matter about this to after the Olympic events. What about the rights of the runners? What of the rights of the guards to pass through unharmed? What of the rights of the Olympic organizers, who have nothing to do with Tibet, to successfully execute their event without being caught up in Tibet's political struggle? What of the rights of the rest of china, who want nothing better than to show to the rest of the world what they can offer as a culture, to hold a happy Olympic event without getting shouted at in the face by angry protestors? Sigh.. disappointed..