The Olympic Torch for the Beijing games is in Argentina today--and there, it faced protesters denouncing China's human rights record, too.
Again, it's kind of remarkable that there are so many people around the world anxious to protest China's dictatorship. I never knew so many existed. (when was the last time your pal at the water cooler discussed China with you???) And it's not as if concern for human rights is a bad thing.
History too tells us that these protests can be a good thing. Nazi Germany, don't forget, hosted the summer Olympics in Berlin in 1936. There were almost no protests against Nazi human rights abuses then. Hitler both covered them up and got the world to ignore them. The Nazi regime came through the Games stronger. We all know what then blew up in 1939. We shouldn't make that same kind of mistake again.
