Tibet and the Olympics

Greg Cottrell gave an interesting lesson on Tibet and The Olympics...He talked and the class discussed a little about the Nature of Freedom, the Meaning of Human Rights, the Desire to Govern, and the Intuistic Part of Culture.
He discussed a little of the history between Tibet (country who wants to be free and govern themselves) and China (want to govern and use Tibet for demographic resources). Due to the invasion of China in 1950 and the successive leave/exlie of the Dalai Lama in 1959, Tibet has had its governing done from India where the Dalai Lama resides while the Chinese government still seize control over physical Tibet. (Hence the "Free Tibet" stickers and demonstration posters)
We also discussed the purpose of the Olympics and whether or not political/religious/cultural customs of an Olympic host country should be under examination. Consensus was that the IOC should give the bid to a host country not based on whether or not that country is willing to change, but just as the country is - did they really expect China to "work on" their human rights issues after they had accepted the bid for the Olympics...

Have something else to add? We'll share it in class next Sunday...