"China has set aside three parks during the Olympics, to allow people to demonstrate. But, as the BBC's Michael Bristow finds out, the parks are empty and those who apply for permission to protest are even finding themselves arrested."Who would have thought that? Thank heavens we can protest freely in the UK, wherever we want... what we can't?
I am not a sheep, I have my own mind
I have had enough of being told what and how to think
Whilst we are still allowed the remnants of free speech,
I will speak out.
I also reserve the right to discuss less controversial matters should I feel the urge.
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Thursday 14 August 2008
The Chinese government doesn't like dissent - shock, horror
The BBC breathlessly reveal in a quiet part of their website that
Correct: we shall not be allowed to protest.
ReplyDeleteThis is consistent with the other totalitarian States, of which this nation became one, step by step, during the past decade.