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Boojatta Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-26-08 05:51 PM
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Poll question: Should gov't sponsors of athletes for the Olympics offer passports to dissidents who are in China?
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Boojatta Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-26-08 11:17 PM
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1. Kick to elicit more votes and to elicit comments and/or questions.
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Boojatta Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-27-08 10:35 AM
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Tierra_y_Libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-27-08 10:38 AM
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3. Why just China? And, why just during the Olympics.
There are dissidents all over the world, all the time.

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Boojatta Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-27-08 10:52 AM
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4. I had the impression that a lot of people who watch TV or listen to the radio
Edited on Sun Jul-27-08 10:54 AM by Boojatta
are likely to focus on China around the time of the Olympics and that this attention was both expected and desired by the government of China.
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