San Francisco is My Home

25
Mar

Still carrying a torch

Author: kris, Category: News, Politics, Sports

Lots of uproar over the upcoming passage of the Olympic torch through San Francisco. The i.m. Newsom and his posse of city administrators are being tight-lipped about the planned route, which is getting the ACLU and associated protesters hot under the collar. There’s a lot of talk about protesting China’s crimes against Tibet, especially if Chinatown is part of the torch’s route.

I don’t know what to think about all that. On the one hand, I am firmly against the way China is handling their involvement in Tibet, obviously. On the other hand, there’s a nice ideal attached to the Olympics, that pretty image of there being one place where we all meet up. Even those of us committing atrocities against innocent Tibetan monks.

It’s like a family, I guess. Your brother and cousin may hate each other, or maybe your great-aunt is a racist windbag, or who knows what. Still, you all get together on Thanksgiving. Maybe pointlessly, maybe not.

Then again, China is more than an impotent windbag at this point. Maybe even in a family you’ve got to draw the line somewhere.

Thoughts?