Poll: Should the international community boycott the Beijing Olympics?

Up to 100 Tibetan protesters are thought to have been killed as Chinese troops attempt to crush the biggest uprising against Beijing's rule in two decades, evoking fears of another Tiananmen Square as what began as a peaceful protest by monks spills over into violence.

Tibetan exile groups have written to the International Olympic Committee asking them to intervene with China, which is keen to use the Beijing Olympic Games in five months' time to enhance its international reputation. Some believe a boycott would embarrass the Chinese government into relaxing its grip on the territory and changing its stance on other issues such as the Burmese military junta and the crisis in Darfur, over which Steven Spielberg recently resigned as the Games' artistic director. Others, including the US and European governments, say such a move would only further isolate China and undermine international efforts to encourage human rights and democratic reforms.

Tell us what you think in our online poll, and come back soon to check for the final results.

Comments

[Hugh]

We should boycott the London Olympics 2012 because of Iraq war.

yes.

[tony]

Oh well...
If China is not to host the Olympic, who would be more qualified to do so?
If we don't mention the Iraqi war, the prisoner abuse, Weco Texas killing, the racial tensions, etc., we should have the US or Britan host the Olympics. They are the countries who set examples and standards for all of the human beings over the world to follow.
Look back in history and see how England colonized and ruled other countries and how Eropeans "discovered" America and what happeded to the native Americans - the Idians and their land!

Personally, I think this is a good opportunity for those political opportunists and thugs to do their things that they lived for no matter where the Olympic is held and who would be the host country!

Actually, it is as simple as that
the Olympic is a peaceful gethering of all peoples and it has nothing to do with politics!