Well, we can see it again, a debate motion really happening in real life, and we can see, if the predictions, the arguments and the ideas, that we used in debates really happen, or not.
I wrote about that in the “A debate plan in reality” post that was about Kosovo debate motions and what debater thought is going to happen when Kosovo gets independent.
Well, now we can see another topic, that we all probably debated about, developing in Real life.
Olympic games, not going to the Olympic games or whatever connected to the Olympic games was debated a lot on tournaments around Europe, and now we can see, what is really going on. It is not like someone important didn’t go there, but we can still see at least one argument developing in the RL (Real life).
Its the “China will develop its Human Rights (HR) agenda” argument. Well, I kind of feel, that this has not happen. If you read the last weeks Economist, you can see, that that is not happening. Let’s see what rights are equally or more restricted because of the Olympic games.
1. Freedom of speech - well, I just watched a CNN report today that tried to find the protesters, that protest at the designated protest parks in Beijing. Well, they found the parks, but they were empty. You need to apply for a protest, give all the data (even what your banners are going to say) and wait for an approval. Well, up to today no one got the approval. And 1 person got arrested while applying for it.
2. Economical freedoms - even if it looks better for the tourists and other foreigners, the China’s leaders made a lot of companies to stop working, or they even forced to transfer the workers into Beijing (like with the power plants, where they got all the good workers to Beijing so that they can supply the games with power juice).
3. Freedom of movement - or is is another one, I’m not sure, but people were forcedly moved, so that they were able to build new stadiums and other venues. Well, not really a thing that you would call a good thing.

And probably other rights have been violated (like moving or arresting of beggars on the streets etc.). Its a show that they put on for us, but in the background I believe that it got worse. We will see, what will happen after the games, if they will change in a positive matter.

What do you believe now, after you have seen the games, was it a good decision?
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