Christopher_G2 on 19 May 2008
Boycotting the Olympics would do nothing to change China's human rights behavior. The Chinese are a proud nationalistic people. Any boycott would only hardened their stances, against Tibet, against Taiwan, and against the world community. China is a country of 1.3 billion people, one out of five on this planet, and they have growing economic power in the world. They're not someone we can attempt to squeez like the Iranian or North Karians, they're just too massive. Diplomacy is what we have, a boycott would get nothing better, and probably would make some things worse.
