Fuck you Chinese authorities!

[lonestarnot]

China fails to approve 77 protest applications
From the Associated Press
August 19, 2008

BEIJING -- Chinese authorities have not approved any of the 77 applications they received from people who wanted to hold protests during the Beijing Olympics, state media reported.

According to the rules governing protests, today is the last day anyone could apply for permission to demonstrate during the Olympic Games.

The state-run New China News Agency said Monday that the applications received since Aug. 1, a week before the Games opened, included such things as labor disputes and inadequate welfare.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-protests19-2008aug19,0,2119196.story

[HeresyLives]

1. Their country. Their decision.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

2. and this was a surprise?

i agree with the sentiment you express...but i hope you (nor anyone else) were not surprised by this...

sP

[jobycom]

3. Istanbul, not Constantinople

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo0X77OBJUg

[marmar]

5. GREAT....Now guess what song is going to be stuck in my nodgen all nite....

Istanbul, Constantinople. Istanbul, Constantinople. :crazy:

[Canuckistanian]

7. It's nobody's business but the Turks'!

Isn't that how the song ends?

[jobycom]

9. I've had "Collide" in there for a day now. Feel fortunate!

[backscatter712]

14. Istanbul was Constantinople...

now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
been a long time gone, Constantinople
why did Constantinople get the works?
That's nobody's business but the Turks'!

[Ilsa]

4. Screw them is right. They are not an open-minded government. Nothing we can do about it.

And I sure as hell don't want the fake cowboy in the White House to think he can do something about it.

[MrModerate]

6. I'm surprised they didn't herd them into "Free Speech Zones" . . .

Miles away from the Olympic venues. That works real well in the US.

"Pot and Kettle, I'd like to introduce youse."

[marmar]

8. The Chinese people are going to have to rise up on their own....We've got fascists in our own house.

n/t

[lonestarnot]

10. Agree, but I can still hate them!

[theoldman]

11. On the plus side they did not have any protest problems.

Maybe they aren't so dumb after all. I also think the city of Denver has the right idea. Some protesters go too far.

[seabeyond]

12. surprise! lol. for real. and anyone expected to be able to protest?

hm

[lonestarnot]

13. Hey at least it is in print 77 denied.