2008 Olympics

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2008/01/12/the_olympic_prisoners/
THE OLYMPIC Games have their anthem, their rings, their heroes, and their sponsors. Now, with the Beijing 2008 games, they have their prisoners. The Chinese government is not just building fine stadiums, it is also arresting those who dare to condemn human rights violations in China. The political police are getting ready for the Olympics in their own way, bringing charges of subversion against those who remind people of the promises the government made in 2001 to improve respect for basic freedoms.
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Late last month, police arrested leading human rights activist Hu Jia at his Beijing home.

Before arriving, they cut his phone lines and Internet connection so that he would be unable to alert his friends in China and abroad.

Before leaving, they threatened his wife, Zeng Jinyan, with reprisals. A well-known blogger who was named by Time magazine as one of the world's 100 most influential people in 2007, Zeng is now alone with their 2-month-old daughter, cut off from the world. The couple had been under house arrest since May.

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There's no chance of the United States boycotting the Olympics, even though China is no better than the USSR was in 1980. We're too deep into China's pockets.
However, we can speak out. We, the citizens, can boycott the games and we can make it known that we are doing so by contacting the broadcasters, advertisers and our elected officials. There are many bloggers here and I'm sure many of you enjoy watching the Olympics just as much as I do. Boycott the games and make your voice heard on your blogs, in your training groups and at events.
By participating in this event as viewers, we're giving a defacto sanction to the actions of the Chinese government. By boycotting them, we, admittedly, will probably not accomplish anything... but who knows, perhaps we'll draw some much needed attention to a long-overlooked subject.