Another snub for China Olympics - well known American film-maker not going

Britannist · 13-02-2008, 01:45 PM

It was recently announced that HRH Prince Charles is not attending the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games in communist China this Summer - now another well known person has indicated that he will not be going (the EU maintains close links with communist China):

Steven Spielberg shuns Olympics in China - Telegraph

mkpdavies · 13-02-2008, 01:47 PM

Charles maintains close links with the EU.

Britannist · 13-02-2008, 01:48 PM

Brief extract from the article on the link in the first posting to this thread:

"Last month, The Daily Telegraph revealed the Prince of Wales, a long-time supporter of the exiled Dalai Lama, had told the Free Tibet Campaign he would not accept an invitation to the Games."

Britannist · 13-02-2008, 01:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mkpdavies

Charles maintains close links with the EU.

HRH Prince Charles is reportedly concerned about the EU becoming more powerful - please see postings one and sixteen of the following thread:

UKIP backs Prince Charles in criticising an EU regulation

Britannist · 13-02-2008, 02:16 PM

Brief extract from the article quoted in posting number sixteen of the thread on the link in the last posting to this thread (from: "Burglars steal Prince's letters attacking EU", by Daniel Foggo, 18/05/2002):

(Quote from Sunday Telegraph) The Prince's lack of support for European legislation is clear in the letters. Prince Charles is known to hold reservations privately about Britain's involvement in Europe, and he was recently reported to have told a dinner party guest that he would not mind if Britain left the EU completely. He has also lamented that the building of the Channel Tunnel has left Britain no longer an island. In public, however, he is constrained by the convention preventing members of the Royal Family from making political statements. (End of quote from Sunday Telegraph)

rjt · 13-02-2008, 02:21 PM

I wont be watching the games from China, that dictatorship is evil, there human rights record is appaling and there persecution of Christians totally sickening.

mkpdavies · 13-02-2008, 02:27 PM

I'm not going to watch the Olympics again full stop. I never realised what a horrible political football it was until now.

Britannist · 13-02-2008, 03:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mkpdavies

I'm not going to watch the Olympics again full stop.

That won't be too difficult this time - China is about eight hours ahead of us which means that at least half of Olympic events will be taking place while it is night time here (i.e. those Olympic events in China held in the morning and early afternoon Peking ('Beijing') time).

13-02-2008, 01:45 PM	#1 (permalink)
Britannist Uber Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: London Posts: 22,896	Another snub for China Olympics - well known American film-maker not going It was recently announced that HRH Prince Charles is not attending the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games in communist China this Summer - now another well known person has indicated that he will not be going (the EU maintains close links with communist China): Steven Spielberg shuns Olympics in China - Telegraph Last edited by Britannist; 13-02-2008 at 01:47 PM.

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13-02-2008, 01:48 PM	#3 (permalink)
Britannist Uber Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: London Posts: 22,896	Brief extract Brief extract from the article on the link in the first posting to this thread: "Last month, The Daily Telegraph revealed the Prince of Wales, a long-time supporter of the exiled Dalai Lama, had told the Free Tibet Campaign he would not accept an invitation to the Games."

13-02-2008, 02:16 PM	#5 (permalink)
Britannist Uber Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: London Posts: 22,896	Brief extract Brief extract from the article quoted in posting number sixteen of the thread on the link in the last posting to this thread (from: "Burglars steal Prince's letters attacking EU", by Daniel Foggo, 18/05/2002): (Quote from Sunday Telegraph) The Prince's lack of support for European legislation is clear in the letters. Prince Charles is known to hold reservations privately about Britain's involvement in Europe, and he was recently reported to have told a dinner party guest that he would not mind if Britain left the EU completely. He has also lamented that the building of the Channel Tunnel has left Britain no longer an island. In public, however, he is constrained by the convention preventing members of the Royal Family from making political statements. (End of quote from Sunday Telegraph)

13-02-2008, 02:21 PM	#6 (permalink)
rjt Uber Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Aldershot Posts: 5,479	I wont be watching the games from China, that dictatorship is evil, there human rights record is appaling and there persecution of Christians totally sickening. __________________ Mr Delors said that he wanted the European Parliament to be the democratic body of the community, The Commission to be The Executive and The Council Of Ministers The Senate. NO! NO! NO! (Margaret Thatcher 30 Oct 1990) Ignore List: The Prophets of ST Al the Unelectable.

13-02-2008, 02:27 PM	#7 (permalink)
mkpdavies Uber Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Woking Posts: 31,083 Party: Libertarian Party	I'm not going to watch the Olympics again full stop. I never realised what a horrible political football it was until now. __________________ http://brits4ronpaul.blogspot.com/ http://wokinglibertarians.blogspot.com/ http://lpuk.org My ignore list Labour, Blue Labour, Lib Dems

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