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Well... um... actually...

I know that this has been doing the rounds over the past few days, but I just can't help myself!

This was apparently snapped at a pro-Tibet rally in San Francisco:



What would Leni Riefenstahl say?

[With a very generous nod to Andrew Sullivan's always interesting blog, The Daily Dish.]
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Destitute Rebel said…
We'v been seeing images like these for quite some time now, Chinese getting the Olympics has given the tibetians much needed exposure.
22 April 2008 at 22:28
EG CameraGirl said…
Someone should have paid better attention in history class. LOL

But there is a parallel here: both the Germans back then and the Chinese now were/are using the Olympics as propaganda. Both wanted/want the world to see what great societies they were/are.

Tibetans are forcing the world to look more closely. No wonder the Chinese are so outraged.
22 April 2008 at 22:51
Kris McCracken said…
We'll see the effect the Olympics have in due course. The 1936 experience was very different to (say) the South Korean one. There is a fair bit of evidence that suggests the profile that the Olympics bought to some of the 'less savoury' aspects of the South Korean government was vital in getting the to clean up their act. To be totally honest though, I can't be bothered with it, the Olympics haven't really excited me since Barcelona.
24 April 2008 at 15:54
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