I doubt the sincererity of many of those protesting aganist the olympics in beijing.You see if the western world really cares about human rights why is there no protests aganist Thabo Mbeki and south africa for failing to sort out the mess in zimbabwe.i think this is merely westerners expressing bitterness and jealousy to the rise of china as a super power when the western economies are declining.Ask any of the demostartors how much they know about what is happening in tibet and you'll be surprised they do not know what they are protrsting for.Also most of them do not watch olympics games anyways i.e they are the types that watch reality televison and soap operas and do not appreciate sports so they are merely spoiling what some of us cherish.Personaly iam a sub elite runner ,perhaps one day i'll qualify for the olympics and i do not want to see my dream ruined by people who have no genuine agenda and do not understand what is really going on