Why not? What reasoning is there to say that you can't mix them both? If by mixing sports and politics, you can achieve something good, why not? Should we not mix them just because someone says they shouldn't be.

I don't support the boycott, but everything in this world is related somehow and I don't see why flimsy ideals of not mixing sports and politics should be observed without taking into account the context and the effects of the relation between sports and politics.

And last of all, Tibetans cannot make any choice at all, so regardless of your arguments for any one side, there is still the issue that Tibet has no right to self-determination.

By who? That's the important question.

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The Tibetan language is indeed part of the Sino-Tibetan language.

But you're saying that's a reason why we shouldn't let Tibet people decide for themselves?

The Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia all contain native languages of the same Malayo-Polynesian language. Does that mean we should all unite into a single country?

I think too many people are missing the fundamental fact that the Tibetans cannot decide for themselves what path they are to take.

Erm, why not we criticise and try to fix problems in BOTH places? Multitask.

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Some say that if we just let China continue to inundate Tibet with immigrants, Tibetan independence/autonomy would no longer be an issue and we will no longer have to feel guilty about it.

Meanwhile, someone in RWI is insisting China is democratic.

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