“Today we see the same happening in China, as its government cracked down on demonstrators as the Olympics approached. And now here we are on the opening day of the Olympics. Will we offer the Chinese hope, or ignore their plight, play our games, and go home—just to watch 20 years down the road China still be just as entrenched in oppression as they and Burma are today?
The way things have been going, might as well let the human-rights mockery that are the Games begin.”
Richard Clark (Co-Founder/Editor-in-Chief) has spent his entire life writing, reading, listening, and playing. He has a Bachelors in Theology from the Baptist College of Florida and has a Master of Arts in Theology and the Arts from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He lives in Louisville, KY where he is the classroom technology manager at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. In addition to writing at Christ and Pop Culture, he is also a staff writer for Kill Screen Magazine's website and has written for various other outlets such as Paste, Gamasutra, and Collide.
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