French Tibet worrier assaulted handicapped woman and blind man

[Wanted Man]

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A CRAVEN protester has attacked a wheelchair-bound female torchbearer from Shanghai being pushed by a blind Chinese teammate during the Paris section of the Beijing Olympics torch relay.

Jin Jing, a fencer, was attacked by the violent Western man during her session near the Seine River about 12:30pm local time in the French capital, Sohu.com reported yesterday.

But the man didn't count on the feistiness of the 27-year-old Shanghai native, who still managed to protect the Olympic flame.

She shielded the flame with her body despite repeated physical attacks by the man, who was trying to grab the torch.

Jin was being pushed by the blind Chinese athlete under supervision from a female escort. Her passage was extremely slow as many violent protesters blocked her way, trying to grab the torch.

At one stage the vehemence of the violent protesters forced escorts to wheel Jin into a gap between two parked cars in a safety measure. However, the Westerner rushed to Jin, trying to grab the torch.

Jin put down her head and turned around to shield the torch with her chest.

The man hit Jin and pulled her arms, Sohu.com report said,citing a blog and pictures posted by a Chinese student at scene on http://junshi.daqi.com/bbs/00/1935647.html.

Police grabbed the man and placed him under arrest, while Jin successfully completed her section of the relay.

The French Interior Ministry said police made 18 arrests during the relay in Paris.

Jin had to have her leg amputated after she contracted a malignant tumor on her ankle when she was about 10.

She became a fencer in July, 2001, and won the third prize in the national games in 2003. She certainly lacks for nothing in the courage department.



http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200804/20080409/article_355239.htm

[spartan]

Thats shocking and quite sickening actually.

It just goes to show how "Democratic" the Free Tibet lot really are physically assaulting a disabled person to prove some stupid political point that the majority of Tibetans in China probably dont give a shit about anyway.

"Free Tibet" yeah free Tibet from the Dalai Lama and stupid western Liberal students who swallow any old shit fed to them by the mainstream media.

[RedAnarchist]

Half of these pro-tibet protestors are just your typical liberal middle-class morons who think that they're helping the "poor, oppressed" Tibetans. Do these people realise that if Tibet was to become independant, life for the Tibetans would become far, far worse?

[RedStarOverChina]

CNN caption: Peaceful free Tibet protester attempts to hug Jin Jing; is brutalized by 6 Chinamen on steroids.

[RedAnarchist]

CNN caption: Peaceful free Tibet protester attempts to hug Jin Jing; is brutalized by 6 Chinamen on steroids.

You didn't expect them to be impartial did you?:rolleyes:

[Red_or_Dead]

Half of these pro-tibet protestors are just your typical liberal middle-class morons who think that they're helping the "poor, oppressed" Tibetans. Do these people realise that if Tibet was to become independant, life for the Tibetans would become far, far worse?

If the theocratic regime of the Dalai Lamas would come back to power. I doubt that Tibet would go back to THAT, tho.

But anyway, I agree on the Free Tibet lot. I hate this Budhistic shit they are spewing. Like how Dalailama is a "man of peace" and how wise he is... His statement on how he is "half budhist half marxist" shows just how wise the old jerk really is.

[RedAnarchist]

If the theocratic regime of the Dalai Lamas would come back to power. I doubt that Tibet would go back to THAT, tho.

Probably, but they'll probably bring as much of it back as they can without annoying the international community (read; USA and allies).

[Red_or_Dead]

Probably, but they'll probably bring as much of it back as they can without annoying the international community (read; USA and allies).


Oh, I have no doubt about that. Imo, the western allies wouldnt be all that much of a problem anyway, as they have a history of supporting just any regime that they find interest in.

The main obstacles in this scheme are the PLA and the Tibetans themselves.

[BobKKKindle$]

As much as I oppose the Tibet movement, I'm unsure of what the OP was trying to prove by posting this article. It is not an effective criticism of the movement's politics, because almost all demonstrations involve some degree of violence, even those demonstrations that are held to promote a legitimate cause - and so the fact that the participants acted violently is not important, it's something you'd expect of people who believe strongly in a cause, regardless of what the cause actually is, as evidenced by the fact that violent confrontations between socialists and the police are a universal feature of all demonstrations that are held against trade meetings and other events involving world leaders.

I'm not trying to defend what the protester did, but I think this is a point that needs to be made.

Instead of criticizing the demonstration tactics of activists, we should criticize the Tibet movement by actually looking at what they aim to achieve, and showing how their objectives will not improve the lives of the people living in Tibet - this is a far more sensible form of criticism.

However, I do agree that the lack of coverage of this event exposes the lack of objectivity in the mainstream media.