Is 'Free Tibet' Propaganda?


	Is 'Free Tibet' Propaganda?

Carl Lavin

4-3-2008 6:21 PM

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Carl Lavin says:

Watch what happens when the first athlete says "Free Tibet:" or "Stop genocide." The free speech promise from the Chinese may start to melt in the August heat.

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