The United States should boycott the Beijing Olympics.

"They were raped, they put cotton in their mouths and then they lit the cotton on fire." - The Identity of this Darfur genocide victim was withheld. A genocide is defined as the complete and systematic extermination of an entire race or interest group. In the year 1933 Adolf Hitler boldly declared that one race should be held as superior and that certain "dirty" characteristics must be exterminated from the human race in order preserve said race. Thus began the greatest slaughter the world had ever known starting with the racially inferior and escalating to the near complete annihilation of thousands of gypsies, Jews, mentally ill and homosexuals. While in the midst of horror beginning with the subtle breaking of treaties to test the strength of the Versailles treaty, many nations simply ignored the happenings in Germany, some even continuing to support the Nazi regime. The problem may not have been that no one cared, but that nobody was willing to act upon their displeasure. In the twenty-first century we are faced with our own plights. While the holocaust still lingers in our memory we cannot help but recognize the hatred of others as they undergo their very own systematic destruction. But what can we do? Why should we attempt to change the way the world is? Is it really worth it in the end? What is the significance of our actions. The answer is simple. Every weapon that is available in the Darfur region is quickly taken by officials with the purpose of continuing the brutal murder of hundreds upon hundreds. Every dollar collected goes directly toward the continuation of what may be the worst form of ethnic cleansing since that terrible holocaust. Many countries have understood this principle and have worked to cut the supply of the Sudanese government in order to stop the violence. History shows that unsupplied regimes do not last long. However, the genocide continues. Why? Because some continue to refuse to care. such is the position of the People's Republic of China, arguably the fastest and most productive growing world powers. As the world watches, china openly supports the continuation of the violence by suppling the regime with enough supplies to continue. At the same time the country is readying itself for its declared place in the world at the upcoming Olympic games. Many are proclaiming said games as 'the genocide Olympics' and have been deploying fierce campaigns against the Chinese actions. Since the campaign, reports NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF of the New York Times, the Chinese government has shifted its policy slightly to make a slightly significant change in the region's outcome. However they continue supply monetary and weaponry support to the regime. Our success shows us that continued change may be possible, but the status quo tells us if we do not continue in a complete boycott of the genocide Olympics we cannot expect to achieve an end to the violence. My opponent supplies essentially three arguments - 1- "The US should NOT boycott the beijin olympics because they want to enjoy doing sports as much as we do" This argument is flawed on the basis that we do not force them not to participate in athletic activity through boycott. A boycott is simply a refusal to participate ourselves in such events which could possibly send a signal to china and to the rest of the world that we do not stand for genocide and that we must and will reject those who do under all circumstances. 2- "Everyone should be able to do what they want because it a free country,!" Again we do not limit through boycott free choice. In addition what should 'everyone' be able to do? Slaughter those thought to be inferior? Rape the weak? Hell no! we must be adamant that we cannot stand for this sort of action. 3- "it a free country,!" I attack this independently because I view it as an independent argument upholding the previous claim. The PRC is not the USA. The people of china live in a mock system of half communism, half totalitarian capitalist rule. This is similarly true with the Darfur region. If we should value freedom as a warrant for any action, freedom must be valued in our efforts to bring freedom to every man and woman on earth and to stop violence that fuels continued slaughter of innocent lives. It is my position that in order to accomplish the goal of peace and prosperity we must continue to oppose the Chinese actions in Africa in the form of a peaceful boycott. This is just one of the many things we can and must do in order to repulse actions that mirror those horrible years known as the holocaust.