Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Medalist Won't be Going to Olympics

Joey Cheek is an Olympic gold medal ice skater and an activist for those who are suffering in Darfur. He is the founder of Team Darfur, a group of 70 athletes who work to raise awareness about Darfur. He was set to travel to Beijing for the 2008 summer Olympics when the Chinese government revoked his travel visa. It all seems very complicated to me. Except that it doesn't seem all that difficult to think that the work he's engaged in appears to be good and important. I have a hard time figuring out all these issues. You can read it for yourself here:

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