"One World, One Dream" - against totalitarianism

There's something in me that switches off when pro-Tibet protesters hang a banner off San Francisco's Golden Gate bridge, declaring "One World, One Dream: Free Tibet". One world, one dream, eh? I mean what does that even mean? That the whole world wants Tibet to be free? That the 'one world' is united in that 'one dream'?

Photo from sfthqphotos, at Flickr

Tibet and its treatment at the hands of Chinese authoritarianism is an important issue. But 'One World, One Dream'? If the protesters had wanted to make a decent point, they'd have opposed the Oympic Games all together. 'One World, One Dream: Bread' would have moved me a lot more.

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April 11, 2008 | Filed Under Language, Politics, Rants 

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2 Responses to “"One World, One Dream" - against totalitarianism”

  1. Sophie on April 12th, 2008 5:59 pm

    I think 'one world, one dream' is the official slogan of the 2008 olympics. Which explains the meaninglessness.

  2. Tom on April 12th, 2008 10:17 pm

    Haha thanks, Sophie! OK so it makes some sense. My apologies to the designers of the banner.

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