'Count Me Out' - Spielberg Quits Olympics

'Count Me Out' - Spielberg Quits Olympics

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Oscar-winning film director Steven Spielberg has quit his role as artistic adviser to the Beijing Olympics because the Chinese government refuses to act over the fighting in Darfur.

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Finally someone spoke up against the Chinese.

China buys two-thirds of Sudan's oil exports. In turn, China sells weapons to the Sudanese government and has defended Khartoum in the U.N. Security Council.

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He did know that the Olympics were being held in China when he agreed to the job didn't he? Their stance with Darfur hasn't changed much since he took it, so I guess I don't know what he was expecting. Did he think that they would change their political policy because an American director was their artistic advisor?

I don't have a problem with him taking a stand against what is going on in Darfur, but this just seems like an odd way of going about it.

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Yeh thats true very 'odd'! He should have known their stance in first place to take up the job.But i guess he thought he could make a 'difference' by taking up the job and than quiting it,stirring up a big issue.