Washington
(ANI):
Actor
Richard
Gere
is
urging
people
to
boycott
the
2008
Beijing
Olympics,
in
order
to
put
pressure
on
China
to
give
independence
to
Tibet.
The
Hollywood
star,
chairman
of
the
International
Campaign
for
Tibet,
is
a
devout
Buddhist
himself.
He
is
certain
that
a
boycott
of
the
Olympic
games
will
force
China
to
let
Tibet
decide
its
future.
"A
general
boycott
to
me
certainly
has
value;
it's
probably
impractical,
but
emotionally
absolutely
makes
sense.
Why
should
the
world
reward
people
who
are
obviously
so
bad
to
their
own
people,
so
bad
to
other
people," Contactmusic
quoted
him
as
saying.
"At
some
point
they
are
going
to
have
to
face
the
fact
that
this
system
they
have
committed
themselves
to
will
not
work.
The
kind
of
pretend
dualism
of
communism
and
capitalism
will
explode
at
some
point,"
he
added.
Gere,
who
has
been
barred
from
visiting
China
for
his
support
for
Tibet,
had
raised
his
voice
about
the
plight
of
the
Himalayan
region
at
the
Academy
Awards
in
1993
also.