Canadian protesters deported...return home

well, that was quick and painless. The Canadian, and apparently the UK and US protestors, have been deported from China back to their home countries. Only after supposedly being questioned without sleep fro 36 hours, no physical harm was done to them. I do like the one quote from the father of one of the individuals when he said "Being a Canadian citizen helped Lhadon's cause". Too bad he didn't expand on that as to what the cause was. If he meant that being Canadian helped her get news coverage to the plight of the Tibetian people, or if he meant that being a Canadian, with the political and country influence behind her, helped get these individuals out of hot water easier since we are just that whacky country from across the ocean that really are just a bunch of do-gooder loonies. Either which way, the individuals have gone on their merry way and the incident, I am sure, will be forgotten. Though, strangely enough, I figure if a China citizen came to USA, UK or Canada and put up a huge banner like that with a protest slogan ('Free Quebec/Natives' for Canada, 'Stop the war' in USA, or 'Fish and chips forever' in UK) on a national monument (CN Tower, Mount Rushmore, Clock Tower/Palace of Westminster), chances are the country would have asked for at least some sort of punishment. Wouldn't go so far as a beating, execution or years in jail, but at least a fine or a week or two in jail. Guess if you are protesting human rights violations, sort of hard to punish them. Kind of like someone protesting an abortion clinic cause it is murder and in the process killing doctors/nurses that are performing the procedure.

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070809/china_protest_reaction_070809/20070809?hub=Canada