Fox News Reports on Pastor Eddie Romeros Return From Beijing

On Tuesday August 26, 2008 at 7:00PM PDT, Pastor Eddie "Gadfly" Romero returned home from Beijing, China. His homecoming at LAX in Los Angeles was met with over 80 supporters & 5 LA news stations. As he came down from the escalator into the terminal, people were heard shouting "Ratify & Release," the 2 messages that his protest highlighted on Tuesday, August 5th. With much applaud, he was warmly received back home. When he arrived back at his church, he was greeted by many more people from his church & the Chinese community along with more TV news reporters. It was a sight to behold!

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[bobbywitty08]

More to the point, you are really doing this for yourself right? You see, you are all of a sudden famous. Your innocent, kind-hearted congregation will no doubt admire you more. Your stunt benefited no one but you yourself. How political. How hypocritical. How disturbing when you actually said you were "blessed".

[Meatwaggon]

A pastor broke the law, LIED about his intentions to people who asked, and did not pay the damages on his vandalism. How is this an example of godly behavior? There are other ways to get the point across, but this stunt IMO seems more like a showboater earning bragging rights (at other peoples' expense, by the way) than an impassioned plea for human rights. I'm somewhat shocked that so many people overlooked the things he had to compromise to accomplish what he did. A Christian, indeed.

[ViciousCircle00]

@bobbywitty08 he's not doing it to get famous, he's doing it to try and make a difference. whether it works or not is not the point. whats the point of freedom of speech when the people its used for don't use it?! how else can you express your words if not what Romero did? he's not doing it to get famous, he's doing it to try and make a difference. whether it works or not is not the point. whats the point of freedom of speech when the people its used for don't use it?!

[anuvamp]

@stunashv not white guys only the chinese person from Chinaaid protested, well not really she was actually just being christian, she got tortured because she is Christian. Being communist is the the issue, didn't you read? I have nothing against communist countries, it is just the tortured of innocent people who choose to be from a different religion. oh that that tiananmen protester well that is him but not all chinese agrees or they wouldn't be any chinese resistance.

[stunashv]

@anuvamp lol stfu. i'm FROM beijing and my dad was a tiananmen protester. every former tiananmen protester we're still in contact with now supports the communist government. the only people who are against it are stupid white retards like this guy who wanna break up china because their scared shitless about chinas success. and yo udont know anything about are culture so stfu and deal with your own countries problems. this is like sudan criticizing germany.

[anuvamp]

@stunashv first of all he is latino, secondly please learn how to spell and then criticize individuals. And I actually know, I have visited China lived in China for a short period of time and met admirable people who fought and are still fighting for their country. I don't know why you brought my nationality up, and the economy, this is a human rights issue, not a economical debt debate. I'm not saying China is bad economically, i'm saying they have a human rights and social justice issue.

[stunashv]

@anuvamp yeah pretty sure hes a camwhore white guy trying to be a selfriteous hero. stfu about things you dont know. living in the shitty craphole of spain with its debts and shit economy, you have no right to criticize china. if china is so bad than how come spain sucks and china's owning

[anuvamp]

@Theoutast2009 he actually did a speech in the plaza of the olympics, he acted with the paint and his mouth, is on the web, look for it.

[anuvamp]

@stunashv he is not white. And he knows about China, in fact he worked with Chinese to do his stunt. I met a admirable person who suffered torture for many years the chinese oppressors made her walk until her feet bled, did russian roulete on her. She broke the law for freedom too, and she is chinese, she is not a poser, without peaceful drastic measures you will not be heard this has to be done. What are you doing to help your race? criticize?

[anuvamp]

@bobbywitty08 he did not gained fame, that happened in 2008 and i didn't know about him until now.  That is a case of standing up in the risk of danger, just like the civil rights movement, when Rosa Parks did her doing, she was out of a sudden famous, but she did not do it for "fame" she did it for freedom.

[anuvamp]

@Meatwaggon i think it is admirable, if someone is not listening like china you must take drastic measure, he is a great person, i know him in person a great philosopher, he risked his freedom for freedom. a Chinese refugee who i met in person, suffered tortured the chinese oppressors made her walk until her feet were bleeding and then all she could see was a trail of her own blood, she survived she is christian and she broke the law of china for freedom just like professor Romero.

[stunashv]

wat a fucking dumbass thinking he knows shit about China. My dad was AT tian an men square as a student protester. this guys just a white selfrighteous poser