Too little too late for Olympic protestors

Citizens of some of the world's biggest cities have been out in the streets over the past few days in protest of the China's Olympics.

There has been global outrage as the Beijing parade marches on to its final destination but are all of the protestors genuine?

It cannot be denied that China has one of the worst human rights records on the planet but where were the protestors back in 2001 when Beijing was chosen as the host city?

The world's leading governments saw an opportunity to gain investment in one of the up and coming superpowers and couldn't resist.

When the decision was made I can't remember people taking to the streets by the hundreds.

The real nub of the issue is that too many people get behind a cause because they believe it is the right thing to do, not because they actually believe in the cause itself.

And that makes a mockery of the whole notion of protest itself.