The Torch III: San Francisco

[Bozza]

Lots of talk about a shortened route, and it going by boat.

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[Superseagull]

The whole thing is a farce. They have smuggled it out to a part of the city where there are no protestors, and no spectators either!

 

[Superseagull]

And there must be 50 or so police waving big wooden batons at anyone who gets within 10m of it.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

The French are in Gold position after two rounds having extinguished the flame three times. I expect the Americans will want the top spot, but the firm favourites have to be Tibet.

 

[Mr Burns]

And there must be 50 or so police waving big wooden batons at anyone who gets within 10m of it.

The spirit of the Olympics

 

[Lord Bracknell]

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[Lord Bracknell]

Wonderful scenes ... they cancelled the closing ceremony and ended up putting the thing on a fast motorcade straight to the airport. I was impressed by the interview with the head of PR for the event:- "I don't know what's happening. Nobody's told me".

 

[clapham_gull]

The spirit of the Olympics

Keep up, it's a new event.

 

[csider]

Gordon Brown is not attending the opening ceremony I heard on the news earlier.

 

[Bry Nylon]

Wonderful scenes ... they cancelled the closing ceremony and ended up putting the thing on a fast motorcade straight to the airport. I was impressed by the interview with the head of PR for the event:- "I don't know what's happening. Nobody's told me".

I love the fact that the Olympic Torch has become a hot potato.

Can I copyright that?

 

[London Calling]

Gordon Brown is not attending the opening ceremony I heard on the news earlier.

Whilst a lot of you all know I am a fairly green/red liberal person in my ideals.

I find Brown stance here pretty hypocritical. If he believes this is making a stand as the PM of the Country, then that torch should have not gone anywhere near Downing Street.

We (he) should explicit condemn Chinese illegal occupation of Tibet, we should condemn the attrocities committed by China in Tibet, we should condemn Chinese appalling human rights record and we should restrict or make illegal trade with China, as we have with Burma.

Arrr men

 

[eastlondonseagull]

There was a press conference yesterday, shown briefly on the 10 O'clock News, in which one of the Chinese govt officials openly admitted that any protests in Tibet itself would not be tolerated when the Olympic flame arrives there.

He publicly said that protestors would "not be treated mercifully".

Will there be blood spilled over this bloody flame?

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[NMH]

There was a press conference yesterday, shown briefly on the 10 O'clock News, in which one of the Chinese govt officials openly admitted that any protests in Tibet itself would not be tolerated when the Olympic flame arrives there.

He publicly said that protestors would "not be treated mercifully".

Will there be blood spilled over this bloody flame?

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I reckon that would just-about put the lid on a proper Olympics.
If anything would illustrate things to the watching world - 'merciless' treatment of protesters (yet again) would.

 

[glasfryn]

Its not much but I will not be watching the Olympics and have been involved with the objection to Chinese imports of animal skins to the EU and it seems like not only do they take the slaughter of animals lightly but are now threatening a nation of people who do not want them and their bullying tactics in their country.

And by the way Gordon Brown was never going to the opening ceremony "apparently"

 

[Dave the OAP]

Gordon Brown is not attending the opening ceremony I heard on the news earlier.

To be fair to Gordon Brown he was never going to attend the opening ceremony, that was Princess Horsey ( as she is an IOC Uk delegate) and Sebastian Toff who is a Tory and leader of the 2012 Bid


oops sorry - didnt see Gsfyrn's post!

 

[eastlondonseagull]

I reckon that would just-about put the lid on a proper Olympics.
If anything would illustrate things to the watching world - 'merciless' treatment of protesters (yet again) would.

Indeed. Part of me wants it to kick off over there, so that China really do shoot themselves in the foot.

Anyone on here read Jung Chang's excellent novel "Wild Swans"? Would be interesting to see what she thinks of all this, and what has happened in China since Mao's demise...

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[Arthur]

I will not be watching the Olympics.

Nothing to do with China or who they've pissed off, I just think it's shit!