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| Non Diving Posts: Discuss Olympic Torch in the Non-Diving Related Forums forums: and why would they use politicians to great the torch off the plane ? They get to carry a flaming torch ... |
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| The boycott of sport in South Africa really had a big effect on the local population and led to the abandonment of aparteid. True it would be better still if business was not conducted with China. The comparison with greece and China is poor - String has already mentioned the stupidity of the plane spotters - as the greeks weren't about to execute them. China has the highest rate of execution in the world and is currently occupying Tibet because it has lots of minerals. The occupation takes the form, in part, of moving in ethnic chinese and displacing the local populace - this is a policy that has been going on for decades. |
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| BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Paris protests mar Olympic relay Seems the French beat the UK at the Olympics - they managed to extinguish the torch 3 times today. They had to carry it on a bus. The French mayor also cancelled a parade. BBC had an article on what China TV showed of the last 2 days. The UK had a few pictures of the torch and some athletes inside a stadium and comments that it was universally welcomed everywhere and going smoothly. Not a mention of the real situation at all. Sadly that highlights perfectly how Chinese people have to live their lives - fed propaganda and sheltered from the real world for their entire lives.
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"The idea of carrying a lit torch from the Temple of Hera in Greece was invented by Hitler in 1936 to suggest a link between the German people and fellow Aryans in southern Europe. It was revived as a political act by Sydney in 2000 with a regional tour symbolising Australia’s links with the Pacific rim of Asia. Athens staged a world tour in 2004 in honour of the Games returning to their original home." Source Quote:
I quite liked that article quoted above. I am particularly fond of the expression describing the IOC as: "a self-perpetuating mafia" Quote:
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EDIT: apologies to al kennedy who spotted the 1936 thing first.
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| On the role model thing i cant find an online link but BBC news interviewed steve redgrave who said amongst other things it was a fantastic advert for democracy and the right thing to do. So he's not sitting on the fence like so many others.
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| Duncan Goodhew said that: "It shows how extreme things can get in this country and it’s a great shame. It’s such a bad example for children." Source via Only trouble was he was talking about the protesters. Role models eh?
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Let's face it, the Olympics has long been berefit of any real ethical, moral standard and been used to further the political carriers of more than 1 unsavoury world leader. All the nonsense about furthering Democracy blah blah blah, higher ideals (bleurgh) is just patent BS. Let's face it, the obnoxious toadying of so many many people on the Olypmics makes Comical Ali's statements on the downfall of Iraq look like.....wel you get my drift. In fact, where is Comical Ali? He'd be an excellent addition to the IOC media team.
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