Olympic Torch Relay

[Rod Paradise]

and breathe out

Redgrave a what?


go back to Berlin shorty!

Sorry it just drives me nuts. And yes..Redgrave a Twat..a fanny..a fud. Let him go back and peddle his medals on A Question of Sport.
So you can row a little boat better than anyone else...who really gives a crap? (Other than Sue Barker obviously)

And I'd go to berlin..but what are the odds of Berlin getting the games anytime soon?

Redgrave's got a point - what did the boycotts of Moscow & Los Angeles achieve?

Celtic refused to play an Eastern block team after the Russian invasion of Czecheslovakia - got them kicked out of the European Cup - we're still remembered for it there, but it did f*** all politically & we've not had a favorable decision from UEFA since.

I'd rather the games, torch etc went on - allowing the protests to get an audience. BTW I feel sorry for the Chinese students being told to counter protest. Having worked with a group from China and seen the power the 'Party Official' had I'm sure they've little choice.

Voting in an election as an individual also doesn't achieve a lot. Neither does sending 2£ a month to a charity helping people in Africa when there are millions dying. The arguement that "We might as well not do anything as whatever we do won't help anyways" is the biggest load of bollox I have ever heard ad I almost believe it is downright offensive.  Sometimes you just have to say "Wait a minute, this just isn't F'ing right!" And then you either stand up for what you believe in or you shut the F up..but the "Whatever I do doesn't change anything" line of reasoning is the reason for just about 90% of all the world's evils. It is why China can kill people in Tibet, why Mugabe can do whatever he likes, why most African leaders are corrupt dictators who ruin their country, why  CEO's can run a company into the groundmaking everybody lose their pensions and hard-earned money and yet they walk off with a big bonus, why Putin can take a fierce hold on the press in Russia and why people are still getting slaughtered in Darfur.

I have a lot more respect for a team like Celtic that says "OI! This isn't on and therefore we shall not be playing you lot" Sure you might get punished for it..but that's the way these things go. You do the right thing and only after doing it do you worry about the consquences. And you take whatever comes after that "like a man" because you are safe in the knowledge that what you did was right. It is what separates the Celtics of this world from all the normal "we just want to play footie and make money" footie teams and what separates the men from the boys IMO.

Scholboy error on the Men against Bhoys Boldie

My point was is it better to say stuff your olympics, or to have the protests which make more news here than any protests in recent years. I wish Burma were holding the olympics as then some attention to far more heavy handed treatment of protestors could be highlighted (but the same reason - ££££ means our cowards in charge won't say anything).

TBH the Olympics are flawed and could be obsolete, from nazi salutes and Jesse Owens to black pride salutes, to governementally organised boycotts, they're just not worth it.

 I prefer the world championships which seem to involve far less politics

[boldie]

World championships rule!..(I actually watch those whereas I don't give a crap about the Olympics)

[kinboshi]

I wonder if there'll be similar protests in 2012 regarding the UK's stance alongside the US in Iraq.

[boldie]

I wonder if there'll be similar protests in 2012 regarding the UK's stance alongside the US in Iraq.

Don't be silly surely by 2012 Iraq will be a haven of peace and tranquility?

[kinboshi]

I wonder if there'll be similar protests in 2012 regarding the UK's stance alongside the US in Iraq.

Don't be silly surely by 2012 Iraq will be a haven of peace and tranquility?

A caravan holiday park?

[boldie]

I wonder if there'll be similar protests in 2012 regarding the UK's stance alongside the US in Iraq.

Don't be silly surely by 2012 Iraq will be a haven of peace and tranquility?

A caravan holiday park?

Ohhh baby do you know what that's worth? oooooo HAVEN is a place on earth!

They'll have plenty of room for a few caravans in a few years, me thinks.

[Colchester Kev]

what you on about, by 2012 Iraq will be another US state.

[AndrewT]

I wish Burma were holding the olympics

All Olympic events to be changed to railway-building competitions.

[TightEnd]

I wish Burma were holding the olympics

All Olympic events to be changed to railway-building competitions.

Kwai?

[AndrewT]

I wish Burma were holding the olympics

All Olympic events to be changed to railway-building competitions.

Kwai?

No, she went of her own accord.

[kinboshi]

I wish Burma were holding the olympics

All Olympic events to be changed to railway-building competitions.

Kwai?

No, she went of her own accord.

LOL

[AndrewT]

Tonight is San Francisco's turn for the torch relay. The relay organisers have gone to extreme lengths to make sure today goes 'smoothly'.

They lit the torch, then went into a warehouse, then secretly smuggled the torch away without telling anyone to a secret location so that they could hold the 'relay' in front of no one. They changed the route and told no one.

A news helicopter has just found them and we can see the torch, the torch attendents, the phalanx of police, and no one else, save for the official Olympic camera crew on the back of a truck.

Apparantly those involved in the relay were not even allowed to take their mobile phones in case they were to call someone and tell them where they were.

You just could not write a better farce than this.