Citius Altius Fortius Posted April 7, 2008 Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 CNN - Olympic torch extinguished during Paris leg BBC - Olympic protests spread to Paris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savas Posted April 7, 2008 Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 I am sorry to say but at this moment i think it was a big, big mistake to award the games to Beijing. And i am extremely surprised that the so powerful IOC is so "passive".... At the Athens Games they played the big strong man and now the little marionette! Due all the respect this is pathetic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jiejie Posted April 7, 2008 Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 Here in Beijing, both the BBC and CNN TV reports on the torch relay are getting big chunks of the Paris torch fiasco blacked out. Ditto for the clip showing Jacques Rogge here going into a meeting with BOCOG. Chinese with access only to Chinese TV (majority of the population) are getting heavily edited versions, as you might guess. The photos and video clips shown on the official website are most remarkable in what they don't show. But it's getting harder and harder for the local authorities to put lipstick on this pig. San Franciscans, get ready to roll! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james Posted April 7, 2008 Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 I am not against what the west stands for - that is freedom in its entirety. Should the relay torch be tamperd with when it's not the Chinese government? I think it will most affect the IOC reputation than the Chinese government with time to come. The protest needs to be put under good control as the French government lacked the capacity to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olympian Posted April 7, 2008 Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 I am sorry to say but at this moment i think it was a big, big mistake to award the games to Beijing. And i am extremely surprised that the so powerful IOC is so "passive".... At the Athens Games they played the big strong man and now the little marionette! Due all the respect this is pathetic.i fully agree and share this sentiment with you. its dumb for the IOC to think that by awarding the games to Beijing that China will have a South Korea like transformation. that's BS. i bet some IOC members who voted for Beijign are scratchign their heads and thinking i wonder what will happen if i voted for toronto or paris? i bame the dictator samaranch for getting too cozy with the chinese. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micheal_warren Posted April 7, 2008 Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 i fully agree and share this sentiment with you. its dumb for the IOC to think that by awarding the games to Beijing that China will have a South Korea like transformation. that's BS. i bet some IOC members who voted for Beijign are scratchign their heads and thinking i wonder what will happen if i voted for toronto or paris? i bame the dictator samaranch for getting too cozy with the chinese. Yes this must be the first time that the torch relay has been discontinued! It will only get worse from here on in! This is not a good look for the olympic movement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maryjane Posted April 7, 2008 Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 IOC is real rubbish to deal with all of these!!!!!! I am really hating the images have been edited and modified by Chinese Gov!!! Rubbish~cancle the games! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmaniS Posted April 7, 2008 Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 Youtube from France24. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30BBAPmcDM8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian2004 Posted April 7, 2008 Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 IOC is real rubbish to deal with all of these!!!!!! I am really hating the images have been edited and modified by Chinese Gov!!! Rubbish~cancle the games! Are you only imitating other members or have you suddenly changed your mind? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zainhasan15 Posted April 7, 2008 Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 Very unexpected news.......I am shocked. But what about Islamabad.................aweeeee... 16 April is not that far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maryjane Posted April 7, 2008 Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 Are you only imitating other members or have you suddenly changed your mind? As I am saying before, I am not looking somebody's influence but looking into the truth. I feeling disgusted to see the ''party'' has been touched so badly by the politics this time and only making the world so divide more than ever.~ what a bunch of crap they are giving to the world. IOC should give a rest to the people around the world about 10 years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmaniS Posted April 7, 2008 Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 As I am saying before, I am not looking somebody's influence but looking into the truth.I feeling disgusted to see the ''party'' has been touched so badly by the politics this time and only making the world so divide more than ever.~ what a bunch of crap they are giving to the world. IOC should give a rest to the people around the world about 10 years! Were you not expecting this? It would have been nice to have protest without touching the torch, but it was inevitable. I just hope the IOC realize this is only going to get worst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted April 7, 2008 Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 I think they should declare martial law in the all the following stops of the Sacred Torch. And then like Beijing, restore freedoms quickly, the day after the Torch has gone and say: There, WE HAVE RESTORED ALL FREEDOMS and RIGHTS!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattperiolat Posted April 7, 2008 Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 WOW... I knew the torch was driven by car a few times, but for them to call off an entire portion of the relay? Has that ever happened before? Good grief... I'm all for peaceful protest but this is really getting out of hand and I doubt it's going to change much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maryjane Posted April 7, 2008 Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 Were you not expecting this? It would have been nice to have protest without touching the torch, but it was inevitable. I just hope the IOC realize this is only going to get worst. not getting worst? I already know it would become like today since they released the route of the torch. You know what, 2008 is the last chance that Dalai asking for ''political dialoge'' with Chinese gov. And they're asking for the final battle. And good news is Chinese PM would like to ask to clam the whole rubbish down recently, but the communist right wing would never allow to do that. coz there are thousands of MUSLIMS in Tibet, and the TIBETAN AND MUSLIM are enemies. At this stage, it's rather not clear where to bring a better resolution to avoid such horrible consequences as the riots transformed into religious hatred. ~Don't be too naive about the ''Freedom'' without blood and dead bodies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arwebb Posted April 7, 2008 Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 If the Chinese want to stop the protests, then they should scrap the whole relay now. This is getting increasingly serious and will surely only get worse the further we go along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekky Posted April 7, 2008 Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 As a french i am really proud of what happened today, a full democracy in action, and it's not finish, it will be such a fiesta to be in Beijing !!! Sans rancunes, Paris 2008 a fait exploser le rêve jaune Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citius Altius Fortius Posted April 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 (edited) As a french i am really proud of what happened today, a full democracy in action, and it's not finish, it will be such a fiesta to be in Beijing !!! Sans rancunes, Paris 2008 a fait exploser le rêve jaune Hi Mekky, very glad to see you again!!! LIBERTÉ - ÉGALITÉ - FRATERNITÉ Edited April 7, 2008 by Citius Altius Fortius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekky Posted April 7, 2008 Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 Hi Mekky,very glad to see you again!!! LIBERTÉ - ÉGALITÉ - FRATERNITÉ Hallo !!! Danke ! Well i come often on the website watching around news but i don't post, it was not that exciting those days (there was nothing to say on Put... Sochi win right ? eheh) Hum, forgot to say that eurovision thread is very nice, like Ukraine Love ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citius Altius Fortius Posted April 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 merci, mekky!! I hope Carla won't see this image!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hektor Posted April 7, 2008 Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 There is nothing to be proud of. What a shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekky Posted April 7, 2008 Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 There is nothing to be proud of. What a shame. Yes you are right... what i can say is... Oops ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arwebb Posted April 7, 2008 Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 There is nothing to be proud of. What a shame. Exercising the right of protest against something one disapproves of is something to be extremely proud of. We in Britain simply play at protesting. This is one area where our friends across the Channel are the undisputed masters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hektor Posted April 7, 2008 Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 Protesting in Paris ? what kind of courage is that ? easy, useless, a pure exercise in self satisfaction. In front of real danger, where would these guys be ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekky Posted April 7, 2008 Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 Protesting in Paris ? what kind of courage is that ? easy, useless, a pure exercise in self satisfaction.In front of real danger, where would these guys be ? They would be like Eragon ... and the dangerous dragon would suffer ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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