Comments on: Olympic Torch Protests Continue

By: Curly

Curly — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:05:01 +0000

It was a Black day for Gordon Brown and the UK govt.

Who authorised the use of Chinese security personnel in London?

By: kranky kritter

kranky kritter — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:39:05 +0000

I’d try to care, but I’m too old and too cynical to see anything much resembling the Olympic spirit buried under all the political posturing, commercial marketing, and bread-and-butter greed. The coverage is invariably tedious, and privileges “human interest” over sport.

But I’m strongly sympathetic to Tibet. I’m sure that activists are striving to use the Olympic opportunity to call attention to the cause, and that’s as it should be, I guess. If your politics is constrained to various PR strategies, this is undoubtedly the best chance on the immediate horizon. But I expect the Olympics will come and go with no substantive change to the Tibetan plight, only a momentary and minor uptick in awareness. Unless someone lights themselves on fire and it makes the news.

By: blahblahblu

blahblahblu — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:25:03 +0000

when was this??

By: mw

mw — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:19:08 +0000

SF always manages to make these things into a spectacle. Should be quite a show along the route. Maybe I’ll try my hand at some original reporting, pick out a spot and do some live blogging.