Olympic torch through London et al

[Barbarossa]

The police did it

[Mr. Mulder]

i watched it on teh news, it was lol - specially when that one guy came at the torch with a proper fire extinguisher

[Squeamous]

Agreed. Apparently the flame has been extinguished in Paris now.

Those French Farmers - probably weren't use French gas or something else.

They know how to make a public nuisance of themselves in France don't they?

[Alien5]

Olympic Street Wrestling.

[Squeamous]

Brilliant! That was the part where PC plod launched himself off his saddle onto a man carrying a flag. Bet that was the most physical exertion he'd made since he joined the force.

[Biggles]

Those French Farmers - probably weren't use French gas or something else.

They know how to make a public nuisance of themselves in France don't they?

They have had a hell of a lot of practice. That torch never really stood a chance.

[manicgeek]

Sorry but I don't see what's so funny about attacking people carrying a symbol of the Olympic ideal. They're not attacking China, they're attacking the torch oblivious of what that torch is meant to represent. They had a chance to use what that torch represents to say something to China and stupidly they've thrown it away by behaving like thugs.

Instead they end up looking like people who don't get the ideals of the event, or who disagree with those ideals... and if I were Chinese I'd be pleased about that... because the discussion has to become about their behaviour instead about the behaviour of the state of China.

[Alien5]

in the west we believe in freedom of speech and human rights, china had to cut the live news feeds to hide the truth from its people. nobody behaved like thugs, the protesters did everything they could to throw a spanner in the works, and they succeeded.

[Mr JP Fugley]

They should have carried it through France via the gift of a burning sheep.

[manicgeek]

in the west we believe in freedom of speech and human rights, china had to cut the live news feeds to hide the truth from its people.

If you're going to try and sell attacking a symbol of the Olympic ideals as a freedom of speech argument I'm really hoping you're not representing anyone in any kind of court case ever!

And in the news today is reports of attacks upon the symbol, nothing about China, other than in relation to the attacks upon a symbol that isn't even theirs and that in many ways represents everything China does wrong.

So China cut a news feed, just as Western Governments attempt to control the news... so what's new... that's Government for you.

Oooo just caught your edit... No I'm sorry they behaved like thugs, with no sense of decent behaviour towards other individuals, that's why the news outlets are discussing their behaviour instead of running articles about the behaviour of the Chinese state.