I agree that it stinks - but it's working isn't it? They are getting exactly what is intended - massive media exposure to their "story".
On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 9:02 AM, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, I think this stinks. > > http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/04/07/oly.torchrelay/index.html > > Regardless of your current beliefs or convictions or cause, there is no > reason for this. > The Olympic torch relay was disrupted Monday by protesters in Paris > demonstrating against the Chinese government, causing authorities to > extinguish the flame three times and put the torch on a bus, according to > The Associated Press. > > > These guys lost any respect or support I would have given them: > The head of Reporters Without Borders, a French-based group that disrupted > last month's torch lighting ceremony in Olympia, Greece, had told CNN > before > the relay began that his group has planned "something spectacular" to > protest the relay. > Some demonstrators threw themselves at the torch, and at least one tried > to > snatch it away during the 48-kilometer (31-mile) relay. Another tried to > put > out the flame with a fire extinguisher. They were quickly pushed back and > cuffed by Metropolitan Police, which said its officers made 36 arrests on > a > variety of charges. > > > And this is so sad: > The plan was for the torchbearers to be encircled by several hundred > officers, some in riot police vehicles and on motorcycles, others on > rollerblades and on foot. Closest to the torchbearer would be the Chinese > torch escorts, with Paris police on rollerblades moving around them. > French > firefighters in jogging shoes would encircle the rollerbladers, while > motorcycle police would form the outer layer of security. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:258098 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
