April 7, 2008
A JOYOUS CELEBRATION OF GENOCIDAL COMMUNIST DICTATORSHIP:
Officials Extinguish Olympic Torch During Protests (John Ward Anderson and Molly Moore, 4/07/08, Washington Post)
Protesters temporarily halted the Olympic torch relay in Paris today, forcing officials to lower or extinguish the flame and put it inside a security bus just minutes after its entourage left the Eiffel Tower.Posted by Orrin Judd at April 7, 2008 7:18 AMMore than 3,000 French police lined the torch route along the Seine River and through the heart of the French capital in anticipation of demonstrators protesting China's crackdown on Tibet and its human rights record in general.
The heavy security presence turned an event intended to be a joyous celebration of the Olympics into a tense scene of athletes surrounded by so much security they could barely run.
1936 Olympics in Berlin, 9 years later fall of the Nazis.
1980 Olympics in Moscow, 9 years later fall of the Soviet Empire.
2008 Olympics in Peking, 9 years later???
Posted by: Bob at April 7, 2008 8:49 AMBehold the frog-eaters setting an example for the rest of us. Who would have thought it?
Posted by: Lou Gots at April 7, 2008 2:17 PMHas (or will) the torch gone through the US yet?
Posted by: Gideon7 at April 7, 2008 3:06 PMI don't think it'll take nine years this time. Possibly nine months.
Posted by: erp at April 8, 2008 8:25 AM