Comments on: The 2008 Olympic Torch http://www.seanpaune.com/2008/04/10/the-2008-olympic-torch/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:37:02 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: alana aka lotus555 http://www.seanpaune.com/2008/04/10/the-2008-olympic-torch/comment-page-1/#comment-26622 alana aka lotus555 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 05:26:21 +0000 http://www.seanpaune.com/?p=1560#comment-26622 You know where i stand on Tibet too, so no need for me to go there. Here is a non Tibet related torch relay story, i thought you may like. It was before the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. In Sydney, everyone was standing at the town hall, awaiting the torch runner. A man turned the corner with a torch, everyone started cheering madly, the runner made it up the town hall steps and the torch was passed to the Lord Mayor of Sydney. The Mayor had already started his speech before he realised that what he was holding was actually a paint tin strapped to a chair leg, with a pair of army issue underpants flaming at the top! Turned out the 'runner' was a prankster from Sydney Uni. Priceless. You know where i stand on Tibet too, so no need for me to go there. Here is a non Tibet related torch relay story, i thought you may like.

It was before the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. In Sydney, everyone was standing at the town hall, awaiting the torch runner. A man turned the corner with a torch, everyone started cheering madly, the runner made it up the town hall steps and the torch was passed to the Lord Mayor of Sydney. The Mayor had already started his speech before he realised that what he was holding was actually a paint tin strapped to a chair leg, with a pair of army issue underpants flaming at the top!
Turned out the ‘runner’ was a prankster from Sydney Uni. Priceless.

]]> By: Tibet » Blog Archive » The 2008 Olympic Torch http://www.seanpaune.com/2008/04/10/the-2008-olympic-torch/comment-page-1/#comment-25832 Tibet » Blog Archive » The 2008 Olympic Torch Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:00:50 +0000 http://www.seanpaune.com/?p=1560#comment-25832 [...] Affaires étrangères wrote an interesting post today on The 2008 Olympic TorchHere’s a quick excerpt Let me just get it out of the way: I am 100% behind the idea of a free Tibet, and I am not thrilled with China hosting the Olympics. That being said: Stop attacking the torch carriers. Those of you who think that attacking the runners somehow furthers your cause, or somehow makes “a statement”, shut up, sit down, and get over yourselves. People have every right to protest the torch, but there is no need to go beyond signs, banners, chanting, etc; there is absolutely no reason why you should b [...] [...] Affaires étrangères wrote an interesting post today on The 2008 Olympic TorchHere’s a quick excerpt Let me just get it out of the way: I am 100% behind the idea of a free Tibet, and I am not thrilled with China hosting the Olympics. That being said: Stop attacking the torch carriers. Those of you who think that attacking the runners somehow furthers your cause, or somehow makes “a statement”, shut up, sit down, and get over yourselves. People have every right to protest the torch, but there is no need to go beyond signs, banners, chanting, etc; there is absolutely no reason why you should b [...]

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