EXTINGUISH THE FLAME.....
The Olympic Torch has arrived in the United Kingdom and tomorrow will see a formidable collection of 80 torch bearers – including the former Olympic champions Sir Steve Redgrave and Dame Kelly Holmes, running alongside other sporting figures and celebrities – to carry it through the capital surrounded by an equally formidable security cordon of police. Up to 80,000 spectators are expected to turn out to watch the torch make its 31-mile journey from Wembley to Greenwich.
Well, I won't be watching but I will be wishing all those people who turn out to protest against China's human rights record, in particular Beijing's recent crackdown in Tibet and its steadfast support for the Burmese and Sudanese governments. These Games are an utter disgrace and the UK should boycott them. The flaming torch that will be held aloft through the streets of London tomorrow contrasts with the Chinese brutal extinguishing of life in Tibet. Gordon Brown, like President Bush, is pretending that politics has nothing to do with sport. Of course it does - and the tyrants in Beijing are getting away with murder because of a failure to grasp the burning issue.
David Vance
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David , I could not agree more with your post , the disgusting spectacle of over the hill ex-sportspersons supporting the China flame sets a poor example . The moronic excuse of " one must separate sport from politics " only magnifies the self centred moral corrupt ion typified by todays " sportsmen " . Can they not see that every medal in the Beijing Games will be drenched in blood .