Even if I wasn't sick of the Olympic hype before...the last day or two would have put me over the top. 38 minutes through the start of last night's news was about that blasted GD torch.(//forums/richedit/smileys/Shocked/2.gif)
shhhhh P.C. they be watching people...they might come a silence you for being anti-torch!
I'd have to torch their shorts. (//forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/12.gif)
That's why I gave up TV the Olympics can't stand it. [img border=0 src="vny!://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Angry/3.gif"]
[span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"]shhhhh P.C. they be watching people...they might come a silence you for being anti-torch![/span]
I don't think I'm really anti-torch, or anti-olympics....I'm anti-excessive coverage. For heaven's sake....they've been going on about it for so long, that I just want them to hush. Get back to me when something has actually happened....not every time something is GOING to happen. (//forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/12.gif)
P.C. wrote:
[span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"][/span]I don't think I'm really anti-torch, or anti-olympics....I'm anti-excessive coverage.
Bingo. Personally I think the Olympics has become a sad, stupid joke. It's nothing more than a psychotic marketing frenzy with a multi-year ramp-up time. The crap and expense and the politics have completely taken over the whole thing....it's all about the merchandise and marketing opportunities.
They have crap in there that could in NO WAY be considered a "sport". It's horsecrap like synchronized swimming and diving where a panel of judges has to tell you who won. I say if you can't take an ordinary person off the street, have them watch the event and be able to tell you who won, then it's not a f*cking sport.
Plus, those pukebags on the Olympic committee sue anyone who dares to use the word "Olyimpic", and they're very aggressive about it. They want to prohibit photos, drawings, blogging, etc etc etc. It's just a bunch of crap now, and I wouldn't waste my time watching the Olympics if you paid me.
You know, if the Olympics just had permanent host cities they would lose their importance, as stated in their goals of 'Olympiad' (now includes infrastructure development of a city/country).
That said, I'm still doing the volunteer thing. I think it will be interesting to see how everything works behind the scenes (i don't have high hopes though the opening ceremonies will be indoors at a dilapidated stadium that's getting renovated after the Olympics) and it will probably stand out on the resume. Unless I could find an internship that's of something in my general field of interest (sorry David Suzuki foundation type of organizations) that would probably be more noticeable, but this is all I've got at the moment.
I haven't watched local news or national news in ages (now with CBC News going weird I don't think I ever will).
Channel 36 doesn't mention torches unless its somebody in the world torching something. I just stick to them for news on tv
I never understood the point of the torch.
So they have so much time to go across or around the country in question? Or cause we have a bigger country we get to do it longer? What would happen if they have it in morrocco? or in bermuda where its 20 square miles?
Ask Hitler he came up with it.
Originally it was to give glory to the third reich and how Hitler saw himself and his regime as the living flame of the Greeks and so on. Now its 'an inspiration to the olympic movement and all that embodies' etc.
Someone I know was on a flight with back from Toronto. Held and took a picture of it in a mocking fashion like 'oh look here'. lol
Mr. Sawdust held the torch on Monday....so I had to put my lack of interest aside for a few moments, as he quite likes the whole Olympic pomp and ceremony....so he was a little bit excited and I was excited for him. (//forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/14.gif)
[span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"]Ask Hitler he came up with it. [/span][br style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"][br style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"][span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"]Originally it was to give glory to the third reich and how Hitler saw himself and his regime as the living flame of the Greeks and so on. Now its 'an inspiration to the olympic movement and all that embodies' etc. [/span][br style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"][br style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"][span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"]Someone I know was on a flight with back from Toronto. Held and took a picture of it in a mocking fashion like 'oh look here'. lol[/span]
Now...was he responsible for the torch....or the torch relay....because I thought the torch was rooted deeper in history than that.
Oh....and I'm not dissing anything about their ceremonies or relays or torches....I'm not mocking anything. I'm only against the relentless, endless, tedious coverage of the whole thing.
The flame was re-introduced in Amsterdam in '28. But the 'torch' and its relay was Berlin.
P.C. wrote:
Mr. Sawdust held the torch on Monday....so I had to put my lack of interest aside for a few moments, as he quite likes the whole Olympic pomp and ceremony....so he was a little bit excited and I was excited for him. [img style="font-style: italic;" src="/forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/14.gif[/img]
Good for him!
I know my parents are a bit of fans and were disappointed they are over here during my dads knee replacement aftermath, and not over there when it passed through.
Did he move it anywhere, or was it a hold and photo op for him?
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Wow....that's quite a profit. The were offering them to the participants for $349.
You know Russ....it's funny...he took pics of everyone else, but never thought to ask anyone to take a pic of him with it, until he got back to the office. Silly Sawdust. (//forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/14.gif)
Harry Bloy Liberal MLA for Burnaby-Lougheed called Olympic protesters "terrorists"
lame
Sportsdude wrote:
Harry Bloy Liberal MLA for Burnaby-Lougheed called Olympic protesters "terrorists"
lame
At this point cause its going ahead.. I also consider them terrorists.
Russ wrote:
Sportsdude wrote:
Harry Bloy Liberal MLA for Burnaby-Lougheed called Olympic protesters "terrorists"
lame
At this point cause its going ahead.. I also consider them terrorists.
That's quite an illogical statement and your affirmation continues the dismantling of political and societal discourse in this country and elsewhere. Talk is cheap.
If you lose or win in a supposedly democratic society you are still empowered to have your voice heard. Lest we not have tanks rolling in the streets because of the tyranny of the minority or some government official not liking people having different opinions. Even if the Olympics are going ahead, there's nothing that says people can't voice their opinion, and to say that free speech is somehow being a terrorist just confirms the negative perception of public officials while strengthening the phlegmatic society.
Nothing wrong with voicing their opinions....but that's not what they were doing. They had to re-route the relay around them twice. It was their intent to be disruptive....in more ways than just talk.
I don't get why they're protesting at this point either....it makes absolutely no sense.
People re-route parades all the time
def. terrorist- the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear
people who protest are not terrorists
Sportsdude wrote:
That's quite an illogical statement and your affirmation continues the dismantling of political and societal discourse in this country and elsewhere. Talk is cheap.
If you lose or win in a supposedly democratic society you are still empowered to have your voice heard. Lest we not have tanks rolling in the streets because of the tyranny of the minority or some government official not liking people having different opinions. Even if the Olympics are going ahead, there's nothing that says people can't voice their opinion, and to say that free speech is somehow being a terrorist just confirms the negative perception of public officials while strengthening the phlegmatic society.
Quite correct SD. Its a good thing this is my opinion and I am entitled to it. Thanks.
wow, lol, you got me wound up this morning SD.
I agree people can protest and challenge what the government is doing.. cause thats the only way people are kept in check.. if there was no one looking over the shoulders of the government, it would just take a bit more, then a bit more...
I think in this case however protesting wont make a difference as its going ahead no matter what, and the people are protesting just so they can be disruptive.
I think this too Russ. If something moved me strongly, I'd protest too. But the time for this one is long passed. I'm not into it big time at all...but I sure wouldn't go out of my way to ruin it for the people that are. They aren't making any 'statements' at this point. It was just rude and selfish to tarnish the event for the kids, families and participants.
If it is a peaceful protest, they are not terrorists.
Is they are using violence or terrorism in any way as a means of protesting, then they are terrorists.
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heres an excerpt:
[p style="font-style: italic;"]Last weekend in Victoria, protesters not only deprived people who lined the route of the torch procession of their right to enjoy the spectacle, they recklessly endangered the lives of mounted police sent there to ensure order and public safety. Protesters threw marbles under the horses hooves hoping to disable them and dislodge their riders without regard for the potentially deadly consequences for both.[/p][p style="font-style: italic;"]A few protest leaders recognized belatedly that their cause would be discredited by such despicable behaviour and fabricated the preposterous story that undercover police acting as agent provocateurs committed the crime. But rank and file protesters told reporters they were proud of what they had done.[/p][p style="font-style: italic;"]When their disruptive tactics forced cancellation of a section of the torch relay, protesters chanted gleefully, "We have succeeded in blocking the torch."[/p]
russ, i never knew the whole story. thank you. yep, they are terrorists and should be treated as such.
kind of makes me think of protestor that used to spike trees, knowing well enough that it could kill a logger.
I kind of agree LfO. Their purpose was to intimidate...and they did so to the degree that the officials felt it wasn't safe to pass.
The best thing about the torch is its resemblance to a joint.
The people from the UK call a flashlight a torch.. so it does me in hearing or reading torch