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Olympic torch driven away from protesters
The threat of violent protests prompted officials to make unannounced changes in San Francisco as the Olympic torch run got under way. After a lighting ceremony, the torch vanished from public view for several minutes as it was taken to a nearby neighborhood, where runners resumed the relay.
They protested in Greece when they lit the torch.
They tried to steal it and fire-extinguish it in London.
They blocked roads in Paris along the torch route and the torch had to be taken by bus.
Before the torch got there, people scaled the Golden Gate bridge to put “FREE TIBET” signs.
So I ask you - after all that - after they even fored their warning shot … why would you still bring the torch to San Francisco. San Francisco of all places. They protest professionally there. I think you can study for a Protesting degree at Cal Berkeley. They’d protest protesting if they could. Why on earth would you even attempt to continue this farkaktah torch tour - that isn’t even contiguous? If you’re going to go anywhere to do this go to LA. Specifically Orange County. They wouldn’t care about Tibet unless it was the name of a trendy new restaurant that Kobe Bryant and George Clooney were a part owners of.If this is how China is going to dominate the world marketplace, I am no longer worried.
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