Ziggy Becket ([info]ziggybecket) wrote,
@ 2008-04-09 19:10:00
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SF Olympic Torch Relay News
So yah, I was thinking of taking the morning off and going up to SF to watch the Olympic torch relay.

I guess it was a good thing I didn't. Oh I wasn't worried about a clash of protesters and supporters or anything like that. But the way the relay was done, there was a good chance I wouldn't have seen it at all!

Looks like they lit the torch, ran into a warehouse and reappeared a few miles away in a alternate route...

How the hell was anyone who wanted to see the torch see it?

Don't get me wrong, I'm not against the protesters at all, but really? How is anyone supposed to see the relay if *no one* knew what the route was?

News Links:
BBC News (pictures, Who are the men in blue?)
KTVU News
New York Times
CNN


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[info]slave_to_anime
2008-04-10 02:26 am UTC (link)
And they cancelled the ending ceremony too, from what I read. So yeah, seriously, what was the point of all that? Might as well have just skipped the USA.

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[info]ziggybecket
2008-04-10 02:50 am UTC (link)
They're also talking about cutting short the international torch relay too.

But yah, it's pretty lame. :P

Sounds like a few people who took the day off to see the relay were obviously very disappointed too. :(

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[info]redpikachu
2008-04-10 02:59 am UTC (link)
That sucks. I feel really bad for all the athletes.

I wonder what ended up happening to the people who were supposed to relay the torch. One of my fave journalists/authors, Helen Zia, was supposed to (her editorial about the Olympics here; I posted it in my lj too :p).

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[info]laragoth
2008-04-10 03:13 am UTC (link)
Trust me, I was annoyed. I ended up in a really good spot for my hour and a half out of the office.

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[info]shuupoo
2008-04-10 04:31 am UTC (link)
I kind of just laughed a little. Sure, sucks for the people who wanted to see it.....but really, wtf LOL.

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[info]ajmeow
2008-04-10 06:09 pm UTC (link)
Wow this sucks! I know a lot of people who trekked to SF just to see it, some even going the day before. Glad I didn't join them.

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[info]evanae
2008-04-10 06:32 pm UTC (link)
Er, wth. :< That's lameee.

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