Olympic torch through London et al

[Alien5]

i was gonna say im not "fucking interested" but i didn't wanna be accused of thuggery.

[Squeamous]

The torch represents the games. The games are primarily a symbol of healthy competition between nations over violence. Hence, it primarily symbolises peace.

We have established that no-one behaved in a thuggish manner.

EHS

And some of the protesters thought it could do with having a bit of violence putting back into it did they ?

Have you ? Where was that then ?

Like I said, there was no violence.

[Squeamous]

So the Tibetan chap running in front of the torch and happily waving his national flag at the camera who got jumped on by the policeman and had his flag removed was a victim of thuggery? No law against waving a flag that I am aware of and he wasn't interfering with the torch.

The BBC and Sky ran hours of coverage on the protests in London and the ongoing protests in Paris and San Fransisco are keeping the issue at the top of the news. This is not a bad thing is it?. Yes it should be peaceful but that doesn't mean the protesters should apologise for being there. I think most of us know what thuggery looks like and some middle aged chap making a political protest by making a grab for a torch isn't it. The twonk who threw an egg at Prescott a few years ago might be classed as a thug as indeed might be Prescott. Connie Huq was considerably more sorted and philosophical about it than you appear to be. Are you on a wind up or something?

I'm not even sure what the actions of one person have to do with the validity of the protest as a whole anyway, even if that person were behaving badly, which he wasn't.

Theoretically the torch belongs to all mankind anyway .

[manicgeek]

Like I said, there was no violence.

Yeah Alien5 has told me... the people who were hurt in scuffles weren't hurt by the violence of course

[manicgeek]

I'm not even sure what the actions of one person have to do with the validity of the protest as a whole anyway, even if that person were behaving badly, which he wasn't.

Theoretically the torch belongs to all mankind anyway .

Really! You think assaulting some one isn't behaving badly ? WOW
And of course it was the same man who Alien5 saw getting injured repeatedly in 'scuffles' with the police wasn't it ? He must be some kind of thicko to repeatedly get himself injured in lots of different scuffles eh ?

[Alien5]

Yeah i saw the Thug.

[Squeamous]

I'm not even sure what the actions of one person have to do with the validity of the protest as a whole anyway, even if that person were behaving badly, which he wasn't.

Theoretically the torch belongs to all mankind anyway .

Really! You think assaulting some one isn't behaving badly ? WOW
And of course it was the same man who Alien5 saw getting injured repeatedly in 'scuffles' with the police wasn't it ? He must be some kind of thicko to repeatedly get himself injured in lots of different scuffles eh ?

The only people I saw injured in scuffles were the ones launched upon by the police. They are also the only assaults I witnessed. I'm starting to think you were watching Ghandi or something, not the news.

[Alien5]

I'm starting to think you were watching Ghandi or something, not the news.

[manicgeek]

The only people I saw injured in scuffles were the ones launched upon by the police. They are also the only assaults I witnessed. I'm starting to think you were watching Ghandi or something, not the news.

Now come on Squeamous, you missed the opportunity to make a joke out of my dislike of seeing a young woman attacked on the streets of my country... I'm sure you can find a way to make that funny can't you ?

[IdolEyes787]

Wow! By my count manicgeek 12 lounge 2.

Time to bring in the big guns.