Tuesday, April 08, 2008

Olympic Protests


Here you can see the phalanx of Chinese security guarding the Olympic flame.

Miss Huq, one of 80 torchbearers said: "The men in blue perplexed everyone. Nobody seemed to know who they were officially or what their title was. They were very robotic, very full on, and I noticed them having skirmishes with our own police and the Olympic authorities before our leg of the relay, which was confusing.

"They were barking orders at me, like 'Run! Stop!' and I was like, 'Oh my gosh, who are these people?'

"They kept pushing my hand up higher when I was holding the torch, so they were...interesting."

Some guy named Lord Coe called them "thugs" in the article.

Might I suggest if the Chinese must have blue-suited paramilitary guards escorting the Olympic flame, they should have used female air force officers instead of males as the security team. No one minds getting pushed around by a hottie.

Yes, Ma'am, I have been a bad boy and welcome your punishment.

p.s. I can't decide if I support some kind of boycott or just don't care. Any opinions?

4 comments:

Chaon said...

"No one minds getting pushed around by a hottie."

Yep, and usually they make you pay extra for that.

Anonymous said...

I welcome the punishment as well!

Bread said...

yes, american definitely has standing to boycott a nation which tortures and imprisons people for no reason.

Anonymous said...

Actually, we don't classify them as people, so it's OK.
H