8 Apr 2008 5:40:00 pm

hmm

wondering if the IOC regrets letting bj host 08' olympics.
personally think their chance came too early.
country's not ready.
people's not ready.
grandeur of the ceremony contrasted with barbarity.



'BEIJING - THE Olympic torch relay should be confined to the host country at future games, a senior International Olympic Committee member said, after the Beijing flame encountered serious disruptions in Europe.'

'IOC press commission chief Kevan Gosper said on Tuesday it would be wrong to alter or stop the ongoing 137,000-km Beijing relay after violent protests in London and Paris, but he added he believed the IOC should look at scrapping the international leg next time.'

'But certainly, the IOC executive board should review the torch relay programme for the future.'

'The Athens torch relay was such a huge success,' he added.

'This one appears to have had a few problems, but we're only a third of the way through it.'


I see regret, regret and more regret.




-Officials in Paris on Monday were forced to extinguish the Olympic flame and carry it by bus when protesters against Chinese policy in Tibet tried to seize it.

In London the day before, activists waving Tibetan flags and shouting 'Shame on China' also turned the event into a torrid obstacle course.-


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