According to the Weather Forecast, we were supposed to be knee deep in the next ice age today, with snow drifts up to our waists. Disappointingly we just got a few flurries and mainly just these blue skies with fluffy clouds as seen from my parent's back garden
My day was enlivened by watching the sport of snuffing out the Olympic Torch. Protesting would make a good Olympic event, with competitors hurdling the police barriers, dodging the security cordon and while trailing a banner and carrying a fire extinguisher. I think Britain would stand a good chance of a medal, but I imagine France would win any protesting Gold medal hands down.
Joking aside (please!) it was important that the protests were made about the Chinese oppression of Tibet, and its human rights in general. I am always in awe of those who have the guts and drive to protest, when too often I just watch from the sidelines pontificating
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4 comments:
It's nice to see the French contribution too! It's odd that dictatorships don't just want power, but they expect to be loved too - criminal AND stupid
The French managed to force it on the bus twic, but didn't gt a hand oon it. That puts the British protestors ahead.
Dictatorships can only really flourish through fear or ignorance, being loved satisfies the later
I read about the French and SF protests. More watching from the sidelines.
The Chinese are saying today that the EU parliament is out line because the issues with Tibet are an internal affair, which I guess it has been since the '50s when China took it over with an armed invasion.
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