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- inactive, on 05/08/2008, -4/+58I guess they finally found a place the protesters can't interrupt them.
- inactive, on 05/08/2008, -3/+28where were all those protesters who were too lazy to climb mount everest to protest?
- fpaudon, on 05/08/2008, -3/+24Right, cause its so much better to go the American strategy of not giving any aid until Myanmar allows them to station troops there.
- ozymandias2012, on 05/08/2008, -15/+34She should've tossed it while she had the chance.
- donkeybat64, on 05/08/2008, -4/+20yeah just blame china on EVERY ***** PROBLEM we have in the world.
- basevillin, on 05/08/2008, -1/+15It's the flame, not the stick, that's important. Or something.
- donkeybat64, on 05/09/2008, -3/+13I think this is great for china - tibet relations, it is a symbol for peace and encourages the violence to stop in tibet. I think there is a way to work this problem out. write something nice.
- inactive, on 05/08/2008, -5/+14They all fell off the mountain from ignorance.
- donkeybat64, on 05/08/2008, -5/+14i think the tibet protest is a fad, now it has died down, thats why we dont hear it much now in the news.
now people have moved to blaming another country for problems (burma) - ZaZ2137, on 05/08/2008, -12/+20""During these times when the situation in Tibet is very grave and grim we felt it is very provocative to take the Olympic torch to the Tibetan side of the mountain," said Thubten Samphel"
Wtf is your problem, they climbed up a highly dangerous mountain to hoist high a beacon of friendly competition and cooperation. If anything you should be congratulating them for making the trip safely without losing a limb or their lives - inhaler, on 05/08/2008, -0/+6Then we need to withdraw from Iraq. Who do you think is footing the bill by purchasing US Bonds and granting us a loan of credit? The half a billion in debt we're in is mostly with China.
- valkyries, on 05/09/2008, -0/+6or the chemical has oxygen in it, because fires need the same amount of it to burn.
- paranoid123, on 05/09/2008, -2/+8And your government does not?
- SaladCactusKing, on 05/08/2008, -1/+7"United States Government are terrorists" -usgovterrorists
Lol. - ZaZ2137, on 05/08/2008, -0/+6Everyone was huddled around it to stay warm :p Plus I seem to remember from somewhere that the torch is a chemical burning fire thats very hard to blow out and requires very little oxygen
- notironic, on 05/09/2008, -0/+5They should just carve the faces of their most revered leaders into the mountain rock, you know, to put up their stamp of approval in stone, forever. I reckon it's been done before and wager that it'll be so popular people will go to see it by the busload!
- dakbonsa, on 05/09/2008, -2/+7"A special team of Nepalese police and army personnel has been given orders to use deadly force if necessary to stop anti-China protests on Everest."
- donkeybat64, on 05/09/2008, -2/+7no its just people who believe that blaming china for all the world's wrongs is simply not right, and the ignorance and immaturity of some diggers needs to stop.
- donkeybat64, on 05/09/2008, -2/+7because china DOSNT, im living proof, and so is the 16 million other chinese people who live in my same province. look seriously, just because a small portion of tibet is speaking out does not mean that all china is broke and the military is killing chinese, comon, get over that ignorant prejudice.
- orangedude, on 05/09/2008, -3/+7No, Digg just came to its senses, that's all.
- valkyries, on 05/09/2008, -5/+9well people seem to do it to the USA all the time, i guess its china's turn.
- glucoseboy, on 05/09/2008, -2/+6The Modern Olympics have never been free from politics.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Olympic_Games# ... - sramkrishna, on 05/09/2008, -2/+5She should have shouted "By the power of greyskull!"
sri - vfreak2, on 05/09/2008, -3/+6Bye bye Tibetan woman...
- kittenman, on 05/09/2008, -1/+4wtf is your problem, every host of the Olympics has to do the same thing, the torch relay, it's not that only china is doing this to "shill for" herself, it's the tradition of Olympics. Ur way a Tool of the thugs.
- miborovsky, on 05/09/2008, -1/+4"Tibetan exiles criticized Beijing for politicizing the Games"
Man, irony is taken to an extradimensional level... - yingjai, on 05/09/2008, -0/+2look who's talking lol. make sure ur own country is setting the world a good example before you badmouth others. we may disagree with what they're doing over there, but that doesn't absolve America from its own issues.
- aargh01, on 05/09/2008, -5/+7Free China.
- duckyinc, on 05/09/2008, -0/+2She obviously would have been shot on spot and her family taken, would you risk it?
- inactive, on 05/08/2008, -1/+3How about, "Free Tibet with Every Purchase of $50 or More"?
- shortcircuit13, on 05/09/2008, -2/+4Yeah, it was totally the Chinese who took a fire extinguisher to the torch and assaulted torchbearers.
That must be it. - donkeybat64, on 05/08/2008, -6/+8this is simply a symbolic way to show that china and tibet are united, this problem CAN be solved. Not everything china does is propaganda or ploy to better their position in the world.
- LoJack, on 05/09/2008, -3/+5Oh, the jealousy and the hatred of any achievement by the Chinese...
- bpollay, on 05/09/2008, -0/+1Why do they have multiple torches in the video? I thought there was just supposed to be one.
- tomtom13, on 05/09/2008, -0/+1Done with the laundry already? Back to the kitchen with you!
- synyster, on 05/09/2008, -0/+1cool, is only half billion now
- freak3295, on 05/09/2008, -0/+1wipe your butt with a flame, no thanks.
- angilinmago, on 05/09/2008, -0/+1shattered or in one piece?
- Hoopstermv91, on 12/02/2008, -2/+3Can someone explain how it is possible for an open flame to stay lit on the top of Everest?
- angilinmago, on 05/09/2008, -0/+1define crap
- KireGoTI, on 05/10/2008, -0/+1How dare those Chinese politicize the Olympics! Western countries would never use something like the Olympic flame, which is supposed to tie the world together in the spirit of sportsmanship, to make a political statement!
- inactive, on 05/09/2008, -0/+1Why don't you send it to the CIA?
BTW:
I thought the CIA was too busy smuggling drugs! - inactive, on 05/09/2008, -0/+1Do you suppose they're laughing in Afghanistan or Iraq?
- cramming, on 05/09/2008, -2/+3like anbublacktops has said, this is propaganda.
"The torches and fuel used in the relay were specially developed by Chinese research, allowing the flame to continue burning at such high elevations, Etzler said."
cached CNN story.
link: http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:dUF75Lq7mQgJ: ...
at the moment, that sentence reads differently
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/07/oly.ev ...
"The torches and fuel used in the relay were specially developed by the Chinese space agency, allowing the flame to continue burning at such high elevations, Etzler said." - inactive, on 05/09/2008, -0/+1Yeah, and you forgot to propose yours!
- tzcomwhiz, on 05/09/2008, -1/+2Crap, my school filters sites too. They are treating me like *****...
- cramming, on 05/09/2008, -3/+4DEFINITELY.
- collinong, on 05/09/2008, -0/+1Did anybody congratulate the camera operator who was the real first one up the mountain?
(since there is video of the woman coming up the mountain towards the camera as she nears the summit) - zanderw00t, on 05/09/2008, -2/+2They were on the ground, too lazy to climb the mountain to protest.
- notironic, on 05/09/2008, -2/+2Fairweather protesters can't be bothered!
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