2008 Olympics: Should the Olympic torch be greeted by celebration or protest?

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  by Elisa Mcginley

  The Olympic Games have symbolized peace, tolerance and the unity of humanity since their initial creation in 1896 in Greece. People of all races, religions, gender and nationali...read more

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  by Helen Merino

  BEIJING 2008: SMOKE WITHOUT TRUE FIRE The roots of the Olympic games have many versions. Greek geographer, Pausanias, claimed it began before recorded history when Cronos wre...read more

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  by Emma Riley Sutton

  The Olympic torch for the 2008 games to be held in China should most certainly be met with protest. With the exception of the athletes who will participating in these games in ...read more

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  by Alex Tours

  Politics and the Olympic Games have long been bed-fellows. For instance, South Africa was snubbed for many years because of the political distastefulness of apartheid. Also, the...read more

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  by Randi J Task

  As a protester in London on the 6th April 2008, I was out to have just as much fun as a spectator of the Olympic torch. I did not follow the torch or heckle it, I simply joined...read more

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  by Joseph Whalen

  The symbolism that the Olympic torch represents is legendary to say the least. In fact the entire concept of the Olympic torch on its relay tour through the participating count...read more

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  by R. Justin Smith

  The legend behind the Olympics is that once every four years the nations of the world, for a brief span of weeks in the summer, join together in a show of camaraderie and peacef...read more

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  by Carlos Santiago

  When we discuss the rights and wrongs associated with protesting during the 2008 Olympic Torch Relay, not only is it critical to highlight the various grounds for the protests, ...read more

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  by Ian Pauley

  I was listening to the news on the radio this evening while driving home and had to listen to a report by a Chinese national living in the UK saying that Tibet has been a part o...read more

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  by Jacquie Schmall

  Protest marches can easily grow into civil disobedience, and become an ugly manifestation of a truly good cause. So far, it's been a mixed scenario for the Olympic torch. For...read more

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  by Kelly Monteith

  If we are to make the world aware of the treatment not only of the people of China, but the monks of Tibet, the only way is by protest.Granted, the methods chosen to protect are...read more

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  by Jones Joneford

  The journey of the 2008 Olympic torch is frankly nothing but farce and a shambles. This so called beacon of hope' and 'freedom' has done little more than rouse thousands of pa...read more

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