Cold Reception For Olympic Torch

On Sunday, the Olympic torch arrived in London as part of the relay to Beijing. It was greeted by protesters against the Chinese government's human rights record and the recent crackdown in Tibet. These tried to stop the torch from reaching its destination. The activists frequently got past Chinese officials as was as British police making attempts to put out the torch using a fire extinguisher as well as one attempt made by 3 protesters that got into a relay bus holding Olympic gold medalist, Steve Redgrave. One protester was even able to grab a hold of the torch before police officers wrestled him off the torch. Police say a total of 37 arrests were made.
Although I do not sanction the Chinese government suppressing Tibet through force, i do not believe that economic events should interfere with the Olympic games. The games are around to celebrate the success of each country's success in sport, it is unfair to remove the chance to compete here from the athletes that have trained hard to make it to this level. If it is necessary and if people feel strongly enough that the Olympics should be boycotted this year and the Chinese government stopped, there is the opportunity to do so, however, that opportunity is not available here in this ceremonial event of the Olympics.

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