I love protestors.

[theweaselking]

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[kadath.livejournal.com]

"Yes. Anything else?"

[heraldofchaos.livejournal.com]

i 'P'ed

[dolston.livejournal.com]

And come up with the torch run tradition!

[normanrafferty.livejournal.com]

I forget. Is this the "Information Age"?

[itlandm.livejournal.com]

Those who do not learn from history should choose another major.

[interactiveleaf.livejournal.com]

*sigh*

[demiurgent.livejournal.com]

Is it too much to hope they were actually subverting the protest?

Please?

I would much rather see subversion than think someone's that dumb and no one at the protest noticed.

[silmaril.livejournal.com]

I needed that laugh. Thanks.

[leighdb.livejournal.com]

Oh, dear.

[rimrunner.livejournal.com]

According to what I know of the photo's provenance (see chiaspod for more info), it's unlikely. Though I too was hoping that the intention was subversive.

[aimisdirty.livejournal.com]

Figures.

[ladyfox7oaks.livejournal.com]

The sign holder, when told- did one of two things...

"D'OH!" (Facepalm)
or
grinned like a Cheshire cat and said "I know."

[themanabides.livejournal.com]

Perhaps the protestor meant to underline "we" and ran out of paint.

[themanabides.livejournal.com]

As in the present tense "we."

Sheesh.

[wise-man.livejournal.com]

No, there is a third option:

"Nuh-uh!"

[publius1.livejournal.com]

Hah...that actually amuses me. Hee.

[ladyfox7oaks.livejournal.com]

I was hoping that one wouldn't show up... but you're right, they might have done that, too. (SIGH...)

[silveradept]

Is it wrong that the first thing that popped into my head was "We did. And proceeded to show them that they had a long way to go before they could claim the superiority of the Aryan race in athletics."

[starcat-jewel.livejournal.com]

Two words: Jesse Owens.

[atlasimpure.livejournal.com]

Most likely response.

[atlasimpure.livejournal.com]

Nevermind producing one of the seminal Olympic photographs of all time.

[eididdy.livejournal.com]

Total moran.

[moropus.livejournal.com]

Those were the words I was looking for.

[silveradept]

Indeed. Although at the time, I don't think as many people found Adolf as repugnant as they do today.

[atlasimpure.livejournal.com]

Feared and disliked, mostly for power-grabs and the like.

There certainly wasn't the knee-jerk revulsion of modern times.

But I think quite a few people were pleased to see him get his nose snubbed at the games, much like most would delight in any bully coming out the loser in a contest.

[silveradept]

Indeed. Besides, theoretically, outside politics has no place in the Olympic Games, beyond safety and security of participants, I would say.

[atlasimpure.livejournal.com]

Well, 'yes' in the "We've got big fracking bombs pointed at each other with the intention of wiping every living thing of this little rock but we're all gonna put them on 'safe' while we get down to a nice game of curling."

But 'no' in the "You're doing something everybody thinks is kind of jacked up and we're kind of all pissed that you got the Olympics revenue this year so we're going to play political football with your winkie-cannon until the dust settles."

[silveradept]

That's why its only really a theory. There will always be politics involved with the Olympic Games. Perhaps even all the scrutiny will do China some good in making reforms and good decisions about Tibet and the world. Or it may induce them to learn how to hide things better or to alter their sense of timing. We'll just have to watch and see.

[atlasimpure.livejournal.com]

On the upside, the people that pioneered gunpowder are going to attempt to blow the shit out of bad weather.

[silveradept]

Would a silver lining joke be too much here?

[atlasimpure.livejournal.com]

Well, it wouldn't hurt to go a little deeper...Unununium-lining, maybe?

[silveradept]

Boy, that's a heavy thought. Can't have Mother Nature interfering with our technologically-enhanced athletes, now can we?

[atlasimpure.livejournal.com]

Considering some of the things they'll already be breathing in Beijing's air?

[silveradept]

Point. I do believe that gives you the game and the set. Except I think only table tennis is an Olympic sport.

[atlasimpure.livejournal.com]

It's really gotta suck to be a non-Olympic sport.

I mean CURLING and TABLE TENNIS?

Personally, I'm hoping for Foozball in 2020.

[silveradept]

Hey, Curling as all the makings of a good sport. You throw heavy rocks on a sheet of ice and often try to bang them into each other. It's just that they're not throwing rocks at the people that makes most people not like it. Well, and that it kind of requires a climate or sufficient air conditioning to make ice.

[atlasimpure.livejournal.com]

Any "sport" that forces me to fall back on my ancestral line and its extensive SWIFFER experience...is not a real one.

[silveradept]

I dunno. I thought it would be a great sport for introducing singles to each other. Knowing that the guy can handle a broom before the relationship starts might make for a much better relationship in the end.

But I can understand where it wouldn't fall into the definition of sports as Americans think of them. I've lived close to Canada for all my life, so I suppose I'm not the world's most unbiased source about whether curling counts or not.

[atlasimpure.livejournal.com]

A man using a broom as a single is like a girl giving head after a date.
ALL bets are off, the second the rings go on.

If it wasn't for curling, they wouldn't have something to win when they don't win Hockey.

[atlasimpure.livejournal.com]

Was that intentional?

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

Indeed it was.

"Get a brain, morans." (http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/images/blpic-moran.htm)

[atlasimpure.livejournal.com]

The flag as bandana, in violation of Federal regulations pertaining to proper use and treatment of the flag and all flag images, really completes that picture for me.

Or maybe it's the high-potential for mullet...

[eididdy.livejournal.com]

Just to confirm, yes it was. I was referring to the protester His Weaseliness so helpfully linked below.