Comments on: Duncan Goodhew gets his priorities straight

By: michael greenwell

michael greenwell — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:42:37 +0000

i didn't see this and i am glad of it. michael greenwell's last blog post..ANTHROPOMORPHISATION

By: ejh

ejh — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:39:41 +0000

I'm not sure why China getting the games is an injustice - not unless anybody thinks that sport and the Olympics are about democracy or the right of small nations to self-determination. I'm not sure Baron de Coubertin would have had much time for either notion. On the other hand, where I disagree with White is that if they do get the games, it's a fine opportunity for protestors to highlight what China does that China shouldn't do. By all means protest at banks, shops or anywhere else you want, but when an enormous event is being held to say "this is China" then surely there's no better time to make your protest? I think they're playing a blinder, so far, the protestors. ejh's last blog post..Spain

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 08:00:17 +0000

Duncan Goodhew was sickening on the BBC, arguing politics and sport shouldn’t mix then going on to make political comments.

I have never seen my younger brother more inspired as when he is talking about the rights of Tibetans and the injustice of China getting the games.

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 07:41:21 +0000

Well, if I can be holier than thou for a minute, I have.

And I think for these purposes, Dave, democracy means ‘not like China’.

By: Pickled Politics » About those Olympic protests

Pickled Politics » About those Olympic protests — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 05:05:14 +0000

[...] we knew this was going to happen. And shame on Duncan Goodhew [...]

By: Backword Dave

Backword Dave — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:43:53 +0000

I'm with Jim White here. (Actually, I also agree with myself.) Have you checked out your own bank? Any investments? Pension etc? Computer parts? Childrens' clothes? Dare one say that "democracy is less important than ...?" It's also not a competition between abstract nouns, people. We can't even agree what 'democracy' means.

By: Philip

Philip — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:53:19 +0000

396 and 392 BCE. The Spartans won the tethrippon, but there are no records of anyone trying to disrupt the proceedings with protests about militarism, child-pickling or proto-Hollywood homo-eroticism. Philip's last blog post..A Gift From God

By: ejh

ejh — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:35:12 +0000

Because democracy is less important than letting lots of different countries do their running and jumping nowadays isn't it? When was it not? ejh's last blog post..Spain

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Olympic Torch - Page 3 - YD Dive Forums & Scuba Community — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:01:59 +0000

[...] can get in this country and it?s a great shame. It?s such a bad example for children." Source via Only trouble was he was talking about the protesters. Role models eh? __________________ Ian [...]

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:15:52 +0000

Because democracy is less imortant than letting lots of different countries do their running and jumping nowadays isn’t it?