S.F. Torch Reroute- It's unfair to torch supporters !!!

I cannot hold my disappointment and anger after reading this report. But I should not complain to myself. I should let our voice be heard by more general public.

Here is the idea for those who feel the same as I do. I encourage all of us who have relative strong English writing skills seize every chance to leave comments on major newspapers and web portals. We are at a huge disadvantage because sometimes we fall short of letting our voices heard. It may seem that each comment has only a small impact, but together i think they chould generate a long-lasting impact.

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THE OLYMPIC TORCH IN S.F.

THE FIX: Pro-China crowds attempt to stifle dissenters
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/09/MNIG1032A0.DTL


Newsom won't come out and say that, but he did concede that he took the decision right down to the final minutes.

"Literally, at 1 o'clock, we had two choices," he said in a phone conversation en route to the closing ceremony at the airport. "We could cancel the event or move forward in a different manner. We went to the torchbearers themselves, and overwhelmingly they said
they supported the change."


Taking the torch to the other side of town and skirting the whole enormous pro-China crowd at the ballpark might have improved the chances for public safety, but it also gave the torch back to San Francisco. Suddenly, it was back to the original idea, a run through the streets with a symbol of the upcoming Olympic Games, not a carefully planned political charade.

Because this, apparently, is the Chinese government's idea of free speech. They speak freely, and everyone else gets shouted down. Frankly, there is no denying that they were well organized. I took a minute to talk to a Tibetan protester, Kal Sang, but I was quickly joined by two young men who listened to the interview and began to interject derogatory comments.