Torch comments

                  So I ventured to the torch rally on Wedsday the 9th.  It was oh so many things.  I really wanted a shot of the torch runner but I wasn’t even able to spot him.  In fact I didn’t even know if they had sent the runners off or not until later that night on the radio.  There was such an abundance of protesters, that the marked off streets flooded onto side streets, traffic was blocked, and Nate took pictures.  
                   Since the biggest protest group there was for the freedom of Tibet, a scuffle with them and Olympic supporters would of ended the run quickly.  So I think the mayor changed the route a few times, which really is a downer for those who just wanted to see the torch.  
                   It’s my opinion that protesting really does contribute to a cause not necessarily directly, but by shining light on an issue.  The protesters for Saving Darfur for instance, gathered, shouted, and talked.  The Tibet protesters were much more aggressive, which is good, but well….It’s a given that countries use the Olympics to gain political advantages, but that’s the government over the Olympic commission, it’s not the Olympic commission.  So to protest the Olympics, and grab the torch from a runner as in the Europe run, your putting direct opposition against the Olympic organizers, not fully the Chinese government.                                    If one really wants to create such a big effect on something, people everywhere need to be informed.  If your disposition requires immediate action, an incredibly organized form of anarchy has to be brainstormed..otherwise you’ll have chaos and hypocracy and fighting to fight, which is a mindset that might be nice for an individual to momentarily increase perspective, but in terms of a whole country it causes pain.                            

Anyways, check out these photos I took, the three guys in the one were completely naked supporting humanity.  Peace. -Nate.

 

~ by wonderfox on April 10, 2008.