tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post772657034441617570..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: Torch in Oz: Priceless CommentaryMichael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-506647842019533402008-04-28T13:00:00.000+08:002008-04-28T13:00:00.000+08:00deport them all. deport every effing-last one of ...deport them all. deport every effing-last one of them, from every nation in the world where they are. send them all home and deny them access to the outside world.MJ Kleinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16859263977094071677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-82624682486223924972008-04-26T17:33:00.000+08:002008-04-26T17:33:00.000+08:00Here's some video of Australian police trying to k...Here's <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7lNx4iLC28" REL="nofollow" TITLE="'Blue Torch Assistants - in Canberra'">some video</A> of Australian police trying to keep the Chinese "flame attendants" away from the torch.<BR/><BR/>Pay attention to the action going in the left half of the screen at the 1:48, 2:57, and 4:03 marks.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://indiac.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow" TITLE="It's Not Democracy, It's A Conspiracy!">Tim Maddog</A>Tim Maddoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16943522529132663780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-2431808958773939982008-04-25T19:47:00.000+08:002008-04-25T19:47:00.000+08:00Yes to bolt. It sucks that we can't get a broader ...Yes to bolt. It sucks that we can't get a broader base of support.<BR/><BR/>MichaelMichael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-47461409929647131112008-04-25T18:45:00.000+08:002008-04-25T18:45:00.000+08:00Andrew Bolt is regarded as a bit of a right-wing r...Andrew Bolt is regarded as a bit of a right-wing ratbag unfortunately. Not everything he says is wrong by any means, although he usually over-eggs, but he rejects of global warming as a leftist Gaia conspiracy, continues to supported the Iraq war etc, etc. It's a pity that he is Taiwan's most vocal supporter in Australia, which makes it easier for the pro-China types to occupy the centre ground.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-958155602602270402008-04-25T18:30:00.000+08:002008-04-25T18:30:00.000+08:00I just can't get over the gall of the Chinese in t...I just can't get over the gall of the Chinese in this case. Rudd was very clear that the track-suited commandoes would not be surrounding the torch. The Chinese insist that they will be. Then they have the nerve to let the track suit guys run after all, despite the unease of the Australians.<BR/><BR/>Since when is it acceptable for a foreign government to openly send its police into another country and refuse to submit themselves to the authority of the local police? <BR/><BR/>For all the Chinese care about face, they really have shown that they have no compunctions about making other governments lose face. Disgust does not begin to describe my feeling about it.<BR/><BR/>A torch relay of protests, of changed plans, of intimidation by security personnel. Harmonious torch relay indeed!Tommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13552370490869601403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-91392480062141443812008-04-25T17:58:00.000+08:002008-04-25T17:58:00.000+08:00Geoff, can you say "patriotic education"? I bet no...Geoff, can you say "patriotic education"? I bet not too many of those stories about how bad it used to be -- relative to the arrival of Chinese soldiers -- are coming from Tibetans.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://indiac.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow" TITLE="It's Not Democracy, It's A Conspiracy!">Tim Maddog</A>Tim Maddoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16943522529132663780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-21173824091003574002008-04-25T16:30:00.000+08:002008-04-25T16:30:00.000+08:00Priceless! And already an indictment against anot...Priceless! And already an indictment against another neo-liberal government. Australia's conservatives are already preparing for their return.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-66403774919009315882008-04-25T13:57:00.000+08:002008-04-25T13:57:00.000+08:00Well in sleepy old Adelaide it was...."Torch? What...Well in sleepy old Adelaide it was...."Torch? What torch?". <BR/>Honestly, although the commercial media was climbing over itself to beat up a Chinese vs Tibet confrontation story, in reality it was barely mentioned. Most people seem to be disinterested in the Tibetan's cause. But there have been a significant number of stories about what it was like in Tibet before the chinese take over. Not a nice story at all. GeoffAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com