Lord Coe blasts 'horrible Chinese thugs' who barged their way through London

Daily Mail UK ^ | 8th April 2008 | By SAM GREENHILL, GWYNETH REES and PETER ALLEN

[AnAmericanMother]

OK, let's put you on a horse my trainer owns -- she's a daughter of this Olympic stallion, *Abdullah:

We won't put you at any puissance or anything like an Olympic level jump -- just a 3' hunter course. If you can (1) steer her; (2) stop her; (3) clear TWO fences and (4) stay on her back, I'll give you my Pariani jumping saddle.

I can do it, but I've been riding 45 years.

Or, alternatively, you can fence an epee bout with my hubby. Warning: he's a leftie.

[harpo11]

Oh the joys of the long hot summer month of August, the stage is set for the commie Olympics and Democrat Convention.

[dennisw]

Soccer is a great sport for girls

[Colonel_Flagg]

His trenchant remarks followed those of former Blue Peter presenter and torchbearer Konnie Huq, who revealed the Chinese minders barked orders at her and pushed her arm up to hold the flame higher.

Well, I looked at the pictures of the fetchingly beautiful Ms. Huq. And I'm not gonna say it. Nope. I'm gonna be a good boy.

I'll hate it, but I'm gonna be good. :D

[hoyaloya]

I hardly think Ian the unemployed professional protestor from Leeds, Francois the student activist from St. Elais, or Rainbow the ELF member from the Castro are exactly standing up to Hitler these days, do you? (They’re protesting to defend Hitler aka the Ayatollah these days.)

Ian, Francois, and Rainbow can be found on any given Saturday protesting American pre-emptive war, trade deals with Chile, or decreases in their unemployment checks. That the Chinese has the sense to try to . . . heaven forbid . . . defend the torch seems like common sense.

I didn’t see anything in the news about the Chinese sending tanks or nun-shooters to London or Paris. You want to mix politics and the Olympics, say sayonara to the U.S. in the Olympics. We’re not exactly high on the nutcases’ lists these days. Here in the U.S. the Pink ladies and dudes are attacking recruitment centers and FREEPERS are all over the authorities for standing by and doing nothing. I say that having 14 dudes defend the Olympic torch shows nuts . . . letting professional losers trash recruitment centers shows emasculation.

[hoyaloya]

Just like every other Olympic host nation.

I choose not to characterize actions which would be entirely reasonable if I did them as tarnished or dirty just because someone else I may have unrelated problems with does it. Just me, but I think doing so is intellectually dishonest and is unecessarily antagonistic.

[ninonitti]

I say that having 14 dudes defend the Olympic torch shows nuts . . . letting professional losers trash recruitment centers shows emasculation

Now I see it just the opposite way......having to display force in the face of opposition betrays insecurity while showing restraint in the face of protest shows strength and maturity.

The Chinese thuggery (todays count of the security group is now 30)is an example of what Chinese face in China everyday if they don't toe the party line. Olympics or not it's still a one party totalitarian state.

[demshateGod]

No problem.

[AnAmericanMother]

OK! Meet ya at the barn!

[TigersEye]

I choose not to characterize actions which would be entirely reasonable if I did them as tarnished or dirty just because someone else I may have unrelated problems with does it. Just me, but I think doing so is intellectually dishonest and is unecessarily antagonistic.

I didn't do that so I don't have a problem. ; )