[Yossarian]

What a mess whoever was in charge.

I despise the fact that the Red Chinese government had anything to do with operations on American soil.

BUT

If it was Newsom who orchestrated this at the last second, at least he kept violence from happening.

This whole affair probably should have just been cancelled, given observation of Europe, and what a common-sense intelligence operation for the SF government should have been able to figure out. (Note: I'm not talking about an ugly kind of intelligence with intrigue, just "we're having this event, what the heck are groups planning on doing?" common-sense info-gathering.)

I think the reality is that this is egg mostly on the face of Red China and the IOC. And I couldn't be happier!

-Yossarian
Amateur Athlete

[NormsRevenge]

It may be true that mayhem was widely avoided as they ran the initial relay course backwards ‘til it choked up with regrouping protesters, it definitely could have gotten nasty so he does deserve credit for that.

That the IOC and China bear the brunt for it even coming to this in the first place is a shame in more than a few folks minds.