IOC president Jacques Rogge says Olympics in crisis over torch relay chaos

Thursday 10th April, 04:45 PM JST

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northlondon at 05:12 PM JST - 10th April

Hypocritical of Rogge and the IOC to talk about China's human rights. They were the ones who voted for a Beijing Olympics !
some14some at 05:36 PM JST - 10th April

Anyway too late to regret and games will go ahead as per schedule.
apecNetworks at 06:04 PM JST - 10th April

I think the San Francisco method will work out for the remainder of the torch relay. The IOC can assess the situation prior to the relay, then caution the city that if appropriate security measures are not sufficient or the situation is not good, the relay will be adjusted or cancelled. This is a huge relay, so not all links need to be connected.
thedeath at 07:28 PM JST - 10th April

When Beijing was bidding for the games, Rogge noted, Chinese officials said the Olympics would help advance social change, including human rights. He called it a “moral engagement” and stressed there was no “contractual promise whatsoever” on human rights in the official host city contract.

“I would definitely ask China to respect this moral engagement,” Rogge said.

yeah! if they have the thing call MORAL!
redacted at 08:55 PM JST - 10th April

Who is more corrupt - China or Europe?
GrouchyGaijin at 09:10 PM JST - 10th April

Great question! Japan! In China they get a bullet behind the ear. In Japan they get promoted. In Europe they retire to Crete!
Kwaabish at 09:26 PM JST - 10th April

The IOC gambled and lost when they gave the games to China...
gmygmygmy at 11:06 PM JST - 10th April

The fact is supporters overwhelm in number protestors in San Francisco.
Betzee at 11:12 PM JST - 10th April

[In fact t]he targeting of the torch reflects a critical mass of anger over China's human-rights record fed by the recent Chinese suppression of protests in Tibet, combined with the accelerated mobilizing power of the Internet and cell phones and the clash of symbols and ideals.

Indignant protesters cannot abide the fact that the Olympics - born in ancient Greece, the cradle of democracy - have been awarded to a nation they see as violating the basic freedoms that define democratic societies....

The Chinese government has so far portrayed the 20-nation torch relay - the longest in Olympic history - as a success attended by crowds of supporters and marred only by a small number of "Tibetan separatist forces" inspired by the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan leader that China accuses of plotting violence in Tibet.

But many people outside China say the torch relay - dubbed by China the "Journey of Harmony" - has not turned out to be a red carpet for Red China's coming-out party as a responsible world power....

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/09/MNCH102JCC.DTL
Franck at 04:06 AM JST - 11th April

This guy and the IOC as a whole are so pathetic. Anyway, I will personnaly "boycott" the games as usual since I never watch them anyway. Not gonna change my habits for China...
FromEurope at 04:12 AM JST - 11th April

GrouchyGaijin

"Great question! Japan! In China they get a bullet behind the ear. In Japan they get promoted. In Europe they retire to Crete!"

Why to Crete ???