Will there be protests against Bush at the Olympics?

prolesunited

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Thu May-13-04 09:25 PM
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Will there be protests against Bush at the Olympics?

Edited on Thu May-13-04 09:33 PM by prolesunited

The games in Greece are set for August. Given the worldwide disapproval for Bush and the situation in Iraq, do you think there will be protests at the Olympic games?

Have there been protests in the past?

Will they be allowed given heightened security?

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arcane1

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Thu May-13-04 09:26 PM
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1. there damn well BETTER be!

:hi:

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prolesunited

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Thu May-13-04 09:32 PM
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3. Oh, I can't make it

Are you going?

:hi:

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arcane1

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Thu May-13-04 09:34 PM
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4. I wish!

but "Old Europe" is less likely to swallow that 1st ammendment zone b.s.

I would imagine Spain alone will have a ton of people there

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Eureka

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Thu May-13-04 09:42 PM
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7. I went to the last one, if that helps :-)

but of course I was living in Sydney at the time.

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ezee

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Thu May-13-04 09:31 PM
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2. I would be surprised

if the United States wasn't the focus of any protest. Given what the shrub admin has done to the world in the name of freedom.

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ElsewheresDaughter

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Thu May-13-04 09:35 PM
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5. fucking A! though sad thing is they will come as boos of our atheletes

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theo4487

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Thu May-13-04 09:40 PM
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6. I'll let you guys know..

I will be in Athens visiting an aunt during the games. It will make it quite uncomfortable if it is anti-American and not anti-Bush protests. Althought i do think Greece knows the difference between Bush policy and the American peoples' will

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AlCzervik

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Thu May-13-04 09:42 PM
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8. theres bush protests at my local 7-11

so i think it's a guarantee that there will be protests o plenty at the olympics.

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vetwife

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Thu May-13-04 09:49 PM
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9. Heard on news last week thinking of cancelling them

The Olympics...Due to security reasons !

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AlCzervik

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Thu May-13-04 09:51 PM
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10. Wouldnt surprise me at all

i'm waiting for the security alert here to go to code Ernie in the fall so Bush can cancel the debates.

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alfredo

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Thu May-13-04 09:53 PM
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11. the Williams Sisters may not go.

they are concerned for their safety.

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theo4487

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Thu May-13-04 11:00 PM
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12. security reasons?

Last i heard the greeks were still uilding highways to accomodate the olympics. They were in construction in late winter...

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alfredo

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Fri May-14-04 12:48 PM
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14. that's the way they work. They kick back, take their time.

But when it comes to the crunch time, they do it.

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historian

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Fri May-14-04 02:36 AM
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13. definitely

I have a greek friend living in athens who despises bush with a passion and he informs me that approx 200.000 are already planning for massive demonstrations.

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