Saturday, April 12, 2008

Olympic Chicanery

The "Free Tibet" slogan enjoys broad support here in Ithaca. Recently, the Olympic torch went through San Francisco aided by some chicanery on the part of local officials. I should think few ithacans would be please by this but, I wonder:

How many of them really even know about it? After all, the most thorough documentation I've seen of the events of that day come from a certain 'zombie' who publishes at http://www.zombietime.com and, sometimes, http://pajamasmedia.com.

His photo-essay of the Olympic Torch Relay can be found here. Reading it (in its entirety) or, the zombietime home page will demonstrate why few ithacas are likely to be aware of his work.

It is, quite simply, verboten.

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