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| Athletes who take Tibet stand 'face Olympic cut' |
| 2008-04-11 |
| Would it be OK if I were pro-China? Would it be OK if I were pro-Tibet? Athletes who display Tibetan flags at Olympic venues — including in their own rooms — could be expelled from this summer’s Games in Beijing under anti-propaganda rules. Jacques Rogge, the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), said that competitors were free to express their political views but faced sanctions if they indulged in propaganda. |
| Posted by:gorb |
| #6 Boring? Not this year. I suspect this will end badly, and not just for the Chinese. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-04-11 16:41 |
| #5 See this link for rules for the Flag: http://www.usflag.org/uscode36.html click on the 'flag ettiquette' link for more topical info ( no dips. period) |
| Posted by: USN,Ret. 2008-04-11 15:44 |
| #4 The flag should never be dipped to any person or thing, unless it is the ensign responding to a salute from a ship of a foreign nation. This tradition comes from the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, where countries were asked to dip their flag to King Edward VII: the American team flag bearer, Ralph Rose, refused, famously proclaiming that "this flag dips to no earthly king." |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-04-11 13:44 |
| #3 Olympics? How boring! |
| Posted by: Crolusing tse Tung2745 2008-04-11 13:22 |
| #2 The American team also refused to dip its flag to Edward VII during the opening ceremony When did the US ever dip its flag to a personage at the Olympics? I thought the Olympics was about the athletes, not some grandiose circus paying homage to rulers. Oh, wait, never mind.... |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-04-11 09:47 |
| #1 Time to tell China to go f*ck themselves. And the IOC to boot. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-04-11 08:20 |