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04-09-2008, 10:27 PM
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The Olympic torch relay was invented by the Nazis. According to historians, Adolf Hitler wanted to promote his belief in an Aryan master race by symbolically linking the 1936 Berlin Games to the ancient Greek gods and rituals, hence the carrying of the flame from Olympia to Germany. The first relay was chronicled on film by Hitler's propagandist, Leni Riefenstahl.
Link: The torch in San Francisco - Los Angeles Times |
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04-09-2008, 10:47 PM
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Thanks for the link!
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04-13-2008, 10:36 AM
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They're still having riots in Athens over allowing the torch to go to China. I saw the end of one on Saturday, and got to see the Greek anti-riot police in action.
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04-13-2008, 11:40 AM
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The government of North Korea has promised that there will be no demonstrations when the torch passes through North Korea.
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