Protests hit Olympic Torch...

First,it was in London where protesters protesting against China's actions in Tibet tried to disrupt the Olympic torch relay run,and the same incident has happened again this time in Paris.The only difference was that in Paris,police had to cut the Olympic torch relay short Monday amid protests against China's human rights record,French police said.

The torch was scheduled to travel 17 miles,past Paris City Hall,but that stop and others were called off after the protests.The torch made it through about 10 miles of its scheduled journey. It was then driven by bus to its final destination,where it was displayed again during a public ceremony at a stadium.Authorities had to play hide-and-seek with the Olympic torch during much of the route,placing it on a bus at least twice during a sometimes chaotic relay route.I also heard that the fire had to be extinguished by authorities at least five times.The next destination for the relay is in San Francisco,California,where protests has even begin before the torch have reach there.Three protesters scaled the Golden Gate Bridge Monday and unfurled a "Free Tibet" banner.Those who climbed cables from which the bridge is suspended are members of Students for a Free Tibet, said group spokesman.The three were of course arrested then along with four others at the site.China has obviously came out today and condemned the protests,vowing it would not impede the Olympic spirit.

For me personally,I don't really support all this protesting.I am not saying that I am supporting China's actions in Tibet,but disrupting a Olympic torch relay is definitely not a good way of expressing your feelings and anger towards China.For me,sports and politics just doesnt go together very well with one another.Both of them are two completely different things.Why do the people need to disrupt such a historic event and create trouble unneccesarily,I dont understand.But sad to say,China's reputation has taken a huge toll already since the incident in Tibet begun.It is sad that it has come to this state.The Olympics could not have come at a worse time for China.Now I am just starting to have doubts whether the Tibet incident was purposely started because of the upcoming Olympics,nobody knows but even before the Tibet incident,China is already having problems with its human rights issue.I expect more protests to come up in the upcoming relay cities but I really hope when its all done and dusted,the Olympic game could go on as plan and without any major incident.