<![CDATA[Um, Maybe We Should Just Skip The Olympic Torch This Time - Deadspin Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/deadspin.com.png <![CDATA[Um, Maybe We Should Just Skip The Olympic Torch This Time - Deadspin Comments]]> http://deadspin.com Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:01:18 EDT Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:01:18 EDT http://deadspin.com/371340/um-maybe-we-should-just-skip-the-olympic-torch-this-time <![CDATA[Um, Maybe We Should Just Skip The Olympic Torch This Time]]> http://deadspin.com/371340/um-maybe-we-should-just-skip-the-olympic-torch-this-time#c4855573 If all this silliness ruins the vibe at my rythmic gymnastics party, i'm gonna be pissed.

middlejester

]]> 11:371340:c4855573 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:01:18 EDT <![CDATA[Um, Maybe We Should Just Skip The Olympic Torch This Time]]> http://deadspin.com/371340/um-maybe-we-should-just-skip-the-olympic-torch-this-time#c4846306 Wait.. I can own Tibet without having to pay for anything?

Pretty Much Just Another Ice Sculpture

]]> 11:371340:c4846306 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:36:51 EDT <![CDATA[Um, Maybe We Should Just Skip The Olympic Torch This Time]]> http://deadspin.com/371340/um-maybe-we-should-just-skip-the-olympic-torch-this-time#c4845353 Let's go Bucs!

Jubilation T. Cornpone

]]> 11:371340:c4845353 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:52:46 EDT <![CDATA[Um, Maybe We Should Just Skip The Olympic Torch This Time]]> http://deadspin.com/371340/um-maybe-we-should-just-skip-the-olympic-torch-this-time#c4845091 You guys have got it all wrong. They used a burning Tibetan monk to light the torch. It's the circle of life.

White Speed Receiver

]]> 11:371340:c4845091 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:42:47 EDT <![CDATA[Um, Maybe We Should Just Skip The Olympic Torch This Time]]> http://deadspin.com/371340/um-maybe-we-should-just-skip-the-olympic-torch-this-time#c4844129 Mac would never let Quon Li eat Lassie. She might, however, try to off the bitch to impress Flicka.

Dieter

]]> 11:371340:c4844129 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:02:15 EDT <![CDATA[Um, Maybe We Should Just Skip The Olympic Torch This Time]]> http://deadspin.com/371340/um-maybe-we-should-just-skip-the-olympic-torch-this-time#c4844030 Not to get all heavy, but the poetic justice here is incredible. The more China tries to quash dissent and present a facade of order, the worse the chaos and disorder becomes.

It's enough to make you believe there's truth to certain Eastern religious tenets.

the sieve

]]> 11:371340:c4844030 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:57:55 EDT <![CDATA[Um, Maybe We Should Just Skip The Olympic Torch This Time]]> http://deadspin.com/371340/um-maybe-we-should-just-skip-the-olympic-torch-this-time#c4843970 What could possibly go WONG*?

/fixed

MoClarettMoProblems

]]> 11:371340:c4843970 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:56:01 EDT <![CDATA[Um, Maybe We Should Just Skip The Olympic Torch This Time]]> http://deadspin.com/371340/um-maybe-we-should-just-skip-the-olympic-torch-this-time#c4843869 The real winners in 2008 will be the 4th place finishers, who won't be getting lead poisoning from their medals.

MDT

]]> 11:371340:c4843869 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:52:50 EDT <![CDATA[Um, Maybe We Should Just Skip The Olympic Torch This Time]]> http://deadspin.com/371340/um-maybe-we-should-just-skip-the-olympic-torch-this-time#c4843798 @Gourmet Spud: as always, +1.
Into Thin Air was a quality read.

VTBen

]]> 11:371340:c4843798 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:50:40 EDT <![CDATA[Um, Maybe We Should Just Skip The Olympic Torch This Time]]> http://deadspin.com/371340/um-maybe-we-should-just-skip-the-olympic-torch-this-time#c4843785 On my computer, the journey of Harmony usually begins with a blowjob, goes through reverse cowgirl and doggystyle, and ends with a facial.

Get Him A Body Bag, Yeah!

]]> 11:371340:c4843785 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:50:10 EDT <![CDATA[Um, Maybe We Should Just Skip The Olympic Torch This Time]]> http://deadspin.com/371340/um-maybe-we-should-just-skip-the-olympic-torch-this-time#c4843416 Why do Chinese officials keep saying the torch will arive in 10-15 minutes?
/hi-yo!!


DeepFriar

]]> 11:371340:c4843416 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:36:17 EDT <![CDATA[Um, Maybe We Should Just Skip The Olympic Torch This Time]]> http://deadspin.com/371340/um-maybe-we-should-just-skip-the-olympic-torch-this-time#c4843302 @Weed Against Speed:

"What would the Chinese Olympic Committee like me to do? Walk in the Opening Ceremonies? I can't walk in the Opening Ceremonies, I'M A....."

Gourmet Spud

]]> 11:371340:c4843302 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:31:50 EDT <![CDATA[Um, Maybe We Should Just Skip The Olympic Torch This Time]]> http://deadspin.com/371340/um-maybe-we-should-just-skip-the-olympic-torch-this-time#c4843252 Dude, get the pledge pin ready... this guy is SO IN!

futuremrsrickankiel

]]> 11:371340:c4843252 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:30:15 EDT <![CDATA[Um, Maybe We Should Just Skip The Olympic Torch This Time]]> http://deadspin.com/371340/um-maybe-we-should-just-skip-the-olympic-torch-this-time#c4843216 The only thing China is guilty of here is horrible human rights violations and degredation of the environment. But, on the bright side, I did get a sweet beach cruiser bike for $130.

Stev D

]]> 11:371340:c4843216 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:29:02 EDT <![CDATA[Um, Maybe We Should Just Skip The Olympic Torch This Time]]> http://deadspin.com/371340/um-maybe-we-should-just-skip-the-olympic-torch-this-time#c4843202 You forgot the fact that Americans feel the need to bring their own food since eating Chinese food will result in positive steroids tests. No MSG, but lots of HGH.

Bobby_Big_Wheel

]]> 11:371340:c4843202 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:28:38 EDT <![CDATA[Um, Maybe We Should Just Skip The Olympic Torch This Time]]> http://deadspin.com/371340/um-maybe-we-should-just-skip-the-olympic-torch-this-time#c4843203 The irony is that the protester would have gotten away if his sneakers hadn't been made in China.

Gourmet Spud

]]> 11:371340:c4843203 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:28:38 EDT <![CDATA[Um, Maybe We Should Just Skip The Olympic Torch This Time]]> http://deadspin.com/371340/um-maybe-we-should-just-skip-the-olympic-torch-this-time#c4843200 The torch bearers plan on losing the protesters by putting it in the back of a camry and driving for 20,000 miles with the turn signal on.

jwaves2007

]]> 11:371340:c4843200 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:28:34 EDT <![CDATA[Um, Maybe We Should Just Skip The Olympic Torch This Time]]> http://deadspin.com/371340/um-maybe-we-should-just-skip-the-olympic-torch-this-time#c4843193 Prince Charles may not be officially attending the ceremony but may show up disguised as a giant tampon.

Weed Against Speed

]]> 11:371340:c4843193 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:28:16 EDT <![CDATA[Um, Maybe We Should Just Skip The Olympic Torch This Time]]> http://deadspin.com/371340/um-maybe-we-should-just-skip-the-olympic-torch-this-time#c4843183 San Francisco officials are planning to allow protesters to protest from "free speech zones" located in Modesto.

also, it's His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

supermike5alive

]]> 11:371340:c4843183 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:27:43 EDT <![CDATA[Um, Maybe We Should Just Skip The Olympic Torch This Time]]> http://deadspin.com/371340/um-maybe-we-should-just-skip-the-olympic-torch-this-time#c4843164 @shea_guevara: It did seem as if Samaranch had a suspicious number of wives in his private suite.

Senators Lost Cojones

]]> 11:371340:c4843164 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:26:52 EDT <![CDATA[Um, Maybe We Should Just Skip The Olympic Torch This Time]]> http://deadspin.com/371340/um-maybe-we-should-just-skip-the-olympic-torch-this-time#c4843117 Yes, I think hosting the olympics is the perfect venue for showcasing China's great human rights record!

I think the addition of a tank dodging competition is great evidence of this.

MerryLander

]]> 11:371340:c4843117 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:25:22 EDT <![CDATA[Um, Maybe We Should Just Skip The Olympic Torch This Time]]> http://deadspin.com/371340/um-maybe-we-should-just-skip-the-olympic-torch-this-time#c4843102 If the torch is used to ignite a few non-violent tibetan monks we can really bring this thing whole-circle here, folks.

Chief Wahoo

]]> 11:371340:c4843102 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:24:54 EDT <![CDATA[Um, Maybe We Should Just Skip The Olympic Torch This Time]]> http://deadspin.com/371340/um-maybe-we-should-just-skip-the-olympic-torch-this-time#c4843095 @What Would Kornheiser Do?: They can't all be the yellow ranger.

AndyReidsOtherSon

]]> 11:371340:c4843095 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:24:34 EDT <![CDATA[Um, Maybe We Should Just Skip The Olympic Torch This Time]]> http://deadspin.com/371340/um-maybe-we-should-just-skip-the-olympic-torch-this-time#c4843085 This is super-tellific!

Afino

]]> 11:371340:c4843085 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:24:19 EDT <![CDATA[Um, Maybe We Should Just Skip The Olympic Torch This Time]]> http://deadspin.com/371340/um-maybe-we-should-just-skip-the-olympic-torch-this-time#c4843073 @The Fan's Attic: +1

Civil Negligence

]]> 11:371340:c4843073 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:23:48 EDT <![CDATA[Um, Maybe We Should Just Skip The Olympic Torch This Time]]> http://deadspin.com/371340/um-maybe-we-should-just-skip-the-olympic-torch-this-time#c4843013 One smirre

Little Lebowski Urban Achievers

]]> 11:371340:c4843013 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:22:13 EDT <![CDATA[Um, Maybe We Should Just Skip The Olympic Torch This Time]]> http://deadspin.com/371340/um-maybe-we-should-just-skip-the-olympic-torch-this-time#c4842992 Need a light, Tibetan self-immolators?

Raskolnikov

]]> 11:371340:c4842992 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:21:26 EDT <![CDATA[Um, Maybe We Should Just Skip The Olympic Torch This Time]]> http://deadspin.com/371340/um-maybe-we-should-just-skip-the-olympic-torch-this-time#c4842969 @Senators Lost Cojones: Certainly not the same IOC that let Salt Lake City bribe its way to a Winter Olympics.

shea_guevara

]]> 11:371340:c4842969 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:20:48 EDT <![CDATA[Um, Maybe We Should Just Skip The Olympic Torch This Time]]> http://deadspin.com/371340/um-maybe-we-should-just-skip-the-olympic-torch-this-time#c4842928 Free-speech zone? Isn't that written right into the Constitution?

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances, whereas the Government reserves the right to allocate these ideals as it deems fiscally responsible or as pertaining to performance-enhancing drugs.

GreatOdensRaven

]]> 11:371340:c4842928 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:19:08 EDT <![CDATA[Um, Maybe We Should Just Skip The Olympic Torch This Time]]> http://deadspin.com/371340/um-maybe-we-should-just-skip-the-olympic-torch-this-time#c4842910 Pirates always have the best flags.

goathair

]]> 11:371340:c4842910 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:18:25 EDT <![CDATA[Um, Maybe We Should Just Skip The Olympic Torch This Time]]> http://deadspin.com/371340/um-maybe-we-should-just-skip-the-olympic-torch-this-time#c4842893 Wait: that's pictures not from a protest. That's a stock-footage scene from Power Rangers!

What Would Kornheiser Do? Presented by Larsen's Biscuits

]]> 11:371340:c4842893 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:17:49 EDT <![CDATA[Um, Maybe We Should Just Skip The Olympic Torch This Time]]> http://deadspin.com/371340/um-maybe-we-should-just-skip-the-olympic-torch-this-time#c4842883 San Francisco should have no problem with anything flaming.

The Fan’s Attic

]]> 11:371340:c4842883 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:17:36 EDT <![CDATA[Um, Maybe We Should Just Skip The Olympic Torch This Time]]> http://deadspin.com/371340/um-maybe-we-should-just-skip-the-olympic-torch-this-time#c4842862 I am shocked, SHOCKED that no one in the IOC saw this coming when they awarded the Games in the first place.

Senators Lost Cojones

]]> 11:371340:c4842862 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:16:47 EDT <![CDATA[Um, Maybe We Should Just Skip The Olympic Torch This Time]]> http://deadspin.com/371340/um-maybe-we-should-just-skip-the-olympic-torch-this-time#c4842851 That's no ordinary pirate flag . . . it's the official Brady Quinn GAY pirate flag.

ASox

]]> 11:371340:c4842851 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:16:28 EDT <![CDATA[Um, Maybe We Should Just Skip The Olympic Torch This Time]]> http://deadspin.com/371340/um-maybe-we-should-just-skip-the-olympic-torch-this-time#c4842831 Gunga galunga!

Weed Against Speed

]]> 11:371340:c4842831 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:15:43 EDT <![CDATA[Um, Maybe We Should Just Skip The Olympic Torch This Time]]> http://deadspin.com/371340/um-maybe-we-should-just-skip-the-olympic-torch-this-time#c4842828 In Communist China, torch burns you.

crazyjoedavola

]]> 11:371340:c4842828 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:15:31 EDT <![CDATA[Um, Maybe We Should Just Skip The Olympic Torch This Time]]> http://deadspin.com/371340/um-maybe-we-should-just-skip-the-olympic-torch-this-time#c4842817 A protest is being planned at the top of Mount Everest by the bones of Rob Hall and Scott Fischer.

Gourmet Spud

]]> 11:371340:c4842817 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:15:08 EDT <![CDATA[Um, Maybe We Should Just Skip The Olympic Torch This Time]]> http://deadspin.com/371340/um-maybe-we-should-just-skip-the-olympic-torch-this-time#c4842810 So, what's the word for "clusterfuck" in about 30 different languages?

What Would Kornheiser Do? Presented by Larsen's Biscuits

]]> 11:371340:c4842810 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:14:49 EDT <![CDATA[Um, Maybe We Should Just Skip The Olympic Torch This Time]]> http://deadspin.com/371340/um-maybe-we-should-just-skip-the-olympic-torch-this-time#c4842696 Keep that dirty torch outta my backyard, Wang!

Rob Iracane

]]> 11:371340:c4842696 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:10:22 EDT