more Olympic news: Sarkozy has just threatened to boycott the opening ceremony unless 3 conditions are met, i can’t remember all but one of them is for beijing to open dialogue with dalai lama. coz china recently started more suppression activities against tibet. hai. terrible.
and, they are so worried about the olympic flame+paris, that the security is going to be very tight on monday. here’s Le Figaro’s idea of it: PDF LINK. i must say the huge entourage is amazing. i do hope they do not change the route unexpectedly. interestingly their stand is that the demonstrations should be allowed to continue, but must not affect the flame’s progress. the rules state that there must be any kind of publicity or rally or promotion of religious, political or whatever purposes alongside the flame.