http://desicritics.org/ Superior South Asian bloggers on Culture, Media, Politics, Sport, Business, and Technology. en Copyright 2006 by the authors Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:19:44 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss BC custom software http://desicritics.org/2008/04/10/075626.php#comment-328946 True, true. There is an asymmetry in protests, always - we're entering Prisoner's Dilemma territory of violence and peace:) 328946@desicritics.org Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:19:44 EDT http://desicritics.org/2008/04/10/075626.php#comment-328942 I agree - peaceful protest is a tried and tested, successful strategy. But - what is peaceful about the Olympic Flame being paraded through the city guarded by uniformed, armed policemen? The role played by these policemen is undeniably above and beyond the basic crowd control functions of the police during public gatherings. What one could say is that sport is inherently non-violent - in the sense none of the participants or spectators are violated in any way. If this were to be applied to protest, the armed disruption of protest (chinese law enforcement on unarmed monks) - is violence, but unarmed protest which does not aim to injure the bearer of the flame is not. 328942@desicritics.org Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:52:59 EDT http://desicritics.org/2008/04/10/075626.php#comment-328938 Kartikeya, Excellent post and very interesting questions - esp abt the pitch diggin versus pro-tibet camps. Perhaps the ideal solution is to protest <i>peacefully</i> and not vandalize or try and xtinguish the flame...easier said than done, of course. 328938@desicritics.org Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:39:16 EDT