五輪のたいまつは、少なくとも２度火を消され、バスで輸送された。聖火走者に突進しようと した１件を含み、猛抗議にパリは包まれた。（詳細は下記英文ソースを） The Olympic torch was extinguished and put on a bus for protection at least twice Monday as it moved through Paris amid heavy protests, including at least one attempt to rush a torch-bearer. （抜粋） http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g8-DEMtAE9q4i4ySQ0eV_qZefmRQD8VT1EFO0
５回も聖火が消されたパリに続いてたいまつが到着するサンフランシスコでは、ＩＯＣが予想される暴動 への対策に追われている。IOCのGunilla Lindberg氏は、「これは五輪活動にとってダメージだ。とても悲 しく、怒りを覚える。たいまつをこんな風に扱うのはほとんど犯罪に近い」と述べた。（意訳） IOC braces for more torch relay violence in San Francisco BEIJING - The International Olympic Committee is bracing for what are expected to be violent confrontations in San Francisco Wednesday when the Beijing torch relay arrives following a disastrous leg in Paris, where pro-Tibet protesters forced organizers to cut short its visit Monday after the flame was extinguished at least five times. （略） "I think this is damaging to the Olympic movement. I think it is very sad. I get angry," said IOC Vice-President Gunilla Lindberg. "Using the torch this way is almost a crime."（以下略） http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=38f81fd1-9880-4bcf-b23d-74ebdc453391&k=28225
一方、英国の聖火リレー抗議について英タイムズは「完璧な反応だ」「大勝利と言える」と絶賛した。（意訳） Olympic torch: a perfect response Who says Sunday was a shambles? Who says the police were “humiliated”? A triumph, I call it. What are the Olympics about if not persistence, courage and goodwill towards foreigners (in this case Tibetans), and the expression of these qualities through the kind of doughty physical fitness that leaps over barriers and wrestles sinewy opponents? As for the police, they did their job and kept everyone concerned alive. Good. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/libby_purves/article3701224.ece -- (名無しさん) 2008-04-08 08:32:32
April 7, 2008 Newsom Changes Olympic Torch's SF Route http://sfist.com/2008/04/07/newsom_changes.php In light of today's Golden Gate Bridge scaling/protest incident, Mayor Gavin Newsom--according to Brittney Gilbert at CBS 5's Eye On Blogs-- "announced the route of the Olympic torch has been changed from the published course to a new route whose details will not be made public." （以下略）
