On 7 Apr, 16:18, boblee1...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Apr 7, 9:15=A0am, just john <teuy13...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>http://www.wa****ngtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/07/AR200...
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> > Me, I think -- since we've had to put up with the mystique of this
> > damned "eternal" flame for all of our lives* -- any time the Torch is
> > extinguished, they should have to go back to that place in Greece, re-
> > light it, and start all over again. =A0If the Torch can't make it to
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> > Games in time for their start, that year's Games should be CALLED
> > OFF!!
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> > And if the Games are called off for this reason for more than three
> > times in a row, we ditch them altogether.
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> > Let's take this myth as seriously as it WANTS to be taken!
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> > * I'm assuming nobody reading this is over 125 years old or so, so
> > that counts as "eternal" in this day and age.
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> > =A0--
> > * Radio Free Entropy:http://just-john.com/cn/rfe.shtml
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> Dream on!
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> The torch carrier put out the flame, but fire was still inside the
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It's actually very difficult to put the torch out because there are
mechanisms within it to keep the flame lit inside. It's actually
quite a sophisticated bit of technology these days! I wouldn't say it
was completely impossible though, because there have been television
programs (broadcast in more peaceful times) that tell people exactly
what tech. the torch has inside of it, and the old saying - where
there is a will, there is a way - applies.
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