The Olympics just aren't cricket

The progress of the Olympic torch through the streets of London didn't go quite as smoothly as officials would have wanted, with the torch being met with relentless protests at every stage of its journey. I am no fan of violent protest, but I can fully understand the anger and frustration that drives people to make their feelings felt in this way. Let's not forget, this is a regime that is systematically suppressing freedom through violence and is guilty of the sort of human rights violations which wouldn't be out of place in Stalinist Russia. However you dress it up, China's internal policy is about as far away from the Olympic ideals of individual human endeavour as you can get.

Some of the high-profile sports stars who ran the relay, which was supposed to be a showcase for British sport, branded it "a national disgrace".

Far from being a "national disgrace", I am rather proud of the fact that even after 10 years of Labour brainwashing we still have people in this country with the balls to stand up for what they believe in. In fact, I think it's actually the myopic sports personalities that are the national disgrace.

Duncan Goodhew, the former Olympic swimmer who ran with the torch, said: "It shows how extreme things can get in this country and it's a great shame. It's such a bad example for children.

At least we have the freedom to raise children in this country, Goodhew, unlike in Tibet where forced sterilisations are still being carried out.

"The Olympic Games is about inspiring young people, human excellence and fair play. It's a force for good and it's a shame when it is spoilt in this scenario by a few people breaking the law."

Really? What examples of fair play do you see in China, Mr Goodhew? How is ignoring human rights abuses on a national scale a "force for good"? Which do you think is worse - a few people raising their voices in protest or troops shooting people dead on the street? You are a fucking hypocite.

I'm sure that I am not the only person who found the sight of the torch being carried through the streets surrounded by Chinese secret service heavies a powerful and disturbing image. I wonder if Dame Kelly Holmes or Duncan Goodhew or any of the other self-absorbed arseholes who are helping China cover their crimes with the veneer of respectability would have carried the Olympic torch for Hitler's 1936 games? I suspect they would. Give me the British sense of fair play over this bullshit "Olympic Ideal" any day.