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<a class='bbc_url' href='http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/08/01/sports/20080802_TORCH_GRAPHIC.html?hp'>Passing the Torch: An Evolution of Form</a>
Just all the torches used. pretty neat.
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Back in Ancient Greece, the 'torch relay' was an actual relay <em class='bbc'>race</em> rather than just a prelude to the Games: Who here thinks that reinstating <em class='bbc'>that</em> idea might be interesting?
Yeah, all the way from Greece to whereever the olympics are. And no cheating by hitching a ride...
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No boats or planes.
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No. I do think that teams should be allowed to plan their own route. Adds an extra dimension, I think. Shall we take the short-cut through Afghanistan and Tibet, or the northern by-pass through Russia? Choices, choices.
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Could they go by boat? Imagine running along a speedy transport throough the Suez Canal into the Red Sea, along the Gulf of Aden, across the Arabian Sea to the Bay of Bengal via the Polk Strait. A quick run up the Strait of Malacca and it's home free up the South China Sea.
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Only by swimming...I'm still doubting whether rowing should be allowed.
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Hey, isn't yachting still an event? It could be done via sail. I'm just looking at the five finalists for the 2016 games. three aren't too conducive toward running from Greece there
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Corporations, which should be the carefully restrained creatures of the law and the servants of the people, are fast becoming the people's masters. -- Grover Cleveland
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