I do hope some pro-lifers are on the route as well pressing the case against China's appalling population policy which makes it the only country in the world where it is illegal to have brothers and sisters. This is kept going by practices ranging from forced abortions to posting a chart showing a woman's cycle on the factory noticeboard just in case she dare to reproduce.
And then of course there is the ruthless suppression of freedom in Tianaman Square.
There are those who still naively cling to the idea that sport and politics should be and are separate.
Sadly their innocence may well be punctured by an insight from the BBC website today
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By Chris BowlbyBBC News
The Olympic torch is being welcomed this weekend in the UK as a symbol of the sporting spirit, uniting people around the world in peaceful competition.
But the idea of lighting the torch at the ancient Olympian site in Greece and then running it through different countries has much darker origins.
It was invented in its modern form by the organisers of the 1936 Olympics in Berlin.
And it was planned with immense care by the Nazi leadership to project the image of the Third Reich as a modern, economically dynamic state with growing international influence.
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Well put. We were just discussing these protests about the Olympics because of China's involvement in Tibet, and saying that we should also be protesting their horrific anti-life policies at home. Then went on to admit that since we have horrific anti-life policies in this country as well, those need protesting against too. Such politically correct posturing against another country's "poor human rights record" when we are sitting in our own pool of corruption!
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