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	<title>Comments on: Welcome (sort of) to the London Olympics</title>
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		<title>By: Calvin</title>
		<link>https://oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/welcome-sort-of-to-the-london-olympics/#comment-3961</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Calvin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2012 08:29:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think Danny Boyle&#039;s liberal politics and Bond theme should have been played to its logical conclusion: IOC Jacques Rogge stroking a white cat during his speech saying &quot;so Mr Bond you think you can run an Olympic event based on human values...&#039; which unleashes a fire fight between the tax paying public and corporate sponsors and their cheerleaders]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think Danny Boyle&#8217;s liberal politics and Bond theme should have been played to its logical conclusion: IOC Jacques Rogge stroking a white cat during his speech saying &#8220;so Mr Bond you think you can run an Olympic event based on human values&#8230;&#8217; which unleashes a fire fight between the tax paying public and corporate sponsors and their cheerleaders</p>
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		<title>By: Duncan</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2012 07:35:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well I thought Hey Jude really didn&#039;t work, but let&#039;s agree to differ on that one!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well I thought Hey Jude really didn&#8217;t work, but let&#8217;s agree to differ on that one!</p>
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		<title>By: Owen Barder</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Owen Barder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2012 07:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Agree with all of this, apart from your attack on Abe Laboriel - who is easily the best drummer Paul McCartney has ever played with (though that isn&#039;t saying much).]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Agree with all of this, apart from your attack on Abe Laboriel &#8211; who is easily the best drummer Paul McCartney has ever played with (though that isn&#8217;t saying much).</p>
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		<title>By: Matt Currey</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Currey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2012 10:35:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cynicism hey..... Its part of the British Sense of Humour and is key to life.... But its not cynicism alone.... The Torch Relay alone shows how much enthusiasm there is!Let alone ticket demand and conversations.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cynicism hey&#8230;.. Its part of the British Sense of Humour and is key to life&#8230;. But its not cynicism alone&#8230;. The Torch Relay alone shows how much enthusiasm there is!Let alone ticket demand and conversations.</p>
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		<title>By: Duncan</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2012 10:21:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Careful Priyanthi, you&#039;re in danger of restoring my faith......]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Careful Priyanthi, you&#8217;re in danger of restoring my faith&#8230;&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Suzanne</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Suzanne]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2012 09:45:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#039;s so odd,and true, and funny that I&#039;m wondering is it&#039;s satire, or hyperbole; truth standing on its head to attract attention!

The most offensive aspect to this particular Games, is the fervor with which the &#039;brand&#039; police and their lawyers go after the butcher who has the olympic rings made in sausages in his window; the granny who knit a pullover with olympic rings on it, to sell at the church bazaar, and the Olympic Supermarket  which had to change its name for the event. (show me an area anywhere with a large Greek community that doesn&#039;t have an Olympic Supermarket).

God Bless the Brits, you still have your sense of humour.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s so odd,and true, and funny that I&#8217;m wondering is it&#8217;s satire, or hyperbole; truth standing on its head to attract attention!</p>
<p>The most offensive aspect to this particular Games, is the fervor with which the &#8216;brand&#8217; police and their lawyers go after the butcher who has the olympic rings made in sausages in his window; the granny who knit a pullover with olympic rings on it, to sell at the church bazaar, and the Olympic Supermarket  which had to change its name for the event. (show me an area anywhere with a large Greek community that doesn&#8217;t have an Olympic Supermarket).</p>
<p>God Bless the Brits, you still have your sense of humour.</p>
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		<title>By: Priyanthi Fernando</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Priyanthi Fernando]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2012 09:09:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am unashamedly in London for the Olympics - not to &quot;see&quot; the Olympics (was unlucky on the draws, and then it got too expensive), but rather to &quot;feel&quot; it... and the NYT article not withstanding there is a positive excitement in the city.  Went to greet the torch at Edmonton Green on Wednesday, my sister and I (Sri Lankan) with our Ethiopian friends and added our mix of spice and colour to what was an undoubtedly multi-ethnic British gathering..from hijab to dread locks, from bindi and holy ash to tatoo - the crowd that cheered the Olympic flame represented multicultural London at its very best....]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am unashamedly in London for the Olympics &#8211; not to &#8220;see&#8221; the Olympics (was unlucky on the draws, and then it got too expensive), but rather to &#8220;feel&#8221; it&#8230; and the NYT article not withstanding there is a positive excitement in the city.  Went to greet the torch at Edmonton Green on Wednesday, my sister and I (Sri Lankan) with our Ethiopian friends and added our mix of spice and colour to what was an undoubtedly multi-ethnic British gathering..from hijab to dread locks, from bindi and holy ash to tatoo &#8211; the crowd that cheered the Olympic flame represented multicultural London at its very best&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: Mtega</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mtega]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2012 08:55:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thank you, that video just made my day.]]></description>
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		<title>By: Duncan</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2012 08:54:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out Ian Sinclair on C4 News, trying to deal with a weirdly euphoric Jon Snow. Particularly good on fascist origins of the Olympic torch. http://www.channel4.com/news/torch-fires-british-passion-for-the-games]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Check out Ian Sinclair on C4 News, trying to deal with a weirdly euphoric Jon Snow. Particularly good on fascist origins of the Olympic torch. <a href="http://www.channel4.com/news/torch-fires-british-passion-for-the-games" rel="nofollow">http://www.channel4.com/news/torch-fires-british-passion-for-the-games</a></p>
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