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Thursday, April 10, 2008 12:00 AM

Torching the Olympics

Protesters felt burned when the city of San Francisco changed the relay route. But one Burmese activist scored against China anyway.
By Katharine Mieszkowski

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  • Wednesday, April 9, 2008 10:51 PM

    Wouldn't it have been cool..

    If the Toilet Plunger Torch had been carried proudly along the original parade route.. Drawing press attention from the other torch, and ending up on the news everywhere instead?

    Oh well.

    —CornbreadRed Read CornbreadRed's other letters

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