There's breaking news from Paris this morning that the Olympic torch, on its relay from Mount Olympus to this summer's games in Beijing, has been extinguished after a difficult day yesterday in London amid protests over the violence in Tibet.
The Dalai Lama had spoken out against action directed at the torch, asking that people "not cause any hindrance to the (Olympic) games" and therefore stand down, and leave the torch alone.
The torch arrived in Paris late last night and was, sadly, extinguished sometime today. (Breaking as I am posting this--the torch has now been relit and is making its way, mostly inside a bus, along the Seine.)
Leave the torch alone.
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