>>>>
>>>> > This speaks for itself.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > As I was travelling to work on the ferry this morning I
>>>> > noticed that overnight workmen had begun to remove some of the
>>>> > Olympic rings. As you all know, the Paralympics are now only 2 weeks
>>>>away,
>>>> > yet Mr Knight has decided to slap the athletes of the world in the
>>>>face by
>>>> > removing this great unifying symbol!
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > I am very angry.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > The paralympians deserve our respect and our support equally
>>>> > as much as their able bodied counterparts. Indeed most of them
>>>> > have had to surmount far greater obstacles to reach the pinnacle of
>>>>their
>>>> > sport than most of us will ever face.
>>>> >
>>>> > Just imagine that you had not only spent considerable time overcoming
>>>> > a physical or mental disability, but then years training so that you
>>>> > could compete in front of your home crowds. Then imagine you had
>>>>witnessed
>>>> > the last two weeks of the Olympics and felt the huge generosity of
>>>>spirit
>>>> > that overcame us all - you'd be so inspired at the thought of what
>>>>lay
>>>> > ahead, wouldn't you? Then imagine that
>>>> > with a fortnight to go you saw the symbol that had burned brightly on
>>>>the
>>>> > bridge torn down, the symbol for which you have been spending our
>>>> > soul in training every day, the symbol that is meant to overcome the
>>>> > barriers of race, religion, sex and disability. How would you feel?
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > The wet weather that has spread across the city will mean that
>>>> > no more can be done until the heavens clear. Accordingly, given that
>>>>email
>>>> > can spread like the wildfire that has surrounded Sydney over the
>>>> > past few days, can you please place your name on the petition below
>>>>and
>>>>send
>>>> > it on to those you think may do likewise (hell, forward it to those
>>>>who
>>>> > won't - it will only take them 10 seconds to press delete and get on
>>>>with
>>>> > their day).
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > If you are the 20th / 40th / 60th etc person on the petition, please
>>>> > also forward it back to me ([log in to unmask]). I will
>>>> > be contacting the media through some paralympic sources to see if
>>>>there is
>>>> > any interest in this issue.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Please do this small thing to support those that have overcome
>>>> > so much and who stand on the verge of the time of their lives.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Please don't let petty political decisions marr the great generosity
>>>>of
>>>> > spirit that has blossomed in our most beautiful of cities over the
>>>>past
>>>> > weeks.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Please act.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > PETITION
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > We the undersigned urge the NSW Government to retain the Olympic
>>>>Rings on
>>>> > the Sydney Harbour Bridge as a symbol of excellence and unity for
>>>> > the Paralympic Games.
>>>> >
>>>> > 1.Matt Keogh - Mosman, NSW
>>>> >
>>>> > 2.Amber Cerny - Paddington, NSW
>>>> >
>>>> > 3.Andrew Perry - Castle Hill, NSW
>>>> >
>>>> > 4.Bridget O'Donnell - Petersham, NSW
>>>> >
>>>> > 5.Jeffrey Niemoller - Petersham, NSW
>>>> >
>>>> > 6.Lisa Pender - Maroubra, NSW
>>>> >
>>>> > 7.Natalie McKee - Dee Why, NSW
>>>> >
>>>> > 8.Raymond van der Zalm - Surry Hills, NSW
>>>> >
>>>> > 9.Paul Swain - Neutral Bay, NSW
>>>> >
>>>> > 10.Kerry Field - Bondi, NSW
>>>> >
>>>> > 11.Camille Fryer - Surry Hills, NSW
>>>> >
>>>> > 12.Tessa Hoult - Paddington, NSW
>>>> >
>>>> > 13. Amber Hoult - Bondi Beach NSW
>>>> >
>>>> > 14. Nico Griffiths
>>>> >
>>>> > 15. Robyn Elmslie - Balmain, NSW
>>>> >
>>>> > 16. Gayle Nordstrand - Lalor Park NSW
>>>> >
>>>> > 17. Damen Diamantopoulos - Boronia 3155
>>>> >
>>>> > 18. Michelle Joseph - Sandringham 3191
>>>> >
>>>> > 19. Adam Vincent - Alphington 3078
>>>> >
>>>> > 20. Kirsten McLachlan - Alphington 3078
>>>> >
>>>> > 21. Kristin Radtke - Footscray 3011
>>>> >
>>>> > 22. Ann Hantzolos - Doncaster 3108
>>>> >
>>>> > 23. Scott Pridham - Brahma Lodge 5109
>>>> >
>>>> > 24. Kylie Rickards - Bedford Park 5042
>>>> >
>>>> > 25. Eleanor Foster - Moorooka 4105
>>>>
>>>>26. Anthony Nicholas - Sydney
>>>>
>>>>27. Helen Thew - Newcastle upon Tyne UK
>>>>
>>>28. Harriet Radermacher - Newcastle upon Tyne UK
>>
>
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