> > >>>> > 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
> > >>
> > > 29. Anne Rae - Macclesfield
30 Keith Armstrong - London
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Keith
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