What did you make of the protests surrounding the Olympic torch?

Controversy seemed to follow the flame wherever it went…from London and Paris and across the Atlantic to San Francisco.

Has it ruined a significant Olympic moment for you?

Or do you applaud the activists who are drawing attention to human rights abuses in Tibet – and elsewhere in China?

The International Olympic Committee has called the torch protests a “crisis”...do you agree?

Or are simply people exercising their right to freedom of speech?

Maybe it’s livened up the torch relay for you…perhaps you usually find it quite dull but this has made it a bit more interesting.

Overall the protests have been non violent – but some of the protests were violent. In Paris for example, one activist forcibly put the flame out, while in San Francisco, the path of the torch was changed to avoid protestors. 

Are the Olympics really separate from politics, as the IOC keeps insisting?

Or is that impossible in a year when they’re being held in China?

The flame arrives in Canberra on April 24th – will you be upset if there are protests?