Bait and switch? Masterwork of diplomacy? Diplomacy, I say! A fantastic day I shall not soon forget... Thousands of street people, well-wishers; hundreds of tragically sad and furious people (the Tibetans and Burmese); thousands of proud Chinese - a stage set for riot! As the Torch was passed along an unknown route...

Or a knowing hand that averts a riot? I'm glad I didn't have to watch Chinese and Tibetans duke it out in the streets of San Francisco as the symbol of Olymic cooperation was passed along the Embarcadero...