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Great Missing the Point Moments in History - One - Placard

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Going to try a little series here.

Yes, it is "Great Missing the Point Moments in History". Some of these may be someone wilfully missing the point (you can expect Bishop Wilberforce to make an appearance) or it may just be stupidity (you can expect Bush to appear too). Some will be serious and some just stupid.

Anyway, let's have an easy one to start with. This was someone protesting about the Tibet situation and the olympics in China. He really ought to have done a bit of research first...

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