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The climax of the opening ceremony was an incredibly moving moment. It is not everyday that such a powerful ritual is created, so why ditch it and try to come up with yet something different next time?
The individual flames merging into a great fire, it was like looking into the sun, with the spokes becoming its rays. The sun is the cauldron we came from, the solar system is our future. The London olympics cauldron is the most potent metaphor of our common identity, and destiny, that I have ever seen, on par with the first images of the earth beamed back by the Apollo astronauts.
I think the cauldron would be put to better use not only by being reused at ulterior olympic events, but by being replicated and installed in every nation, in a highly symbolic location. It would be lit at every great occasion, replacing the raising of the national flag.
In times of increasing nationalism and tribalism of all sorts, such a powerful symbol is priceless, and merits to be experienced again and again.
Please reconsider

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