Safari keeps giving me the coloured wheel in facebook games

Hi
If I have 2 tabs open in safari and try to open 2 facebook games like farmville and hidden chronicles I get the coloured wheel and safari locks up and I have to force quit.
Should I download flash player or not?
any help appreciated
thank you

Only download Flash from http://www.adobe.com/

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