thats an unfair argument. you cant cry plea bargain at something like this. those against it could say that being told it would only cost £2.4b (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17525402) and then having to spend £9.3b, is £6.9b wasted, which could have been spent on hospitals, schools and making sure little Tom from the nspcc advert dont get beat up again. if someone gave you £6.9b, you wouldnt help the needy? you'd host a sporting extravaganza to boost your ranking within the world order?
Typical, you appear to fail to understand that some people being "not interested" is the very point that we're trying to make. If London were to host the 2012 Horticultural Championships, or the 2012 World Crossdressing Extravaganza, and it meant that doing so would cause major disruptions to your journey to and from work every day, as well as creating a 'temporary' eyesore outside your window and the whole thing being funded out of the taxes you pay, you would probably be pretty annoyed about doing so, presumably because, as far as I'm aware, you're not that into crossdressing and gardening (well maybe the latter but my imaginations a bit stumped today).
One of my customers is a lady who was at the opening ceremony for the 1948 Olympics. As she says it was a proper amateur event then. Since then for me it has been ruined by the drug cheats. Who really knows who takes them and who doesn't?
If your not interested then why are they bitching about cost? Why are they not interested then why do they want to slag it off. If they not interested then good luck on the x box this summer. It is the way the British are "I'm not having no African getting on my tube with a pole vault every morning" some of the ignorant redneck selfish behaviour on here astounds me.
thats kinda rude. you know nothing about anyone who disagrees with it. most people have said its the cost or no interest in it that has put them off. that is their reason, because it is not the same as yours how can you call them ignorant? pot kettle black.
Ok. The euros and the Olympics. I doubt the fans watching the modern pentathlon are going to throw bottles of piss at each other. I doubt that Stratford pubs are going to have to close early. I doubt that banning orders are going to be sent out to the fans of the show jumping. For once we british fans can show some class. Judging by the ignorantly on here we better sell all our tickets to the foreigners and sit at home acting crisps
I haven't "bitched about the cost" at all. I've said that I don't wish to pay for such an event, but thats nothing to do with the cost of it, simply the principle that I do not wish to pay for something which I don't want. Even so, surely "not being interested" is sufficient reason to "bitch about the costs" as everyone will be paying towards the cost of it regardless of whether they are interested or not. I'm not sure what you meant in the second section about Africans on the Tube
Ignorant people are the ones like you that wanted to buy tickets for the football got a knock back and now mugging it off. You have never been to an Olympics. I have been to three. So I know what they are and how inspirational they can be. So until you have experienced the true nature of competition then don't slagg it off.
2 out of the 4 in the office i work in, in greenwich, have booked time off and plan on spending it abroad. plan on doing the same too. will hopefully watch the final of the penny-up competition from croatia.
yeah, but ignorant people like you are probably why there is no world peace.... thought seeing as we're now making assumptions that cannot be backed up through thought or logic i'd join in. you are probably the reason why we're in recession. and why i dont like bacon crisps. or milk. you've probably also caused earthquakes and tsunami's. where do you get your quib's from eh? i've given you a fact - its over budget, i'm put off. and you come out with 3 "your ignorants" because... thats what you think?
Until you have experienced something then you are always going to be ignorant. I want my boy to see the Olympics I want him to see the athletes run past I want him to go to the Paralympics and be inspired. Such a thought is lost upon you and your mates at Greggs. But allow me and mine to enjoy a very special event without coming up with bollox that you know nothing about.
The money thing still isn't accurate though- the Olympics make money. Have done so for the past 4 from what I'm reading. If you don't like it, fair enough. But 3 weeks of inconvenience is fine by me if it means we host the Olympics. But then I like athletics. I buy in to the culture it brings, but fully understand those who have little interest. Anyone want to come join me on the fence
"when the British people were offered the most historically significant sporting event most people in Britain said where will we park"- Marcus Bridgstock check it out on utube. Put you nayers in your place.
Please go to utube and listen to what Marcus Bridgstock said live at the apollo about the Olympics four years ago and the British attitude towards it. So true and poignant and really sums up this crap attitude sum of you have.
I hate the fact that the very first event will take place in Cardiff. Who decided that? Why couldn't Wembley stage the first football match? Poxy is the word I would use to describe it.
