The olympics are just a waste of a countries resources that would be better spent helping the people. Besides I don't think there is a country in the world with so much money laying around that building a multi-billion dollar setup for the summer games looks like a good idea.
Anti - Olympic Protestors.
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The Olympics is a celebration of sportsmanship and athleticism. Where countries all over the world who would normally hate each other can put that aside in the name of friendly competition (with the exception of Iran and Israel).
I can understand protesting the Beijing Olympics, genocide and oppression being two staples of Chinese society, but Canada? Canada is f*cking awesome. I have no idea what these protests are all aboot.
The Olympics is a celebration of sportsmanship and athleticism. Where countries all over the world who would normally hate each other can put that aside in the name of friendly competition (with the exception of Iran and Israel).
I can understand protesting the Beijing Olympics, genocide and oppression being two staples of Chinese society, but Canada? Canada is f*cking awesome. I have no idea what these protests are all aboot.
there is a lot of bad baggage that goes along with the Olympics. Overspending, environmental destruction, cultural watering down. They want to draw attention to important issues that get swept up in the hype.
However, the protesters actually threatened violence these games Quote" Militant action". They threatened to attack the torch bearer and the athletes. IF there is one thing that the US has taught us in the last decade, it is that when you sink down to a lower level than those you are fighting, you lose a lot of your sympathy.
However, the protesters actually threatened violence these games Quote" Militant action". They threatened to attack the torch bearer and the athletes. IF there is one thing that the US has taught us in the last decade, it is that when you sink down to a lower level than those you are fighting, you lose a lot of your sympathy.
Throwing money at the homeless problem wouldn't fix anything, in fact it would probably just attract more of the wrong type of people. I would assume that the large homeless population is aided by the fairly mild weather Vancouver has. Besides the Olympics is more than just a spreadsheet on a computer, it is about nation pride which Canada seriously lacks these days for unknown reasons which I won't make assumptions and generalizations on.SonicKoala said:
Now enough dragging your troll around and go enjoy the Olympics! Consider yourself lucky to be living in such a great country that has the ability to host such an amazing competition.
I wasn't "dragging my troll" around - if you look at my original post, not once do I specifically state what side I'm on. I'm very glad the Olympics are here, and I do think that Canada is an amazing country and that hosting such an event is a great honour. I was just informing others of the motivations of the protestors so that people aren't under the impression that Canadians are just a bunch of idiots complaining about nothing - they do have a good reason to be protesting, and I feel they're justified; that doesn't necessarily mean I agree with them.Bjorg3in said:
Although I disagree with what they're protesting, I do agree with this statement. However, when it escalates to violence, that's unacceptable. It shows Canada in a bad light to the whole world and it's disgraceful. Not to mention that many of these protestors probably aren't even from Canada.SonicKoala said:
I live in Vancouver and am bombarded with various news about the Olympics, especially those protesting the games. A lot of the protesters are concentrated in the poorest regions of Vancouver, suffering from homelessness, or students suffering from the burden of debt. There are various legitimate reasons to protest the games especially when our government is cutting its funding for more important things such as education, health care, or bumping up minimum wage (currently, BC has the lowest minimum wage in all of Canada and isn't even indexed to inflation).
However, it's TOO LATE. The Olympics are here. There is nothing you can do when all the venues are built and all the athletes are here, ready to compete. And now, anarchists from across Canada have gathered amongst the protesters solely to destroy property and disrupt the Games with spats of violence. If this were China, you can bet that those kinds of people would "disappear". And even the non-violent protesters are out of line when they try to extinguish the Olympic torch, or reroute the relay. For many of these people, it was a once-in-a-lifetime chance quashed by an angry mob.
As for me, I work right next to the Olympic bus routes and have gotten to meet people from all over the world. There is a magical feeling about seeing all these people join together to watch athletes live out their dreams. If the protests die down, they should take the chance to embrace the positive side of the Games. And they should be glad that none of their houses were bulldozed for anything.
However, it's TOO LATE. The Olympics are here. There is nothing you can do when all the venues are built and all the athletes are here, ready to compete. And now, anarchists from across Canada have gathered amongst the protesters solely to destroy property and disrupt the Games with spats of violence. If this were China, you can bet that those kinds of people would "disappear". And even the non-violent protesters are out of line when they try to extinguish the Olympic torch, or reroute the relay. For many of these people, it was a once-in-a-lifetime chance quashed by an angry mob.
As for me, I work right next to the Olympic bus routes and have gotten to meet people from all over the world. There is a magical feeling about seeing all these people join together to watch athletes live out their dreams. If the protests die down, they should take the chance to embrace the positive side of the Games. And they should be glad that none of their houses were bulldozed for anything.
I hope you arent being serious?troth said:
The games are financed by Companies, McDonalds, Atos, VISA, to name but a few.
Before the games moved to Vancouver the people held a refurendum and overwhelmingly agreed to it.
The only tax money that went into the 2010 Winter games were used to create the tracks in Whistler, Cyprus and Richmond. Now why did they do this? Simple, Richmond now has a Multi Million dollar legacy stadium which all residents can use. It fits Two Olympic Size Ice rinks or 1 rink and 4 tournament size Basketball courts. Not to mention the 5 BLOODY HUGE gyms and rowing facilities in it. I work for VANOC and have seen it.
Oh, and the tracks? Well they can be used almost year round by the constant compititions. And guess what... this brings a shit load of money to these areas YEAR FUCKING ROUND.
Your opinion is so unvalid that it makes me feel sorry your inability to think for yourself.
The games provided not just me a job but 3000+ too. Not to mention the athletes villages which will now be used as cheaper housing for those that need it. How about all the homeless pefab shelters that will be given, from the games, to the city of Vancouver.
I understand the need for people to be free to protest. But when that protest prevents the vetarans a ceremony to show respect to those fighting (for us by the way) and those that have and those that have passed because of it; just makes me angry. Anti Social behaviour is all this was.
Clever people want the games to come to them. Stupid people dont.
Oh and by the way. VANOC just turned down $22million from the Canadian Govt. as they are now in the black (Oh and by the way, a'fucking'gain, any profit that VANOC makes is split evenly between the Cities of BC and the IOC)
I know what you are thinking..... god VANOC is evil... right?
I wont even start on this childishness.Terramax said:
EA really are going to town with the promotions, aren't they? ;O)The_root_of_all_evil said:
I think the protests are more against Vancouver being taken over completely by the games, and the fact that hosting the games costs an obscene amount of money, that people think could be put to better uses. It's a feeling shared by many people about the Summer Games in 2012 in GB...
Hopefully the world will have ended by then.IckleMissMayhem said:
The alternative (Olympics in the UK under a Tory government) is too terrifying to contemplate.
*sigh* stop...just stopAkalabeth said:
when did i ever say that "every country in the world has clean hands?" The United States has done a lot of f*cked up sh*t, but we don't own another country whom we deny basic human rights guaranteed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Now please, get over yourself and don't use me as the vessel to air your grievances about governmental corruption.