I for one am totally against all the hype that the olympics have generated.  The principle is good, athletes competeing against each other, in a fair way.

It was always amateurs however there is big money in training and all the advertsing competitors get.

Once more, the privilidged people will be able to access all the amenites that most talented people cannot.  This certainly happens in the UK, talented people who may not have the back up, either finacial or emotional will fall by the wayside even though they are probably extremely talented.  Young people from more affluent familes will always have an advantage for a variety of reasons, from something as basic as food supplements to training facilties and clothes.

As for the millions of visitors descending on the UK, the threat of terrosism will be massive, anyone employed by the police, including admin staff have had ALL leave cancelled for the whole of the summer in case there is an incident.  The cost to our police service is astronomical.  Is this fair on our struggling situation?

I also wonder how many "Visitors" will outstay visas etc? 

Is  the Olympics worth holding with all the stress and strains that it will put on our public services?  My opinion is NO.

Yay Lilly shares my view

Possibly couldn't agree more with what Lilly said there..

Thought Id throw this out there now the games are nearly over

We've been feeding a lot of africans for over what, 30 years? Nothings changed... and it wont anytime soon. It's an endless tunnel..

We've been feeding a lot of africans for over what, 30 years? Nothings changed... and it wont anytime soon. It's an endless tunnel..

Exactly.

Quote from: Rune on August 12, 2012, 14:58:30

We've been feeding a lot of africans for over what, 30 years? Nothings changed... and it wont anytime soon. It's an endless tunnel..

Exactly.

Then we all need to look together and try and mke this world a better place for all humans, not just the lucky ones to be born into a rich countries

The world will never change for the better. As much as I would like it to and as much as a lot of people would like it to it frankly won't.
We as humans are afraid to actually stand up and do anything. We'll sit around and complain but just let life pass us by.

Not to sound evil or anything, but what will feeding African's really do? Slavery is the reason their cultures are destroyed. We took their leaders and used them as slaves. Africa wouldn't be the total shit hole that it is if slavery hadn't been used in the first place.

You can't change the past but you can sure as hell learn from it.

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there are people in the uk  starving lets sort our mess out first
We've been feeding a lot of africans for over what, 30 years? Nothings changed... and it wont anytime soon. It's an endless tunnel.. agree with rune

Our own country is a shit hole, that needs to be sorted out before everyone elses problems.

Our own country is a shit hole, that needs to be sorted out before everyone elses problems.

^ This.

Also agree with Rune and wud.

Thought Id throw this out there now the games are nearly over

1700 billion dollars were spent on military last year and you're blaming olympics?

I agree, that charity does begin at home, and I more than most you realise what a complete mess the UK is in.

Does that make it right that we refuse to help other Countries?  Why do we continue to waste our money on things that dont need it.

We should be thinking our priorites. lets stop all the bonuses for big corrupt bankers, lets push that money back where it is needed.

Certainly back into this Country, the Olympics wasted money this country could ill afford.

I dont know the answers but I do know that things NEED to change.

call me ignorant but why bother fixing countries basically starting from the beginning when we can continue to advance the already developed ones (see Curiosity)

call me ignorant but why bother fixing countries basically starting from the beginning when we can continue to advance the already developed ones (see Curiosity)

So just leave them?  And use their materials when we need them, just go in, destroy their land, and resources and leave them to die?  Where is civilisation?

Quote from: Fergus on August 13, 2012, 00:04:09

call me ignorant but why bother fixing countries basically starting from the beginning when we can continue to advance the already developed ones (see Curiosity)

So just leave them?  And use their materials when we need them, just go in, destroy their land, and resources and leave them to die?  Where is civilisation?

As an avid Civilization player, this is very common to do; capture another country, then just leave the city to die, unless they have good resources. Such is life.