Comments on: Beijing Olympics 2012 – let ‘em have it

By: stuart

stuart — Thu, 07 May 2009 23:36:55 +0000

“But I do like the idea of “environmental pyrotechnics.””

Thanks for visiting, Matt. I’m surprised this wasn’t the spin used by Beijing when they got caught faking at last year’s opening ceremony.

By: Chinamatt

Chinamatt — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:22:31 +0000

I honestly can’t understand why any government would want to host the Olympics anymore–it’s just too expensive. But I do like the idea of “environmental pyrotechnics.”

By: stuart

stuart — Sun, 03 May 2009 22:10:07 +0000

Wooddoo, thanks for sharing your thoughts.

On this occasion, however, your knee-jerk defence of the Motherland is misplaced. The only ‘target’ here is the UK’s inability to get the job done.

I suggest you read it again.

By: wooddoo

wooddoo — Sun, 03 May 2009 17:53:49 +0000

The idea was never raised by the Chinese. The vast majority of the Chinese people don’t even know about this. Yet somehow we, by not suggesting we should host the Olympics again, and by not even participating in the discussion, became the target of this blog again…

It really is a self-serving piece.

By: stuart

stuart — Sat, 02 May 2009 01:22:10 +0000

Thanks for your comments, pug.

I’m no expert on these matters, but I don’t think it’s so easy to make the Games in Britain financially viable – and there’s more than the money to consider.

Beijing only had to worry about a few protesters waving flags of the wrong colour; security issues in London are going to be infinitely more complex – and it’s not flags, banners, and opinion that scares them.

That aside, Britain is in a mess and could do with concentrating energy and resources on more important matters.