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  1. Athens 2004 - 10 Years Anniversary

    in General Olympics Discussion

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    In the case of Athens it is not very fair to judge the Games under the circumstances in view of the very difficult financial condition that Greece is.

    But lets put some things straight

    1. Organisation wise the games were successful much more than some of the preceding games wanting it or not.

    2. The opening ceremony was an artistic event and as such, not everyone will like it or has to like it for that matter. It may have appealed more to people that have a specific background and specific educational background (and you can see than sometimes in the nationality of the commentators) while others failed to connect with it because they could not, or the creators failed to make them, understand the message. It was not some much what was shown it was more a message that the artist tried to present. It was not the technology or tricks shown it were the message. And believe it or not the whole Opening ceremony had a single story to tell which was unique in that respect compared to any other before or since.

    3. The problems of the post-game use of the venues started long before Greece was in any financial constraint and just mirrored a certain disrespect to public property and funds that the Greek politicians and society has developed in the last decades and still, unfortunately has.

  5. Madrid 2020

    in Madrid, Spain 2020 Olympic Bid

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    All Olympic bids are just unpredictable, in this case if the Istanbul unrest was a week before the election and a nuclear leak in Tokyo the day before as well, maybe we would be talking of Madrid 2020 today!

    This however, is a too desperate and expensive technique to get the Olympics "try until you are at the correct point at the correct time as the only viable alternative".

    On the other hand if there was zero chance for them to get it why were they shortlisted to beggin with?

  9. 125th Session - live chat

    in 2020 Olympic Games Bid

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    No. Don't count the tie-breaker. Istanbul actually got 12 more votes in the final round. Istanbul is really a hard place to stage something as large as an Olympics. And a lot of the stuff will happen in the outlying suburbs of the city They should've just gone for Euro 2020. Or can they stilll gof for that. And enuf with those stupid headscarves in an int'l forum. It just spells the death of one's chances in an int'l competition with those head-towels. They cause your brain NOT to think, ladies!!

    I think, I saw one of those ladies, is the wife of the PM.

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