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  1. Sir Rols
    No it’s not. The city of Naples Coat of Arms
  2. Sir Rols
    “I didn’t think he meant what he said” is a pretty poor excuse as well. Yet there’s more than enough “reasonable conservatives” to aid and abet them. You don’t get to ignore the parts you don’t like and then try to say “but that’s nothing to do with me”.
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    A Red state is still a Red state. It still means they were more comfortable having this bunch of gangsters in the White House than a Democratic woman. If you’re going to break bread with Nazis, don’t then come out and say “but we’re not really like them”.
  4. Sir Rols
    Coe’s the only candidate who’s still tough on Russia. All the rest mutter about “bringing Russia back into the fold” so I guess not all of them would be taking their light sabres out of their sheafs(sheaves?) scabbards.
  5. Sir Rols
    @GBModerator Maybe this topic should be merged into: At least kept our Trump outrage in one spot.
  6. Sir Rols
    BONUS EXTRA! You’ll get an Aussie Queen. She’ll (kinda) already speak your language! Who could ask for anything more!
  7. Sir Rols
    Yes, the main trappings all get taken down, but it’s funny how that even many years down the track you may still run across remnants. Even 25 years on in Sydney, I still occasionally come upon artefacts - driving along a road and noticing that some of the blue line from the marathon course hasn’t been worn away yet, travelling in a train past a props warehouse and seeing an abandoned OC prop, traffic signs to the velodrome that still display the Sydney 2000 logo. And many cars still sporting the souvenir Sydney 2000 license plates, or the odd person still going around with their volunteer jackets.
  8. Sir Rols
    Baseball and softball actually do have followings and well established leagues here. Not as huge as cricket, but we’ve medaled in both at the Olympics - in softball’s case, multiple bronzes and silver.
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    Okay, I see now. Pity. Admittedly, it is a while ago since I was there. Stayed there in my younger years when I was bumming down from LA to San Diego. Just liked the vibes, and remember as one of the occasions I got to meet some very stereotypical archetypes - real, like totally, (1980s) surfer dudes.
  10. Sir Rols
    What’s with HB? I don’t know Trestles, but I’ve spent some time at HB and thought it was lovely.
  11. Sir Rols
    LA28 Olympic Surfing Location Down To Either Trestles or Huntington Beach
  12. Sir Rols
    You think so? I’m just so f*cking angry, speechless and in despair. I don’t trust myself to write much more.
  13. Sir Rols
    What the f*cking hell! Are these guys actually trying to hasten on Armageddon?
  14. Sir Rols
    That, sand probably Bach wanted a “legacy”. Trouble is he was always clueless and tone deaf about what drives esports. Hopefully the next president will be one who’ll review the whole lunatic strategy. Look to embracing some popular esports, not the laughable roster Bach has tried to push. Maybe incorporate one or two events into the proper games, rather than subcontractor it out to the Saudis. Those oil despots shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near anything Olympic.
  15. Sir Rols
    Olympic Esports Games delayed
  16. Sir Rols
    The first interesting discourse and debate on this thread for months.
  17. Sir Rols
    Yeah, but @sebastien1214 is French. Protest is their national sport
  18. Sir Rols
    I’ll leave you to your calculator…
  19. Sir Rols
    No, YOU turned it into a numbers game and made a disparaging remark comparing them to the front row of the stadium. I’m not the only one who described that response as sneering. Instead of playing the numbers game, why don’t you address the topic and explain how the needs of the stadium would, ahem, Trump the need for green space in a city not exactly bursting with it?
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    It’s totally belittling of valid concerns that some people have had to the merest (at the moment) hint that a certain plan may be considered. And surely the best way to address such concerns is not to belittle them and sneeringly dismiss them as irrelevant because the stadium crowds will make them look puny. It’s to consider their objections and see if there’s any way to work with them and around them. If they do choose Victoria Park they have some plan, for example, to counter balance the green space lost with more being made available elsewhere. Numbers doesn’t make right. Otherwise we could dismiss indigenous concerns in our country with “well, they’re only 3.4 per cent of the population so they don’t matter”. And if there are valid grievances, numbers have a tendency to swell.
  21. Sir Rols
    That is re-writing history - Palasczuk didn’t lose the premiership over the Gabba. She lost it over a general drop in support in the polls caused by a range of issues - cost of living, a long-term government, crime etc - just as it was about to enter an election year. The Gabba was a minor issue that played out and fed into those. Miles had already opposed the Gabba rebuild in cabinet as Treasurer when it was first proposed, so it was no surprise he killed it. Rob is right. Three hundred protesters against a proposal that is even yet-to-be adopted IS significant. Especially when similar proposals had already been vetoed over the central concern - off of green space. To be dismissive of them and their concerns is quite arrogant. And on the sign-off that “they would even fill the front row of seats at the new stadium” is almost bullying. Yes, let’s try to make the Brisbane Games a success, but let’s not do so by riding roughshod over democracy and more pressing concerns like the right to green space and financial probity. I’m not even necessarily opposed to a Victoria Park stadium, but I await to see if or how it could be done without negatively effecting Brisbane’s quality of life.
  22. Sir Rols
    Finally, in this post-satire world, a pitch that makes sense!
  23. Sir Rols
    I’m not sure what they’ll bring to the table, but the catering should be good
  24. Sir Rols
    Weren’t you around here during Paris as well? I though I noticed you around.
  25. Sir Rols
    Good to see you. And great to see GamesBidders translating their passions into their carers. Mo Rush is also involved in the bidding sphere from down in South Africa. What’s with it with you Canadians turning to the fold in these last few days? First @Kenadian, now you. Nothing to do with your southern neighbours suddenly becoming un-neighbourly is it? Nest thing we’ll know, @mr.x will probably return.
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