olympian Posted September 28, 2009 Report Share Posted September 28, 2009 Chicago, Tokyo and Madrid, according to previous discussions here...oh please. have you ever been to Chicago's South Side? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainad Posted September 28, 2009 Report Share Posted September 28, 2009 London is s the stabbing capital of Europe and home to all the islamic nutters in Europe (hence the nickname "Londonistan"!) yet it still won in 2005. Well,we can all dig up headlines of this kind.Seems Paris really should have won! /Paris officials are taking aim at city's crime rate Dishonestly.But it won..... Are you calling the IOC dishonest??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchy Posted September 28, 2009 Report Share Posted September 28, 2009 Well,we can all dig up headlines of this kind.Seems Paris really should have won! /Paris officials are taking aim at city's crime rate Jeez! An article from 2003!! Now THAT'S what I call being up to date!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyelBrazil Posted September 28, 2009 Report Share Posted September 28, 2009 oh please. have you ever been to Chicago's South Side? Unfortunatelly never been to Chicago, that I believe it's a great city... But I've heard about South Side here... I have no data to discuss anything about the Windy City. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakydoky Posted September 28, 2009 Report Share Posted September 28, 2009 You show me a city that doesn't have a "dicey" neighbourhood.London is the stabbing capital of Europe and home to all the islamic nutters in Europe (hence the nickname "Londonistan"!) yet it still won in 2005. Dishonestly. But it won..... http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/art...E303B40BB6235FC London was and is also the world's foremost alpha city so that definitely aided it in winning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aluz Posted September 28, 2009 Report Share Posted September 28, 2009 oh please. have you ever been to Chicago's South Side? ' I haven't. I was told not to. A Chicagoan friend of mine told me not to go where the street names were numbers. But I did take the L-Train at night to go from the O'Hare vicinity to the Loop and very scared guys (gangster-type) came in, created a big mess, harassed a girl and talked about how bad they were to scare us. So I took a cab back to the hotel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob2012 Posted September 28, 2009 Report Share Posted September 28, 2009 Frenchy has a good point in many ways. London is the worst place in Europe for stabbings and has had problems with terrorism. I don't think there's much point denying those facts. It's about balancing things up though. These two factors are, and the IOC agreed, not significant enough in London's case to deny them the Games. The same questions must be asked of Rio (and the other candidates). Are the problems with crime which have been talked about (and I believe were rather glossed over in the evaluation report in Rio's case) significant enough that any advantages in picking a particular city are overshadowed? Which side do the scales come down on when you balance everything up? Do the advantages outweight the problems? etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCatra Posted September 28, 2009 Report Share Posted September 28, 2009 REALLY???????? I THOUGHT IT WAS AN IOC STATMENT! OMG!!! ***runs to cancel my trip to rio for the celebration party of rio2016*** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cslopes54 Posted September 28, 2009 Report Share Posted September 28, 2009 Crime is everywhere but in different proportions in every place. Yes, Rios rate is huge but it's always been like that, Chicago have some numbers too, way less but for the 1st world power country should it be less? Watching CNN now and a Chicago kid was beaten down to death walking home from school. U see these things happen everywhere, not much here where I am but in other US regions it's big. =\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainad Posted September 28, 2009 Report Share Posted September 28, 2009 Jeez!An article from 2003!! Now THAT'S what I call being up to date!! Well an article from 2003 was more up to date in 2005 than the one YOU quoted! At least the IOC had knowledge of the 2003 article but they couldn't fast forward into the future to read one from 2008!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted September 28, 2009 Report Share Posted September 28, 2009 ***runs to cancel my trip to rio for the celebration party of rio2016*** MrCatra, I LOVE that image!! Heartbreaking for the little guy...but it just captures the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainad Posted September 28, 2009 Report Share Posted September 28, 2009 Frenchy has a good point in many ways. London is the worst place in Europe for stabbings and has had problems with terrorism. I don't think there's much point denying those facts. No one's denying any facts.All cities have their problems.The article Frenchy quoted was one from 2008 so it could hardly have had much bearing on the IOC 's decision 4 years ago but the article I quoted about Paris's crime problems from 2003 might conceivably have done...or not as the case may be! I think the IOC takes the whole package into consideration and I doubt reports about Paris's crime problems from 2003 would have had much bearing on their decision anymore than knowledge of London's current problems would have done! So no..I don't think Frenchy has much of a point at all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aluz Posted September 28, 2009 Report Share Posted September 28, 2009 A lot of articles about security in the SOG show that the IOC is more worried of a big terrorist attack, like in Munich 72, than on public safety in general. Probably, they recognise that public safety risks in major events can be mitigated by short term additional security schemes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCatra Posted September 28, 2009 Report Share Posted September 28, 2009 MrCatra, I LOVE that image!! Heartbreaking for the little guy...but it just captures the moment. This one is really heartbreaking: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feheva Posted September 28, 2009 Report Share Posted September 28, 2009 This one is really heartbreaking: Darwin's natural selection put into practice! Only the clever and agile survives! Very olympic by the way... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob2012 Posted September 28, 2009 Report Share Posted September 28, 2009 This one is really heartbreaking: Oh no! That's so sad but very funny!! :lol: :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakydoky Posted September 28, 2009 Report Share Posted September 28, 2009 Oh no! That's so sad but very funny!! :lol: :lol: DUCKS DYING Em, that was funny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stir.ts Posted September 28, 2009 Report Share Posted September 28, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micheal_warren Posted September 28, 2009 Report Share Posted September 28, 2009 Thats not very nice. Poor ducks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stir.ts Posted September 28, 2009 Report Share Posted September 28, 2009 I'm thinking they will be able to swim out, or the person filming will help them out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiTown16 Posted September 28, 2009 Report Share Posted September 28, 2009 This one is really heartbreaking: Up here in the U.S. we make a point of trying to save the little ducks when they fall in: Plumber Saves 7 Ducklings Trapped In Drainhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/16/p...s_n_236477.html Baby Ducks Rescued from Storm Drain http://www.goodnewsblog.com/2007/05/31/bab...rom-storm-drain Amazing Duck Story http://www.all-creatures.org/stories/a-amazingduck.html D.C. firefighters pluck baby ducks from storm drain http://smdailyjournal.com/article_preview....date=05/19/2009 Although I wish these mother ducks would pay more attention to where they're leading their kids. CHItown '16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feheva Posted September 28, 2009 Report Share Posted September 28, 2009 Although I wish these mother ducks would pay more attention to where they're leading their kids. Agreed! It is always better to prevent than fix... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCatra Posted September 28, 2009 Report Share Posted September 28, 2009 hehe Full story: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feheva Posted September 28, 2009 Report Share Posted September 28, 2009 heheFull story: Darwin wouldn't like it... Dumb ducks deserve to... Be saved if they are cute! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafa Posted September 28, 2009 Report Share Posted September 28, 2009 uhm. if im not mistaken, these index includes categories such as transport, accommodation, venues, concept...etc and rio is tops...just like the previous power index...its a farce. im not an idiot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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