2010 Vancouver Olympic & Paralympic Super-Thread

[SpongeG]

i think you have to put emotions aside and look at the numbers and other factors in regards to the games

my personal thing is - most of the sports are for what i would call the rich or people who have money, none of the sports are that cheap for recreation, skiing is expensive for instance - sports at the olympic level summer and winter are out of the reach of most people - other than running anyone can do that & doesn't require much expense - good luck to those who can do it - only recently have Canadians been able to get the support they need as more corporations step in and help em out - without that most of them couldn't get to the games i am sure that is true for most countries and results in the recent games show that with support the athletes can get great results

anyway I think in the end the benefits of hosting will have some affect and help out but its going to be a look back kind of thing i don't think we will feel it till years later the economy here isn't doing that well - i wonder what will happen when the people who had jobs for 2 or 3 months go back out there looking for jobs which didn't really exist before the games

as for the olympics they have a trace of the human feeling to them still i guess, the support and outpouring of emotion for the death of the athlete who had it happenned anytime else would have been a mention in a sports report not the headlines but tied to the olympics everyone seemed to feel it showed that it can do what they are suppossed to - bring people together

but i think the olympics are just too corporate and too far away from what they used to be and thats kinda sad to see them go that way and are easy to dislike for that

I never got to vote since only vancouverites did but i would have voted no. but i accept that we got em and will support that fact - i think the expense will probably be worth it - I also think if it were not for the games we wouldn't have gotten all the things like a new convention centre and canada line done so quickly and thats somethings I can enjoy even though as a taxpayer kinda sucks but thats what taxes are for - I would rather tax money go to the greater good than supporting some of the things tax money goes too such as free housing that idea is ridiculous to me - you get back what you put in - demanding it is selfish

the money involved - a lot came from the private sector and would have never gone towards social housing or any of these demands that the protesters want unfortunately they can't seem to see that fact

things could happen that we have no clue about - such as samsung execs being so impressed with the city and whatever decide that they want to invest here who knows

i don't think i make any sense but the "burden" is worth it in the long run

yes $6 billion could be spend differently but it would leave someone out no one is ever satisifed we/society is a selfish self centered bunch at the best of times