Should we let the Olympics go to Germany in the wake of the London riots?

[entropynchaos]

You know what? No, I'm not in favour of the amount of money we've had to shell out to pay for the Olympics, but Manuel Hoeferlin thinks we should give the 2012 Olympics to Germany to host because of the riots? Really? Leaving aside the fiasco the 1972 Munich Games were (although he's a fine one to talk about us not being able to secure the Games

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[elebridith]

Yes please no Germany bashing. I like my country whole, thank you. *g*

I'd like to point out that we have the Munich desaster on the minus side, but also two incredibly wonderful football world cups (1996 and 2011) on our plus side. :-)))

But taking Olympics away because of these riots? No. Don't let them win. It's not like the Olympics are next week or something. That's just ridiculous.

[entropynchaos]

I know! It's like, every country has good and bad points in their history, so why just focus on the bad, right? Also, most of the people that commented on the article are morons, so.

I only mentioned the 1972 Games, btw, because the politician was all 'Oh, if you can't stop this from happening, how are you going to secure the Games? Oh noes!' and it really pissed me off because there is a parallel there, albeit a tragically sad one.

You know, I'd be all for some other country hosting the Olympics...as long as they give us the money we've spent! It's a kind of ridiculous amount, given that they only run for two weeks. I will stand by my country's right to host them, though.

In conclusion;
Germany = awesome.
Britain = mostly awesome-except-for-a-little-bit-right-now.
Illiterate morons = blergh.
Your politician-what's-his-face = WTF*ckery-no-seriously-what.

So, yeah... ^_^

Also, your icon is kind of mesmerising in a really weird, sort of scary way. *stares at moving owl*

[elebridith]

Good conclusion. *nods*

[entropynchaos]

Also, I thought the football World Cup was last held in S.Africa? Or am I thinking of something else?

I don't know. Rugby and hockey are more interesting and easier to understand (care about)! Heehee! ^_^