Olympics - What exactly is the point?

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  1. yuri2045 A Marines Biologist

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    yuri2045, Jul 28, 2011
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    If it's going to bring all the countries mixing together so be it. Sports is a form of entertainment and culture. People speak different languages, beliefs and backgrounds but they may have the same interests in the sport. It's kind of like Rome and the coliseum.
    noelsoong, Jul 28, 2011
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  3. Byzantium's Revenge Well-Known Member

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    ...whilst spending a ton of taxpayer's cash that is unlikely to be recouperated.
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    £1 billion cost to London rate payers

    £6 billion cost to English taxpayers.

    Let them take their sodding shotput and 800 metres somewhere else. Hypocrisy or what - we can manage £6 billion for the rich of the world to come and watch top athletes, but everywhere we are closing swimming pools and council owned sporting facilities and throwing workers into the hell of unemployment for lack of funds.

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    Eustace, Jul 28, 2011
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    I say we go back to the Greek standard of Olympics. Butt naked men greased up running around. I wouldn't necessarily watch it but It's a funny thought.
    Tacotruck1166, Jul 29, 2011
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  8. Byzantium's Revenge Well-Known Member

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    I concur most enthusiastically.
    Byzantium's Revenge, Jul 29, 2011
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    It would be Che's favourite show.
    noelsoong, Jul 29, 2011
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    the only reason i watch the olympics is to watch football(which isn't as intresting as normal football) and as of this year rugby sevens. I think the olympics need more sports events such as rugby union/league and football with a full team of world class players, instead of what they right now basically nation's youth team with three over 24 year old players
    (sorry for any bad spelling or grammer)
    l8onfc, Jul 30, 2011
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  11. BattalionOfRed Mr. Fred Battaliono

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    Olympics are like the British monarchy, they're there for traditional purposes, except in this case, people actually like the olympics for it's entertainment.
    BattalionOfRed, Jul 30, 2011
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