Comments on: Will London drop the baton? http://olympics.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/22/will-london-drop-the-baton/ Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:25:32 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: pepski http://olympics.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/22/will-london-drop-the-baton/#comment-993 pepski Sat, 11 Oct 2008 21:11:53 +0000 http://cnniolympics.wordpress.com/?p=321#comment-993 The london games isnt about trying to top the bejing games! Londons games is about reboulding a run down part of the city, the olympics are just a fantastic reason for the government to act and rejenerate a run down area in the city! London has nothing to prove, its the number one finalcial district in the world, ahead of new york, and it wa sthe centre of the largest empire the world has ever known! Britania rules the waves, god save the queen, go London!!!!! The london games isnt about trying to top the bejing games! Londons games is about reboulding a run down part of the city, the olympics are just a fantastic reason for the government to act and rejenerate a run down area in the city!
London has nothing to prove, its the number one finalcial district in the world, ahead of new york, and it wa sthe centre of the largest empire the world has ever known!
Britania rules the waves, god save the queen, go London!!!!!

]]> By: Emeka http://olympics.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/22/will-london-drop-the-baton/#comment-938 Emeka Mon, 01 Sep 2008 20:01:43 +0000 http://cnniolympics.wordpress.com/?p=321#comment-938 It's a great opportunity for london to host the 2012 olympic game,the biggest fiester in the world.How i wish i would be present,you guyz are doing great . keep it up. It's a great opportunity for london to host the 2012 olympic game,the biggest fiester in the world.How i wish i would be present,you guyz are doing great . keep it up.

]]> By: bobbrush http://olympics.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/22/will-london-drop-the-baton/#comment-933 bobbrush Mon, 01 Sep 2008 04:02:01 +0000 http://cnniolympics.wordpress.com/?p=321#comment-933 To christimarie. Certainly no lack of self-confidence amongst pommies. Yes, Rule Britannia! Brtannia rules the waves. Welcome Londonistan 2012!! To christimarie.

Certainly no lack of self-confidence amongst pommies. Yes, Rule Britannia! Brtannia rules the waves. Welcome Londonistan 2012!!

]]> By: allen http://olympics.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/22/will-london-drop-the-baton/#comment-922 allen Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:13:24 +0000 http://cnniolympics.wordpress.com/?p=321#comment-922 I am thai person, british government refused to extradite corrupt ex premier taksin, because taksin can invest much of taxpayers' money in Britain. our thai people are suffering from poverty, we can't afford for food. so I would use this chance to call for all kind people around world to boycott london olympics, . I am thai person,
british government refused to extradite corrupt ex premier taksin, because taksin can invest much of taxpayers' money in Britain. our thai people are suffering from poverty, we can't afford for food. so I would use this chance to call for all kind people around world to boycott london olympics, .

]]> By: snowman121 http://olympics.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/22/will-london-drop-the-baton/#comment-909 snowman121 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:24:46 +0000 http://cnniolympics.wordpress.com/?p=321#comment-909 London is a joke, how can they get even closer to Beijing? A nasty logo does not inspire people, and lack of money does not inspire confidence. London is old and tired, I wonder why it even bothered to apply? There are so many other places can do better. It is not like London did not have it turn before. I heard that they are not even going to do the torch relay, what a joke? After trying to disrupt the Beijing torch, now they are worrying about their own political baggage. London is just going to shot its own foot again and again. BTW, the handover show London put on during the closing ceremony sucks, what was that all about? London is a joke, how can they get even closer to Beijing? A nasty logo does not inspire people, and lack of money does not inspire confidence. London is old and tired, I wonder why it even bothered to apply? There are so many other places can do better. It is not like London did not have it turn before. I heard that they are not even going to do the torch relay, what a joke? After trying to disrupt the Beijing torch, now they are worrying about their own political baggage. London is just going to shot its own foot again and again. BTW, the handover show London put on during the closing ceremony sucks, what was that all about?

]]> By: christimarie http://olympics.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/22/will-london-drop-the-baton/#comment-892 christimarie Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:31:21 +0000 http://cnniolympics.wordpress.com/?p=321#comment-892 I am looking forward to the London Olympics. No fake fireworks, no telling children that they aren't cute enough to represent the country, no trampling over the rights of the citizens to put on a big phony show. Only countries with inferiority complexes would feel the need to put on such an extravagant "display". Whatever the City of London does, it will be preferable to the cheat and fake of Beijing. I am looking forward to the London Olympics. No fake fireworks, no telling children that they aren't cute enough to represent the country, no trampling over the rights of the citizens to put on a big phony show. Only countries with inferiority complexes would feel the need to put on such an extravagant "display". Whatever the City of London does, it will be preferable to the cheat and fake of Beijing.

]]> By: Sid Hill, Starkville, Mississippi http://olympics.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/22/will-london-drop-the-baton/#comment-885 Sid Hill, Starkville, Mississippi Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:59:44 +0000 http://cnniolympics.wordpress.com/?p=321#comment-885 As to whether or not London will "drop the baton," I guess that depends on how you define it. But (even tho' I'm a clueless American) there are several things of which I am fairly confident. The UK won't censor the internet. The UK won't deny admission to the country because they don't like a person's politics. The UK won't lock up political protestors just to keep things quiet during the Olympics. And there won't be any suspicions that perhaps the UK has fabricated passports in order to use 14-year-old gymnasts. I'm looking forward to it. Sure, there are some problems in London. There are problems everywhere. But in my several trips to the UK, I have found the Brits to be honest, remarkably tolerant, and overall genuinely welcoming to visitors. As to whether or not London will "drop the baton," I guess that depends on how you define it. But (even tho' I'm a clueless American) there are several things of which I am fairly confident. The UK won't censor the internet. The UK won't deny admission to the country because they don't like a person's politics. The UK won't lock up political protestors just to keep things quiet during the Olympics. And there won't be any suspicions that perhaps the UK has fabricated passports in order to use 14-year-old gymnasts.

I'm looking forward to it. Sure, there are some problems in London. There are problems everywhere. But in my several trips to the UK, I have found the Brits to be honest, remarkably tolerant, and overall genuinely welcoming to visitors.

]]> By: Ralph Sato http://olympics.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/22/will-london-drop-the-baton/#comment-862 Ralph Sato Sun, 24 Aug 2008 03:37:48 +0000 http://cnniolympics.wordpress.com/?p=321#comment-862 As an example of a stinging rebuke of the meaningless proliferation of "sports" in the "modern" Olympics games, I offer excerpts from a column that appeared recently. After a lamentation over the loss of the gold medal in women's softball by the US team to Japan after having won the last three gold medals, the author sighs saying "Yet, paradoxically, this result was good news for them in their campaign to get softball - booted out with baseball for 2012 - back into the Olympics for 2016. Here at last is the first shred of evidence that this sport is not a total US monopoly." The author says he hopes the campaign will fail and goes on with his extended lamentation of the state of the Games. "There is a very strong case for evicting all sports where the Olympics do not resemble the pinnacle of excellence (which gets rid of tennis and football as well as baseball). You could also throw out all the other team games (hockey, handball, basketball etc), anything reliant on horses (equestrianism, modern pentathlon) and anything decided primarily by judges' opinions (gymnastics, diving) or interpretations (boxing, fencing)." There is more of course in the article but suffice it to say that this is one of a genre of critical pieces that I have run across in print. As an example of a stinging rebuke of the meaningless proliferation of "sports" in the "modern" Olympics games, I offer excerpts from a column that appeared recently. After a lamentation over the loss of the gold medal in women's softball by the US team to Japan after having won the last three gold medals, the author sighs saying "Yet, paradoxically, this result was good news for them in their campaign to get softball – booted out with baseball for 2012 – back into the Olympics for 2016. Here at last is the first shred of evidence that this sport is not a total US monopoly." The author says he hopes the campaign will fail and goes on with his extended lamentation of the state of the Games. "There is a very strong case for evicting all sports where the Olympics do not resemble the pinnacle of excellence (which gets rid of tennis and football as well as baseball). You could also throw out all the other team games (hockey, handball, basketball etc), anything reliant on horses (equestrianism, modern pentathlon) and anything decided primarily by judges' opinions (gymnastics, diving) or interpretations (boxing, fencing)." There is more of course in the article but suffice it to say that this is one of a genre of critical pieces that I have run across in print.

]]> By: Food shortage http://olympics.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/22/will-london-drop-the-baton/#comment-850 Food shortage Sat, 23 Aug 2008 19:35:35 +0000 http://cnniolympics.wordpress.com/?p=321#comment-850 Boycott the London thugs and free Northen Ireland! Boycott the London thugs and free Northen Ireland!

]]> By: John http://olympics.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/22/will-london-drop-the-baton/#comment-846 John Sat, 23 Aug 2008 13:36:20 +0000 http://cnniolympics.wordpress.com/?p=321#comment-846 We all want the olympics over here but we are just annoyed it is costing so much... Have you seen the olympic logo we spent $800,000 approx, it isn't exactly the kind of thing you'd buy for that much. and also we just want to compete and do well! And of course we are all wondering how on earth we are going to compare to the beijing opening ceremony!! also i don't understand how they are going to move 55,000 seats out of the stadium... can anyone explain? And if they can roughly how much will that cost? We all want the olympics over here but we are just annoyed it is costing so much... Have you seen the olympic logo we spent $800,000 approx, it isn't exactly the kind of thing you'd buy for that much. and also we just want to compete and do well! And of course we are all wondering how on earth we are going to compare to the beijing opening ceremony!!
also i don't understand how they are going to move 55,000 seats out of the stadium... can anyone explain? And if they can roughly how much will that cost?

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