Experts say Olympics must be moved or postponed because of Zika

Re:Experts say Olympics must be moved or postponed because o... by fooey on Friday May 27, 2016 @05:36PM (#11789216)

There's a reason the locations are trending towards being hosted in corrupt places where the leaders don't care if they're profitable so long as they get their piece.

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Re:Experts say Olympics must be moved or postponed because o... by ggsp on Friday May 27, 2016 @06:24PM (#11789473)

Such as London and Tokyo?

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Re:Experts say Olympics must be moved or postponed because o... by amake on Friday May 27, 2016 @07:57PM (#11789923)

Tokyo, yeah. It's former governor Ishihara's prestige play that he pushed for years and years. I don't know any normal people that actually wanted it. And since it was decided there's been scandal after scandal about the logo, about the new stadium, about $2M in mysterious wire payments, etc.

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Re:Experts say Olympics must be moved or postponed because o... by imron on Saturday May 28, 2016 @02:23AM (#11790792)

Almost every logo had its scandal - London with Lisa giving Bart head, Beijing with its begging peasant, Sydney with the Chicken Head.

I remember the lead up to the Sydney Olympics and no-one seemed to want it - then it arrived and it was an amazing 2 weeks long party and everyone loved it.

Beijing on the other hand was the converse - everyone was expecting it and looking forward to it and then it came and the city went in to virtual lockdown.

You never know which way it's going to go.

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Re:Experts say Olympics must be moved or postponed because o... by the_watcher on Friday May 27, 2016 @06:42PM (#11789588)

No, like Beijing, Sochi, and Rio.

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