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   From: gdunn@airmail.ten   
      
   really real wrote:   
   >   
   >>   
   >> Knock it off you morons. Stop the typical Canadian inferiority complex   
   >> bullshit.   
   >>   
   >> I for one do not wish the olympics on anyone. Big waste of money that is.   
   >>   
   >   
   > Of course I share your anti-Olympics views. I would shut down the whole   
   > spectator sports industry if I could, and provide the people with   
   > intelligent drama to replace it.   
   >   
   > The idea of wasting so much money on a ten day sporting extravaganza is   
   > utterly absurd, except for the fact that in our world, the only way to   
   > get governments to really spend money is to have a war or to have the   
   > Olympics. Consequently, in Vancouver, we're getting a focus on our   
   > dreadful street poverty. In China, the country is actually going to have   
   > to do something about its dreadful air pollution.   
      
   China won't do a damn thing about it.  They'll just temporarily turn   
   things off in some twisted vain attempt to alleviate the situation, and   
   after everyone finishes waving their little flags in each other's faces,   
   things will be turned back on and it's game over.   
      
   >   
   > I grew up swimming in a pool build for the British Empire and   
   > Commonwealth Games. We also built Empire Stadium for that event, and   
   > Elvis and the Beatles both played concerts there. Bread & Circuses, it   
   > is indeed, but  it seems to be the way of the world.   
      
      
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