On Thu, 30 May 2013 21:12:16 -0700, Fidem Turbare, the
non-existent atheist goddess wrote:

On Fri, 31 May 2013 00:07:03 +0100
"Alex W." wrote:
On Thu, 30 May 2013 10:01:10 -0500, Attila Iskander wrote:



We need to spend more time going to the Moon or Mars, than we do
building sports stadiums for business entities.

... or funding the Olympic boondoggle every four years....

Olympics are an example of wasting tax revenues on a giant party. The
event should be privately funded, and have to apply for and conform to
permits like many other major events.

I see your point, but I find myself in two minds over this.
Call me perverse, but as a viewer I find it immensely
refreshing to watch a sporting event that is not saturated
in advertising, much of it by highly inappropriate firms.
There is already a serious amount of advertising associated
with the Olympic Games, but at least inside the stadiums we
don't have to see athletes competing in kit praising
fast-food franchises, sugary snacks or alcohol.