Paris the world's choice for the 2012 Olympics

Mxsmanic wrote:

I see a lot of people losing time and money whenever the Olympics come
to town. A few people get rich, everyone else suffers (including, in
many cases, the taxpayers).


Canadian taxpayers are still paying for the 1976 Montreal Games...

The Olympics is a nice idea on paper, but really it's an idea now that is as
passe as holding a World's Fair (remember them?). There is really no reason
to hold them anymore, other sporting events/venues can easily take their
place...

And since the focus these days seems to be on the "professional" (read:
"commercial") aspect of sport, let private entities pay for any "Olympics",
the public doesn't need still more of their money poured down a rat hole...

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Best
Greg