Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/07/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Goldman Sachs, of course, thinks that London would benefit a lot from the investments made. But they would wouldn't they, with US$8.5 billion spending money! (-: On the whole, I think it is an atrocious waste of money. Cheers Jayanand On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 6:21 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > I have never understood why first-class cities like London or Paris bother > with the Olympics. There is no case of Olympics delivering any kind of > lasting benefit. Mostly, they result in huge debts which the taxpayers end > up paying. > > Some justification can be made for second-rate cities like Atlanta or > Barcelona that hope the Olympics will "put them on the map". That > certainly happened to Barcelona after 1992, but the question is whether it > would not have happened anyway as Spain was entering its period of > economic boom following accession to the EU in 1986. > > If I lived in London I would look for an opportunity to leave town during > the Olympics, and I would not dream of visiting the city during the games. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Op Vr, 13 juli, 2012 12:41, schreef Gerry Walden: >> This should rile Ted up: >> >> http://www.bjp-online.com/british-journal-of-photography/news/2191402/london-2012-olympic-games-organisers-refuse-to-clarify-photography-rules-in-advance >> >> We have already had cafe owners threatened with prosecution if they have >> an 'Olympic Breakfast' on their menu, and a florist threatened for making >> the Olympic rings out of flowers for her shop window (both because of >> copyright!) In addition it is taking 3+ hours to get through Customs at >> the airport, and they are siting surface to air missiles on some apartment >> blocks. I think the majority of the British public will be pleased when >> this is all over as it is suffering from severe overkill. >> >> Gerry >> >> Gerry Walden >> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or >> +44 (0)797 287 7932 >> www.gwpics.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > > -- > Nathan Wajsman > photo at frozenlight.eu > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information