Patriotism

I'd rather more apathy than let this "patriotism" seep into politics and public life, where ordinary people make sacrifices 'for the good of the homeland' and are taken for a ride by the politically privileged.

There's nothing wrong with being positive and having confidence in yourself and your peers but why limit it to imaginery borders? We're all the same species.
 
But that's my point Elanjo. It's about extending your good will and manners to other nations too. The volunteers have been highly praised. It's that pride I am talking about.
 
SWP's back said:
themadinventor said:
mr t said:
If you've not watched a minute of it then you've missed a treat - especially as it's been held in Britain which is something that will never happen again in our lifetime. Are you British themadinventor?

Yes I'm British, I don't regret not seeing the olympics for many reasons like the amount of money spent etc while we close schools and hospitals and ex squaddies sleep in doorways, I'd say the whole charade is as unpatriotic as it gets, just imagine the good they could do with that money here at home instead of finding out who can run the fastest or jump the highest, I'm glad to hear you say it wont be here again in our lifetime, problem is it will take that long to get OUR money back !!
You are showing a distinct lack of knowledge in economics here mate.

We spent a fortune (which we expect to get back by way), and that money went to British companies, in the British economy. Look up Keynesian economics, you spent big to receive big in a nut shell. We run a deficit as it is so if the money was not spent of the Olympics then you would not have noticed anything different, no additional money would have been spent on schools or hospitals so your point is moot.

And which schools and hospitals (without googling please) have been shut through underfunding? Are we so short of schools now that some children are going without an education as schools have been closed? Or are you just saying that because it sounds like a handy vox pop that will have those not thinking it through nodding sagely. Same with hospitals please.

As for ex squaddies sleeping in doorways, they don't have to, no one has to. You can't blame the Olympics for their personal failings.

The Olympics have been absolutely brilliant and if you've missed it then it is your loss sadly.


This money could have been better allocated even by central planning standards.

Even better, it could have remained with the people it was taken from in the first place.

And if the/a great thing about the olympics is that some businesses recieved money, why not just give businesses money directly? (not that I think we should, I think it's bad ethics as well as bad economics)
 
the olympics is all a load of bollocks, it makes me wanna puke, the athletes just want to win gold to make a personal fortune, its a long long way from being the ideal it was meant to be, and 9.2 billion ?? I thought Britain was skint, yet this money can be squandered, meanwhile the homeless are still homeless, the schools still close, the NHS still lays of nurses and closes wards, but hey, lots of Gold medals and flag waving and Seb Coe has a great job
 
Lets just hope our politicians dont hijack the lottery funding in the future , well done All nations that competed . Good luck to the Paralympic team`s .

But please lose the crass medals table , we dont need a table to tell us the countries that invested the most money in their athletes . Totally detracts from the spirit of the games.

Gb =£40,000 supplement
 
nimrod said:
the olympics is all a load of bollocks, it makes me wanna puke, the athletes just want to win gold to make a personal fortune, its a long long way from being the ideal it was meant to be, and 9.2 billion ?? I thought Britain was skint, yet this money can be squandered, meanwhile the homeless are still homeless, the schools still close, the NHS still lays of nurses and closes wards, but hey, lots of Gold medals and flag waving and Seb Coe has a great job
Where are Oz in the medal table? I can't see that far down.

Lots of very bitter people around.

The Olympics has been a roaring success and were there no homeless before, has the Olympics made nurses be laid off? Have they fuck. Bore off.

-- Sun Aug 12, 2012 11:05 am --

cockneycarparkm32 said:
Lets just hope our politicians dont hijack the lottery funding in the future , well done All nations that competed . Good luck to the Paralympic team`s .

But please lose the crass medals table , we dont need a table to tell us the countries that invested the most money in their athletes . Totally detracts from the spirit of the games.

Gb =£40,000 supplement
Yeah and lose the crass Premier League table. We don't need a table that shows us how much each team has spent/

MCFC = £100m supplement.
 
SWP's back said:
nimrod said:
the olympics is all a load of bollocks, it makes me wanna puke, the athletes just want to win gold to make a personal fortune, its a long long way from being the ideal it was meant to be, and 9.2 billion ?? I thought Britain was skint, yet this money can be squandered, meanwhile the homeless are still homeless, the schools still close, the NHS still lays of nurses and closes wards, but hey, lots of Gold medals and flag waving and Seb Coe has a great job
Where are Oz in the medal table? I can't see that far down.

Lots of very bitter people around.

The Olympics has been a roaring success.

-- Sun Aug 12, 2012 11:05 am --

cockneycarparkm32 said:
Lets just hope our politicians dont hijack the lottery funding in the future , well done All nations that competed . Good luck to the Paralympic team`s .

But please lose the crass medals table , we dont need a table to tell us the countries that invested the most money in their athletes . Totally detracts from the spirit of the games.

Gb =£40,000 supplement
Yeah and lose the crass Premier League table. We don't need a table that shows us how much each team has spent/

MCFC = £100m supplement.

exactly ! was getting sick of the press telling us what our squad was worth, totally crass, seen.
 
cockneycarparkm32 said:
SWP's back said:
nimrod said:
the olympics is all a load of bollocks, it makes me wanna puke, the athletes just want to win gold to make a personal fortune, its a long long way from being the ideal it was meant to be, and 9.2 billion ?? I thought Britain was skint, yet this money can be squandered, meanwhile the homeless are still homeless, the schools still close, the NHS still lays of nurses and closes wards, but hey, lots of Gold medals and flag waving and Seb Coe has a great job
Where are Oz in the medal table? I can't see that far down.

Lots of very bitter people around.

The Olympics has been a roaring success.

-- Sun Aug 12, 2012 11:05 am --

cockneycarparkm32 said:
Lets just hope our politicians dont hijack the lottery funding in the future , well done All nations that competed . Good luck to the Paralympic team`s .

But please lose the crass medals table , we dont need a table to tell us the countries that invested the most money in their athletes . Totally detracts from the spirit of the games.

Gb =£40,000 supplement
Yeah and lose the crass Premier League table. We don't need a table that shows us how much each team has spent/

MCFC = £100m supplement.

exactly ! was getting sick of the press telling us what our squad was worth, totally crass, seen.
And get rid of medals and just give each competitor a hug for finishing.

Yey. And we can make daisy chains and smoke weed and cuddle in the long grass. We don't want anything as crass as competition.
 
SWP's back said:
cockneycarparkm32 said:
SWP's back said:
Where are Oz in the medal table? I can't see that far down.

Lots of very bitter people around.

The Olympics has been a roaring success.

-- Sun Aug 12, 2012 11:05 am --


Yeah and lose the crass Premier League table. We don't need a table that shows us how much each team has spent/

MCFC = £100m supplement.

exactly ! was getting sick of the press telling us what our squad was worth, totally crass, seen.
And get rid of medals and just give each competitor a hug for finishing.

Yey. And we can make daisy chains and smoke weed and cuddle in the long grass. We don't want anything as crass as competition.

Now that would be 10billion quid better spent (tho we can lose the daisy chains and much of the hugging)
 

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