The Modern
Olympics
"Only those who want their hometowns bankrupted, militarized and flattened should pine for the Olympic Games". Dave Zirin - Welcome to the Terrodome -Pain Politics and Promise of Sports Someone Else's Legacy http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2007/06/12/someone-elses-legacy/ George Monbiot Five Ring Circus Dr. Chris Shaw The Vancouver 2010 Games "will not cost the city a single cent".
John Furlong on behalf of Jack Poole, David Podmore, the Campbell twins - Larry and Gordo. At the international level, sport is frankly mimic warfare. George Orwell Post Olympic Village - Subsidized Housing Units 2500 , 1500 , 250 , ??? |