that's a shame! (olympic games - London)

[gunsnroses393]

well its nice to see that france didnt get it. im kinda happy the usa didnt get it cuz the network news would talk up the odds of a terrorist attack around the clock for the next 7 years

[August 18th]

you people make me sick. this thread was cool and somewhat funny until the hormones kicked in and people started talking about who is or isn't "fuckable". i swear sometimes i'm embarrased to be a man.

[BigCombo]

I'm calling it now....LA 2016

[August 18th]

I'm calling it now....LA 2016

wow great, now you will have something to look forward to.

[Where is Hassan Nasrallah ?]

London is much more cultural,

The language of romance, French. The eiffel tower, La Livre..

you mean " Le Louvre..." ?

[Chris Misfit]

London is much more cultural,

Paris is way more cultural. The language of romance, French. The eiffel tower, La Livre....althoug london is cultural there is no way its more than paris

Sarcasm man.

AxlLeedsguy - Ireland is one of the most frienliest countries in the world towards minorities. You don't see many catholics in right wing groups, oddly.

[pilferk]

It sounds like London got the games because their project include significant "revitalization".  That's something the Olympic comittee has really been harping on, of late: Not just throwing huge sums of cash at building state of the art facilities that will lay dormant after the games, but having cities acutally clean up urban blight and invest in their city's renewal as part of the process.  London, from the proposals I've seen, did that much better than Paris.  Paris' overall proposal was flashier, prettier, and more expansive, but didn't seem to incorporate much of the revitalization aspect....

In summary, it seems Paris put together a proposal much more in line with the way the IOC USED to look at things, while London's proposal was much more in line with how the IOC has been looking at things lately.

[Mr. Dick Purple]

I've never been to europe but I think that London is great hope one day I'll visit that beautiful land 
Congrats London 

[axl_rose_700]

should give 2 fingers up to Chirac the bastard, slagging off british cuisine, as if french food is any better, and fuckin slimy thing like frogs n snails they eat, and they eat whole finches in 1 mouthful.

1) ok, Chirac is not a good president, but this is not the subject.
2) concerning the food: In France, we just destroy you. When I went to london, I was ill during 1 week because of your food. in trafalguare Square it stinks oil because of all fast foods everywhere. This is a disgrace compared to Paris.

please don't compare Paris, yeah Paris, to London.

i'm extremely annoyed tonight, and also angry against the french because we are too "fair play" too nice, not aggressive enough. just loosers. i don't like when my country and my city loose. we need an aggressive strategy next time. But at least we respect the ethic.

It's politic, that's it. You won because of lobbying, not because of your project.

 how much did blair pay?

Yea, I'm sure I could go to Paris and eat in shit places, London recently had 9 of the top 20 restaurants in the world in a list compiled by international experts. But yea you can find shitty takeaways and hotdog stalls pretty much anywhere.

[N.I.B]

In summary, it seems Paris put together a proposal much more in line with the way the IOC USED to look at things, while London's proposal was much more in line with how the IOC has been looking at things lately.

They wern't updated, perhaps?

London is much more cultural,

The language of romance, French. The eiffel tower, La Livre..

you mean " Le Louvre..." ?

ya. thanx

you people make me sick. this thread was cool and somewhat funny until the hormones kicked in and people started talking about who is or isn't "fuckable". i swear sometimes i'm embarrased to be a man.

hypocrit

[pilferk]

In summary, it seems Paris put together a proposal much more in line with the way the IOC USED to look at things, while London's proposal was much more in line with how the IOC has been looking at things lately.

They wern't updated, perhaps?

If not, they were the only ones.  The IOC had made repeated public statements to that effect and it's been all over the press.  It was one reason why NYC was anything more than a VERY long shot...because they were proposing a massive urban renewal and cleanup project as part of preparation.  London is proposing something very similar.  Paris was not, for whatever reason.

[Prometheus]

London is much more cultural,

Paris is way more cultural. The language of romance, French. The eiffel tower, La Livre....althoug london is cultural there is no way its more than paris

Sarcasm man.

AxlLeedsguy - Ireland is one of the most frienliest countries in the world towards minorities. You don't see many catholics in right wing groups, oddly.

If you talk canada.... you can drop into the provience level and that will pertain to us as well.... but our goverment has a rather diverse relgious /non relgious MHA's it rather works out well as all are rep'd and no one beleif structure has any more or less control then the other......... jsut comes down to lib/conserv...... what a buch of wankers in any regard