TeamSkyFans said:
And i disagree with the olympics in beijing based on chinas horrendous human rights records as well.
I studied China in year 12 Modern History. I took an extra extension unit and studied revolutions. I studied them all. Russia, China, Cuba. Bottom of the barrel in terms of human rights. Hitler was bad, Stalin was worse. Mao made Hitler look like a choir boy. Man was an outright coward and pig. China is in a much better state today though.
Chinese officials bribed almost everyone to get the games. That is no secret. When the IOC delegates arrived in Beijing the police and military had removed thousands of locals in shanty parts of Beijing out of the city and demolished their residencies. The CCP even stooped as low as painting the grass green to garner votes. China never should ahve been given the Olympics. I thought the Greeks did a bad job not filling stadiums at every event. The Chinese were worse. Largest population in the world in a dictatorial communist regime and most were bone dry. Not hard to march people into the stadiums. Bums on seats is where it is at. If you cannnot guarantee that, you shouldn't get be considered.
Opening ceremony was very good though. China had everything finished early...not as early as Australia did, but not rushing at the last minute to put seats into the main Stadium like the Greeks did. Beijing even got an additional highway. City had 6 or 7 at the time, govt built a brand new one. Also built a new airport. Both are better than what was there before. Australian companies provided the majority of building products and designs for Beijing's Olympics. Win-win scenario for Australia really. China's economy could handle financially and worker wise, a large sports event.
As for bribery, I found this piece today:
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sp...alth-games-bribe/story-fn65mzk7-1225928616679
Nothing to see there. India isn't the biggest problem. ****stan is. Last year hotel terrorist attack proved that. Nut cases from Muslim ****stan can cross the border almost at whim and do whatever they want. India's main fault is their workforce. They are not China. China is a better country to live in, don't let the democracy element fool you. I have a friend who has been there for quite some time now. India is still a 3rd world country. They were never going to have everything finished. Workforce is not trained well enough and the heirarchy do not have their heads screwed on properly to allow them to make changes that would have enabled the project to be ready in time. This will sound mean, but it is honest...India really is a dump. The level of comfort required for visiting athletes and officials is far too oppulent. It is beyond what the common Indian citizen can ever hope for. This isn't an Aussie or English cricket team visiting for a Tour. It is thousands of athletes. The standard required by the visitors is almost unfathemable to all but a handfull of the locals. How can one expect people who have no comprehension of the standard that is automatically required by foreigners to uphold what they have no knowledge of? The people who voted for Delhi are to blame, through and through. Not the Indians, but the enablers, the foreign dignitaries. Games should be in Britain, Australia and Canada. Give it to NZ and South Africa once in a blue moon. Only the big 3 can financially and structurally cater to what is required.
A number of elements need to be in place IMO for a nation to be considered eligible to host a major sporting event. Things like the Commonwealth Games, FIFA WC and the Olympics. For the record, South Africa should not have been given the recent World Cup, Brazil should not have received the 2014 WC and London should never have been given the Olympics for 2012. All these nations have had major worker and financial implications in recent history. When London was awarded the Olympics their economy was already going down...it has not recovered yet. The English cannot even get Englishmen/women (make that all Brits) construction jobs on the venues. They have foreigners working over locals. Stupid. Welcome to a nice pile of debt Britain...oh and India, they'll be up to their eyeballs in debt.