Olympics: Whos actually looking forward to it?

[Sir Trev]

Originally Posted by Viney

The main reason why i like it is its one persons lifetime acheivement to get to this point. There is lots of personal sacrifice and drive for that once day/race etc. Far better than football and their overpayed whinging.

This I can appreciate and have a huge respect for. Not into watching sport though so on balance I cannot get enthusiastic about it. Being in London is irrelevant.

I personally think we are just asking for trouble. Be it domestic riots/protests/mindless looting or something more sinister.

I sick of hearing about it already, sickened at the waste of money, sickened at the mistreatment of British Citizens by the powers given away by the Government to the sponsors... I'm also not looking forward to all the delays when the matches are played in Cardiff and all these goons descend on the place.

I am especially mad that I've had to plan my ****ing emigration around it... the price of flights back home drops by HALF after it ends. My leaving do will be competing with Olympic football fans, because there's no other nights that I can have it before I'm gone!

PEOPLE'S LIVES DO NOT STOP BECAUSE SOMEONE IS HAVING A STICK THROWING CONTEST.

Team gb

It's something positive to take our minds away from constant bleak news. I am looking forward to it. Not in a crazy way or anything. I don't have any tickets. By enlarge prefer to do sport than watch others do it. But I'm looking forward to see some good road cycling in action. Thankfully no tickets required.

Overall it's a bit like the world cup, nice and exciting atmosphere all round

[Sid Squid]

Me. I'm looking forward to the whole glorious business!

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

I think alot of the bad feeling is caused by the increasingly volume of media hype and any niggle or problem then being aired in public.

And magnified to the umpteeth degree, I sometimes wonder if it's the same BBC wailing at every Olympic 'story' as will be broadcasting the Olympics.

The whole business is fantastically well organised - anyone that thinks otherwise simply does not understand.
The disruption to your travelling will last a few weeks - harumph and whine and then get over it. Sometimes other people want things that you don't, and that might have an effect on your life - stop being so selfish - you do have to share this planet with others and if that's a problem for you, you have much to consider about your world view. Then again if you want you can just carry on whining - it really is all the same to me as I'm not listening to your deliberately contrary bitching.
It's not expensive - and the cost is well worthwhile. Just think of all the tax you and I pay with no realistic say as to where much of it goes, so why now is this a reason for you to whine? I don't hear complaining about the billions jizzed away on rubbish that the state SHOULDN'T spend, but now a focus for your ire has been suggested and you all followed like the grumbling sheep you are, well carry on bleating 'cos I'm not listening - I'll be enjoying a big, city and nationwide, weeks long spectacle, which is possibly the most wonderful way to spend money demanded with menaces* I can think of.
And all of that's assuming that the overall Olympic spend won't be matched by national receipt - which it more than will.

Originally Posted by Milky Bar Kid

I personally think we are just asking for trouble. Be it domestic riots/protests/mindless looting or something more sinister.

Is this an argument for all the rest of us responsible Brits to keep our heads down cowed and repressed, making no waves and just keeping on paying tax to fund an underclass just in case a violent selfish minority see an opportunity for more stealing? Hmmmmm...

*That's tax to you and me.

well said squid

I like looking out for the annual under-dog story, you know the one - The swimmer from the Sahara picking up bronze in their first time in the pool (ok, possibly an exageration but it makes things more interesting than the obvious ones). The Paralympics are the ones I like to watch. It's awesome what these athletes have achieved.

Originally Posted by Sid Squid

Me. I'm looking forward to the whole glorious business!

I agree with the most of what Sid says, he's bang on, in sentiment and fact!

FFS, what's the point of living if it's not about trying to do the best you can. Whether it's for charity, family, business, society, conservation, getting yer willy wet? In this case it's sport. I appreciate not everyone appreciates sport, but if you can turn an eye away from the inevitable corporate manipulation of it all, at the heart of it is something worthy.

Endeavour, acievement, triumph through adversity, dedication! Don't even mention the paralympics, it's just incredible.

Why the **** can't the UK stage the most incredible celebration of human sporting achievement? Why does it have to be someone else?
Enough of the negativity, enough of the purile banality because Coronation St has been resheduled, your mundanity is disrupted and your commute is a bit busier.

Normal routine life is boring, this a change, this is something different, this can be great!

Ignore the stupid sponsorship, don't eat McDonalds or buy Samsung if it bothers you. Watch as much as you can and enjoy the fact that the people who are trying so hard and achieving so much are representing you!

Money? What is ****ing money, if it wasn't going on the Olympics it would be going somewhere else and we would all have different priorities. Money is just a concept made up by clever people to stop us killing each other for food

This is the Olympics, enjoy the effort and the human stories!

If you can't enjoy it, stop griping and get back to doing what you do every other day of the year.

I think it's great that we have the Olympics, however I certainly won't be going to see any events or travelling anywhere near to London until the 11th September when I start a job next to Upton Park stadium....

It's going to cause utter chaos and I believe that these type of events should be carried out in areas which can cope... Holding it in London, certainly doesn't match this criteria.