Olympic Torch in Dublin

[oscarose]

Well personally I like watching the Olympics, for the sport. I'll watch some of the athletics and the track cycling and might stumble upon the ladies' beach volleyball by accident. But I've never been a fan of all the ceremony around sport and the Olympics torch stuff, opening and closing ceremonies and so on is imho seriously overblown. Just get on with the games and the races and stuff all the ceremonies.

+1

Just crack on with the action and hope for some decent teds and nips.

[Mich the Tester]

I see Jedward are the torch bearers, I imagine 5 million Irish people do a face plant every time these nincompoops are chosen to represent their country.

for the use of the word 'nincompoop'. It should be used more often!

[d000hg]

I do detest the Olympics though. If it was just down to sport, I would find no problem with that however, the Olympics are a commercial organisation and the sponsors are large corporations and the profits will go offshore. The Olympic infrastructure and security is provided at a loss to the taxpayers. Either it should be sport for the people or a fully commercial venture and not subsidised.

How exactly do the profits of having a gazillion tourists paying over-inflated hotel prices and buying expensive food and drinks go overseas?

[gingerjedi]

I see Jedward are the torch bearers, I imagine 5 million Irish people do a face plant every time these nincompoops are chosen to represent their country.

[Paddy]

When you stop spending money for fun, things are really bad IMHO. It's cheaper than fixing the real problems

I do detest the Olympics though. If it was just down to sport, I would find no problem with that however, the Olympics are a commercial organisation and the sponsors are large corporations and the profits will go offshore. The Olympic infrastructure and security is provided at a loss to the taxpayers. Either it should be sport for the people or a fully commercial venture and not subsidised.

[d000hg]

I will hold my hand up to say I went to see the torch and people were very happy. It is indeed quite a spectacle but does the average joe public know how much all this costs? Anyone can make a load of people happy with that amount of money to throw away. Did we really need to buy 8000 torches?

See how happy they are when they find out how much that few hours of fun cost them. A localised bit of excitement does not justify the money wasted on it all.

When you stop spending money for fun, things are really bad IMHO. It's cheaper than fixing the real problems

[Paddy]

Why is our torch going to Dublin?

Ireland has not paid anything towards the huge cost of the games!

Dublin is in the British Isles. There are more Irish in England that Ireland.

[Mich the Tester]

Well personally I like watching the Olympics, for the sport. I'll watch some of the athletics and the track cycling and might stumble upon the ladies' beach volleyball by accident. But I've never been a fan of all the ceremony around sport and the Olympics torch stuff, opening and closing ceremonies and so on is imho seriously overblown. Just get on with the games and the races and stuff all the ceremonies.

[northernladuk]

They're totally divorced from reality. That's why everywhere the torch goes, the streets are lined with hordes of excited people.

I will hold my hand up to say I went to see the torch and people were very happy. It is indeed quite a spectacle but does the average joe public know how much all this costs? Anyone can make a load of people happy with that amount of money to throw away. Did we really need to buy 8000 torches?

See how happy they are when they find out how much that few hours of fun cost them. A localised bit of excitement does not justify the money wasted on it all.

[d000hg]

This whole Olympic thing is really starting to piss me off. The people that make these decisions must be so cut of from reality it's not true. Do they just sit in a swanky bar in London and come up with ideas that make them look good with no regard for what everyone else thinks and then pat each other on the back. Someone should be held to account for all this up in the air thinking.

New torch for every runner, going to Dublin, Will I Am carrying it, a crap load of olympic buildings that cannot be used after the games. It is just ridiculous.

They're totally divorced from reality. That's why everywhere the torch goes, the streets are lined with hordes of excited people.

[BrilloPad]

This whole Olympic thing is really starting to piss me off. The people that make these decisions must be so cut of from reality it's not true. Do they just sit in a swanky bar in London and come up with ideas that make them look good with no regard for what everyone else thinks and then pat each other on the back. Someone should be held to account for all this up in the air thinking.

New torch for every runner, going to Dublin, Will I Am carrying it, a crap load of olympic buildings that cannot be used after the games. It is just ridiculous.

+1

Why the zil lanes? The athletes are in the olympic village.

If the ticket allocation had been done fairly then fine. One ballot. Max one ticket per person.

[northernladuk]

This whole Olympic thing is really starting to piss me off. The people that make these decisions must be so cut of from reality it's not true. Do they just sit in a swanky bar in London and come up with ideas that make them look good with no regard for what everyone else thinks and then pat each other on the back. Someone should be held to account for all this up in the air thinking.

New torch for every runner, going to Dublin, Will I Am carrying it, a crap load of olympic buildings that cannot be used after the games. It is just ridiculous.

[Mich the Tester]

Shall I try to get wound up about this or shall I just go for a 20 euro dump?

[Waldorf]

Why is our torch going to Dublin?

Ireland has not paid anything towards the huge cost of the games!