Originally Posted by Chris (Post 35457050)

you're all just going to have to get along in here. ;)

Originally Posted by Chris (Post 35457050)

That would be this thread. We're not going down the road of having separate threads for fanbois and haterz, you're all just going to have to get along in here. ;)

Originally Posted by alferret (Post 35457049)

I think there ought to a an alternative Olympic thread for those of us who wish to discuss the total waste of money & what else might be on TV that would be far more enjoyable than seeing £9 billion of our money wasted over the next 2 weeks.

Originally Posted by carlwaring (Post 35457054)

Given that so much of "your money" has been "waste" on this, don't you think you ought to at least watch some of it? ;):p::D

Originally Posted by Will21st (Post 35457072)

Anyhow,bring on the games,I'll be enjoying the Opening Ceremony at home and in eye-popping 3D,can't wait! :D:D :cleader:

Originally Posted by devilincarnate (Post 35457074)

Just found out that my nephew is going to be watching in native 3d and he would swap places with you:)

Originally Posted by devilincarnate (Post 35457056)

PS To my previous post can we all give a massive thank you to the armed forces personal that have had their leave cancelled so that they have to cover the Olympics. My Nephew is one of them and all the others out there who are doing a brilliant job for their Country?

Originally Posted by mertle (Post 35457085)

agreed well said these poor lads should be not involved hope they get big money extra leave for this.

I hope every penny comes from idiot g4s boss own pocket. It the least these idiots could do for forcing these poor lads from leave, standby.

I have got relation been forced into this too from armed forces all he was looking forward too was quality time with girlfriend now been cancelled. Would not be shocked they lost it forever too knowing the way things go.

Originally Posted by danielf (Post 35457116)

Rowan Atkinson the highlight for me. Hilarious :D

Originally Posted by Aidan Burley MP

The most leftie opening ceremony I have ever seen - more than Beijing, the capital of a communist state! Welfare tribute next?

Originally Posted by Aidan Burley MP

Thank God the athletes have arrived! Now we can move on from leftie multi-cultural crap. Bring back red arrows, Shakespeare and the Stones!

Originally Posted by Ramrod (Post 35457125)

Nope :confused:

Originally Posted by Jimmy-J (Post 35457127)

UPDATE: Here's the video... look at Camilla and Boris in the seats behind him. lol

Mind you, he was using his left arm.

Originally Posted by Matt D (Post 35457126)

I don't care about the actual Olympics, but I think that the opening ceremony was excellent (well, apart from the obligatory A-Z of countries bit at the end).


Oh, and from Twitter...

Aidan Burley, Conservative Party MP for Cannock Chase:

https://twitter.com/AidanBurleyMP/st...58648892792832




https://twitter.com/AidanBurleyMP/st...63706665574400



To say that he has come in for some criticism online for his Tweets would be an understatement!



If anyone finds his name familiar, it may be because of this story from last year...

MP Aiden Burley sorry for 'Nazi' stag party guest photos

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/...39_634x419.jpg

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2012/07/7.jpg

Originally Posted by Jimmy-J (Post 35457127)

UPDATE: Here's the video... look at Camilla and Boris in the seats behind him. lol

Mind you, he was using his left arm.

Originally Posted by Osem (Post 35457047)

We won it, we were elated! We got bombed, we recovered. We're in a financial pickle (like much of the world) but we've spent the money now and we'll never see the games here again so, whether or not everyone agrees it was money well spent or not, let's just enjoy the Greatest Show on Earth and make the best of it! I know I will.

Can't wait for the show to begin! :)

Originally Posted by carlwaring (Post 35457183)

Question..is the host nation's team always the last in? (as otherwise that was stupid!)

Originally Posted by Chrysalis (Post 35457145)

I watched the ceromony just now, was ok and all, I still am angry at the waste of money tho. Also that the queen looked bored and cameron looked very moody, both seemingly not wanting to be there.

Originally Posted by Matt D (Post 35457141)

The torch thing was great. Literally passing the torch to the next generation, plus that cauldron was awesome.

... But to then end with McCartney and Hey Jude? :rolleyes:

Still, other than that: Great stuff.

I won't be watching any of the actual sporting events, though.

Originally Posted by Chrysalis (Post 35457145)

I watched the ceromony just now, was ok and all, I still am angry at the waste of money tho. Also that the queen looked bored and cameron looked very moody, both seemingly not wanting to be there.

Originally Posted by Chrysalis (Post 35457145)

l, I still am angry at the waste of money tho.

Originally Posted by Maggy J (Post 35457230)

Now let me see.
A nice new world class stadium..
A nice new Olympic standard swimming stadium.
A new cycling stadium..along with a bmx track

A whole set of buildings in the Athletes village that will be used as flats by Londoners after the Olympics have long closed..2,818 new homes.all with parks with improved transport system.
Plus a whole lot more..

Why don't you actually do some damned research?

http://www.london2012.com/mm%5CDocum...t2_Neutral.pdf

Or is it just that you can't put your preconceived prejudices to one side.

Oh and remember these games were sought and gained under a Labour Government and completed by a Coalition government so scoring political points is pretty meaningless.:rolleyes:

Originally Posted by danielf (Post 35457139)

...What was wrong with Paul McCartney though. He wasn't quite out of sync, but it sounded like he was performing in gale force winds?....

Originally Posted by devilincarnate (Post 35457218)

I did like this article for those who do not like the Olympics?

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...tledge-1176109

Originally Posted by carlwaring (Post 35457183)

.

Question..is the host nation's team always the last in? (as otherwise that was stupid!)

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Originally Posted by Kymmy (Post 35457186)

Yep, tradition these days is Greece first as the birthplace, the rest in alphabetical order and finally the host nation

Originally Posted by danielf (Post 35457139)

Brilliant music as well (are U2 now British?).

Originally Posted by Maggy J (Post 35457211)

Not even events that we might have a hope of gold? I hate sports and it's coverage but I ALWAYS watch the Olympics.:)

Originally Posted by Russ (Post 35457234)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...t-attacks.html

Just the sort of thing you'd expect from an American broadcaster. Imagine if we did the same about 9/11.

Originally Posted by Matt D (Post 35457273)

- The NBC presenters were ignorant of who Tim Berners-Lee was. Apparently they suggested to the audience that they just Google him, not knowing that if it wasn't for TBL in the first place they would not be able to Google TBL...

- Replacing the "memorial wall" section with a Ryan Seacrest interview :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by Maggy J (Post 35457279)

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/201...&sct=hp_t11_a0

An interesting slant on the opening.:)

Originally Posted by martyh (Post 35457285)

A good read

Originally Posted by danielf (Post 35457309)

I agree there wasn't enough info, but the commentators weren't at fault, as they didn't have the info. The Beeb would do well to hire a commentator who can actually tell the riders apart. The number of mix-ups was astonishing.

Originally Posted by danielf (Post 35457309)

I agree there wasn't enough info, but the commentators weren't at fault, as they didn't have the info. The Beeb would do well to hire a commentator who can actually tell the riders apart. The number of mix-ups was astonishing.

Originally Posted by mertle (Post 35457305)

I dont know who was the idiots in charge of it BEEB or IOC but they need to do much better job.

Originally Posted by devilincarnate (Post 35457327)

Are you contradicting yourself with this post or am I misreading the post:confused:

Originally Posted by danielf (Post 35457344)

One would assume they do have a list of riders and numbers...

Originally Posted by devilincarnate (Post 35457353)

The numbers were on the back pockets of the jackets and also the bikes so when they were showing the riders from the front it would be hard?

Originally Posted by danielf (Post 35457354)

I still think he was poor. Saying things like a rider attempted to escape from the peloton when he was actually in the breakaway group that was minutes ahead. Also, as an experienced commentator he's supposed to know the faces?

Originally Posted by Maggy J (Post 35457230)

Now let me see.
A nice new world class stadium..
A nice new Olympic standard swimming stadium.
A new cycling stadium..along with a bmx track

A whole set of buildings in the Athletes village that will be used as flats by Londoners after the Olympics have long closed..2,818 new homes.all with parks with improved transport system.
Plus a whole lot more..

Why don't you actually do some damned research?

http://www.london2012.com/mm%5CDocum...t2_Neutral.pdf

Or is it just that you can't put your preconceived prejudices to one side.

Oh and remember these games were sought and gained under a Labour Government and completed by a Coalition government so scoring political points is pretty meaningless.:rolleyes:

Originally Posted by alferret (Post 35457376)

I wonder why there are so many seats at supposedly sold out events?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/oly...stigation.html

Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 35457389)

Really?

Let's not get too carried away, hey?

How exactly would they jam the satellite signals - it's the Olympics, not a James Bond movie.....

Originally Posted by Damien (Post 35457397)

Should Danny Boyle get a knighthood? It's not often we host such an event as last night, millions upon millions saw as stage the Opening Ceremony and on 1/4th of the budget of China's opening ceremony he did us proud.

Originally Posted by mertle (Post 35457387)

knowing us tickets still in the post. Either that or London transport system caused the issue.

Either way theres very angry mob at locog.

On the cycling they also getting blamed.

blame game according to OBs its locog fault that it was there responsibilty for GPS timing.

That they was not providing the information to comentators.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012...rvices-cycling



Just hope whoever it was OBS or locog they get there act together get these GPS sorted.

Now as side note GPS was also faulty in tour de france timings often jumped and spiked. Althogh in past years there acuracy was bit iffy they become more more reliable as technology advanced.

Wonder if there GPS jamming going off as sabatage.

Originally Posted by Maggy J (Post 35457416)

Take a deep breath.

It's not the end of the world..Why not accept that not everything in life goes the way you want it to and sometimes that's the way things are..otherwise you will have a stroke with the continual stress.You are certainly stressing me out and I couldn't care less about the road cycling because I find it boring as a spectator sport.I'd rather watch the velodrome efforts..

Originally Posted by Damien (Post 35457397)

Should Danny Boyle get a knighthood? It's not often we host such an event as last night, millions upon millions saw as stage the Opening Ceremony and on 1/4th of the budget of China's opening ceremony he did us proud.

Originally Posted by danielf (Post 35457421)

What a load of rubbish. Just because you don't like to watch it it's not a big deal? It was a major issue, and something that needs addressing ahead of tomorrow's ladies' road race. It's not acceptable.

Originally Posted by Maggy J (Post 35457527)

I wonder if mertle actually bothered to complain to the BBC?Did you?

Originally Posted by mertle (Post 35457400)

you will be suprised there devices for sale now all over the web there chinese GPS jammer hugh,

On how to jam them public GPS miltary safe as long they code protected they wont falsify position or shut down.

Originally Posted by Russ (Post 35457557)

I can't believe how touchy some countries are being. First the Koreans about the flag mix-up. Now the Indians are demanding an apology. Some people really need to calm down.

Originally Posted by Russ (Post 35457557)

I can't believe how touchy some countries are being. First the Koreans about the flag mix-up. Now the Indians are demanding an apology. Some people really need to calm down.

Originally Posted by Russ (Post 35457557)

I can't believe how touchy some countries are being. First the Koreans about the flag mix-up. Now the Indians are demanding an apology. Some people really need to calm down.

Originally Posted by Russ (Post 35457557)

I can't believe how touchy some countries are being. First the Koreans about the flag mix-up. Now the Indians are demanding an apology. Some people really need to calm down.

Originally Posted by danielf (Post 35457563)

So the North Koreans have no right to be upset about the flag of their arch enemy being shown? The Indians should be happy to have their party gate crashed? Presumably, the Irish should be content when the Union Flag is flown next to their name as well?

Originally Posted by Maggy J (Post 35457571)

As for the woman in red didn't anyone in the Indian team challenge her at all?

Originally Posted by Maggy J (Post 35457571)

Well I'm not going to get upset that the sound on the Ladies Weightlifting is poor.I can suck it up because it's perfectly clear who was outdoing everyone else and who won.Not something I'm going to rant about because with an event as large as the Olympics there are bound to be a few hiccups..It is simply not the end of the world as we know it..

Originally Posted by Maggy J (Post 35457573)

Well considering I don't think they should have been allowed to attend after blowing up that South Korean Naval ship for no good reason,no. I think they should be grateful that they are here on sufferance and put up with it.:rolleyes:

Originally Posted by John Walker

UPDATE: That was quick. About five minutes after I posted, the Mail’s story was ninja edited, without acknowledgement, to remove the most outrageously racist lines. Where once it read:

“This was supposed to be a representation of modern life in England but it is likely to be a challenge for the organisers to find an educated white middle-aged mother and black father living together with a happy family in such a set-up.
Almost, if not every, shot in the next sequence included an ethnic minority performer. The BBC presenter Hazel Irvine gushed about the importance of grime music (a form of awful electronic music popular among black youths) to east London. This multicultural equality agenda was so staged it was painful to watch.�

It now reads:

“This was supposed to be a representation of modern life in England but such set-ups are simply not the ‘norm’ in any part of the country. So why was it portrayed like this and given such prominence? If it was intended to be something that we can celebrate, that two people with different colour skin and different cultural heritages can live harmoniously together, then it deserves praise.
But what will be disturbing to many people is top-down political manipulation – whether consciously or unthinkingly – at a major sporting event.�

It’s the most extraordinary change to the text, completely reversing the meaning the author originally intended, and completely incongruous to the paragraphs either side of it, which still endorse Aidan Burley’s “leftie multicultural crap� tweet.

You can see scans of the original article, before these changes were made, here: 1, 2, 3 and 4.

Original: I am very aware that getting cross with Daily Mail articles is like shouting about how the sun can be hot. However, my motivation is not to cry, “How dare they!�, but instead to say, “Please understand that they do.� I still meet many people who do not understand how the Daily Mail is not just another tabloid, not just as bad as the rest of them, but instead something far more despicable and dangerous. It’s one of the most popular papers in Britain, and when we say, “Just ignore it – they’re just trying to get hits,� I shudder. We do not ignore evil – we challenge it and get angry about it. We make more people aware. Some people reading won’t have realised. And others can maybe point someone this way when they ask what they’re getting so worked up about.

The particular piece that’s riled me this evening is elegantly titled, “The NHS did not deserve to be so disgracefully glorified in this bonanza of left-wing propaganda“. That the Mail would write a piece arguing that the NHS is a bad thing, and should have had no part in the Olympic opening ceremony, is not a surprise. They’re a vicious and spiteful paper, and their agenda against the poor and needy is over a hundred years old. The NHS is the antithesis of everything they stand for, a socialist blight on our nation they’d rather do without. And while there are a thousand reasons to get cross about that, it’s not the issue with this piece. The issue is what’s smuggled in there.

This is why the Mail is so insidious, and so dangerous. It’s written in a very particular way, designed to sweep readers up in a froth of anger, before then slipping in various suggestions of what else they should think. Although written as, “And here’s what you already think, of course.� While I have strong issues with many other newspapers, from the hypocrisy of the Murdoch press, to the near fascistic support for anything “left� in the Guardian, nothing upsets me nor fills me with fear as much as the prose style of the Mail.

(big snip)

Originally Posted by Matt D (Post 35457588)

The inevitable Daily Mail rubbish about the opening ceremony...

Originally Posted by Gary L (Post 35457590)

But you do have to admit that they do go out of their way to get ethnic minorities into these kind of things. such as leaflets and literature.

not that it's a bad thing. but you can clearly see that they had to physically go out there and hand pick them if you like.

I'm not bothered either way. but you have to wonder whether it's sort of patronising to those who are hand picked.