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The Quadrennial Global Round-Ball Extravaganza
De_El:
I'd like to say that for me about 25-50% of the entertainment value of the World Cup final came from the fact that anything played back on the tv broadcast was invariably put into slow motion.
Inlander:
--- Quote from: David_Dovey on 13 Jul 2010, 21:19 ---Yeah the money that went on the WC probably wasn't going on public housing no matter what
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No, but it could have been. I'm trying to say that one of the reasons why so many countries/states/cities throughout the world are so fucked up is because their governments/councils prefer to spend public money on short-term, attention-grabbing big-ticket items such as sporting carnivals instead of less glamorous but more essential public services. It happened here in Melbourne earlier this year: the Premier of Victoria, John Brumby, announced that some obscene amount of money would go into adding a roof or something to the Melbourne Tennis Centre - meanwhile there are thousands of homeless people on the street, the public transport is steadily sliding towards a fiasco, and the housing market is out of control. The fact that money that gets spent on things like World Cups was not ever going to get spent on anything else isn't a justification - it's the actual problem.
Listen, I love the World Cup, I look forward to watching, but if FIFA really wants so badly to have this thing maybe they should just pay for it themselves instead of latching parasitically onto a new host country every four years.
BeoPuppy:
Isn't the influx of tourism and commercialism supposed to yield an awful lot of money from world cups and olympic games for a country? Or is it impossible to break even on these kind of events?
Patrick:
--- Quote from: David_Dovey on 13 Jul 2010, 21:19 ---Yeah the money that went on the WC probably wasn't going on public housing no matter what
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Exactly.
Also, what is the point in bitching to people who have no sway over the decisions of the South African government? None of my money goes to South African companies as it already stands, I have no intention to ever purchase a diamond for any reason (and not just because I don't plan on ever getting married), I don't have a vote in their elections, and I don't have an army with which to dismantle the current ruling power there.
While I'm not disagreeing with your principles, Khar, your demonstration is, in effect, falling on deaf ears.
Patrick:
Do you, in any way, hold any power over the decisions of the South African government in regards to the treatment of their people?
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