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Imagine for a moment a city without municipial transportation, without running water, electricity, phone service, cars[0], etc. Without your favorite restaurant
by dexen 15y ago
Imagine for a moment a city without municipial transportation, without running water, electricity, phone service, cars[0], etc. Without your favorite restaurant chain. Heck, without those soap dispensers OP mentions. Suddenly it's no longer such a great place for hosting Games at.
Given that those items, venues, services etc. add substantially to the value of the Games and build London's value over long time, I find it strange only the direct, one-time sponsors get to display their brands.
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[0] will they tape-over brand logos on citizens' cars just as well?
- ticks 15y agoGiven how short-term these sorts of events are and how unlikely it is to happen there again (in a lifetime), I suggest just letting them get on with the crazy thing and concentrate on more constructive subjects. One of those topics to keep the media busy.
- pbhjpbhj 15y agoI'd love to ignore it but the Gov unilaterally deciding to spend £10 billion of public money entertaining rich people for a week or two in the midst of a recession when there's rampant unemployment, an ever widening poverty gap and cuts on all but essential public services ... sorry can't ignore that.
- gouranga 15y agoSpot on. You speak for the majority of the population. Living in London, I know no-one who supports it at all.
- excuse-me 15y agoAt previous "international steroid cases running about" events they have ejected people who had T-shirts with a non-sponsor logo, and people who drinking cans of the wrong sugary caffeinated drink