McLaren_Field wrote:
Its a gold stick with a flame on the end of it in case you missed it and wanted to know, you haven't missed much.
Its a marvellous example of how good media bullshitting can create an event out of a non-event, its got bugger-all to do with the Olympics at all, the idea of parading a symbolic flame around the country for several weeks is a wonderful PR concoction that is supposed to gell the population into forgetting that nearly ten billion quid has been spent on two and a half weeks of sporting events, some of which you actually wouldn't go to the end of your street to watch or would switch the TV off if they were shown individually - how many have actually sat through an archery competition on TV, no, not many, and do you know which league your local badminton club play in ?
Great PR to get so many people out onto the streets - non event though, and they'd better not delay my journey to work in the morning either.
Quite agree. Totally over hyped non event which is perhaps a fitting way to promote the Games themselves. It is difficult to think of a more over hyped, over budget, corruptly run event, that has lost its way and original purpose, organised for the benefit of politicians. (.....well I suppose the EU would get the 'gold medal' now I think about it!)
These same organisers use the word 'legacy' as some giant brush to sweep the wasted tax payers money under the carpet to fool the foolish.
But I may just watch the ladies beach volley ball