Ironman5000 Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Well thank christ it's finally over! I think every product ever made in the UK was the official sponser of the olympics, I even saw tampons that were "proud sponsers of the olympics". Even a nappy (daiper if your in USA) advert which has sod all to do with it compared a baby climbing a chair to the struggle of winning an olympic event just so they could link it in the event! I feel dirty being British right now, this country has no dignity! :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vagrant0 Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 I feel dirty being British right now, this country has no dignity!Erm, many of those companies were American. The Olympics is just about money as almost everything else that is nationally televised. Afterall, all those companies who help sponsor athletes need to get back on their investment somehow. Athletes even have to pay the taxes on the medals that they win. If that's not evidence on the sad state of things, I don't know what is. On the flipside, none of the cities who have hosted the Olympics have turned a profit from the event despite the budget for construction and retrofitting given to them by the Olympic committee. If I remember correctly, Atlanta (1996) even had part of their Olympic Village repo'ed a few years back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyYou Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 The folks televising the olympics are the only ones that are really making money...... all those advertising dollars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboUK Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 Well thank christ it's finally over! I think every product ever made in the UK was the official sponser of the olympics, I even saw tampons that were "proud sponsers of the olympics". Even a nappy (daiper if your in USA) advert which has sod all to do with it compared a baby climbing a chair to the struggle of winning an olympic event just so they could link it in the event! I feel dirty being British right now, this country has no dignity! :rolleyes: This made me smile http://www.theappointment.co.uk/news/article-oddbins-launches-promotion-attacking-olympics-branding-restrictions I feel dirty being British right now, this country has no dignity!Erm, many of those companies were American. The Olympics is just about money as almost everything else that is nationally televised. Afterall, all those companies who help sponsor athletes need to get back on their investment somehow. Athletes even have to pay the taxes on the medals that they win. If that's not evidence on the sad state of things, I don't know what is. On the flipside, none of the cities who have hosted the Olympics have turned a profit from the event despite the budget for construction and retrofitting given to them by the Olympic committee. If I remember correctly, Atlanta (1996) even had part of their Olympic Village repo'ed a few years back. It was £6.4bn ($10bn) over budget and it turned Central London into a ghost town right at the height of the tourist season costing business a fortune. The folks televising the olympics are the only ones that are really making money...... all those advertising dollars. Not here, the BBC doesn't carry adverts, we paid for that out of the TV licence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vagrant0 Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 Not here, the BBC doesn't carry adverts, we paid for that out of the TV licence.Good luck explaining that concept to the Americans. I've had it explained to me as everything from paying a company on a contingency basis that you might watch their programs, to outright extortion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tetradite Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 Not here, the BBC doesn't carry adverts, we paid for that out of the TV licence.Good luck explaining that concept to the Americans. I've had it explained to me as everything from paying a company on a contingency basis that you might watch their programs, to outright extortion. It's partly because the BBC is an international broadcaster, and is seen as representing Britain's voice/interests overseas. I.E it is or has been to some extent the international propaganda arm of the government (although it's not directly controlled in the manner that Soviet newspapers were), and thus it's funded through (what is effectively) taxation. Although *officially* the World Service isn't paid for by the license fee (it's funding comes direct from the Foreign Office budget IIRC) the TV license is essentially just a tax to pay for having a national broadcaster that isn't corporate owned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboUK Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 Not here, the BBC doesn't carry adverts, we paid for that out of the TV licence.Good luck explaining that concept to the Americans. I've had it explained to me as everything from paying a company on a contingency basis that you might watch their programs, to outright extortion. Extortion is exactly what it is, the only way to avoid paying the licence fee legally is to not watch TV, even then they want to send enforcement goons to check you that you don't have a TV or that it isn't capable of receiving signals. It's an archaic system that belongs in the 1950s, these days there is no reason why it can't be encrypted so only those who want it have to pay for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogtown1 Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 the thread is titled "World peace is Declared" you should ask the father who has a son in Afganistan that question I'm sorry to say no, not yet everyday I hope my son can call home on his cell, but its against the rules, so I wait its fukkin hell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vagrant0 Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 the thread is titled "World peace is Declared" you should ask the father who has a son in Afganistan that question I'm sorry to say no, not yet everyday I hope my son can call home on his cell, but its against the rules, so I wait its fukkin hellUnderstandable... But you're missing the point. The point of this thread was to mention the fact that most news coverage of the war completely ceased while the Olympics was going on, either by some effort of all nations to have a temporary ceasefire, or by nature of news organizations simply not reporting it. While your son's contribution and sacrifice is admirable, most of those in the USA and many other countries don't feel any impact of the war outside of what is reported by those news organizations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogtown1 Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 well there was no cease fire, but I am happy to see there was no attacks on the games, the security was handled very well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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