- Just yesterday, like the text at the end of a film "no
animals were harmed in the making of this movie", I was saying hopefully
to a friend that no athletes would be harmed in the making of this Olympic
corporatist marketing orgy.
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- But, tragically as we saw today, that was not to be.
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- A 21 year old died sledding down a poorly-designed luge
run with killer steel post adjacent to the run's sides. Fake snow doesn't
slip the same as real snow, it works differently, and the arrogance of
man over nature has taken its first blood. The VANOC vampires have
their first victim. But the IOC took swift, legal action to pull the images
of his death from You Tube, claiming that the material is copyrighted by
them. Damage control in a flash to cover their brand's ass.
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- But where was the safety inspectors on this one? Where
was the equivalent of Worker Compensation? Did athletes have to sign a
IOC waiver not to say negative things to the media, and, not to sue or
claim damages in the event of an accident or death? How does insurance
pay out on this one, if at all. Do they just want us to "believe"
that it will all just work out?
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- Coke's slogan on their promo wagons fronting the torch
relay / delay claims "happiness" begins here. I do not believe
so, nor do millions of others, including researchers from a recent study
that shows drinking pop can lead to pancreatic cancer.
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- Well, the warm weather has screwed VANOC's boast of the
"greenest Olympics yet". Lets hope these will not be the reddest
Olympics ever.
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- The blood is already on their hands.
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- Their well-paid media will wash it, and even spin it
into one more reason to "believe". Their smarmy spinsters may
even use it against the protesters who would have preferred safe homes
for the homeless than a two week party.
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- These courtiers and ass-kissers are drunk with their
power.
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- The hangover has just begun.
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