[ snip ] Fine, we get it - you don't like how our moola's being spent.
Get over it and move on already.
Hey, can you give me the contents of your bank account and credit card number? Please don't worry about how I spend it, it's not like I'm asking for the equity in your house. "Move on." Don't hold your breath.
How many times have the Olympics shown a net gain for the hosting communities?
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e... .A post-Olympic hurdle for Greece: the whopping bill (Christian Science Monitor)
and...
How the Olympics Destroy Cities And it's not just the money...
housing. (Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions) We've seen recently the introduction of a patently absurd law (mandatory sheltering in bad weather) that should give the police a convenient fig leaf to round up visually undesired elements.
I don't feel like expending my energy on protesting the Olympics, and I don't agree with all the tactics used, but I sure do
understand why they would be protesting.
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