tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8528686231765021097.post2591213844579861938..comments2023-09-12T16:52:48.733+09:00Comments on Antisthenes' corollary*:: Tokyo 2020 Olympics: this town was made for boondogglesἈντισθένηςhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06199983680204710885noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8528686231765021097.post-12635361147004773972013-09-15T20:46:15.915+09:002013-09-15T20:46:15.915+09:00"In good conscience" they could not, of ..."In good conscience" they could not, of course.<br /><br />Rebirth? It's not even the local fallout that's the main issue: Tohoku was facing a worse economic and demographic decline than the national average even without the disasters. They'll rebuild stupid shit, like highways and seawalls, even as the place empties out, for the same reason as the Olympics: pork-barrelling fills the coffers of LDP supporters, who pay them off. Place needs controlling of the reactor piles, quarantine of the area, and resettling of the people. Neither more nor less. That isn't profitable...Ἀντισθένηςhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06199983680204710885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8528686231765021097.post-83426832298769250552013-09-15T13:51:19.454+09:002013-09-15T13:51:19.454+09:00In good conscience, how could they bid for the gam...In good conscience, how could they bid for the games without showing a complete rebirth of the Tohoku region and much greater progress on the Fukushima cleanup?...Will Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07927492067445164618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8528686231765021097.post-9725879843276612612013-09-08T19:31:48.243+09:002013-09-08T19:31:48.243+09:00Christel (spelling?) sure looks classy, but she...Christel (spelling?) sure looks classy, but she's as toxic as the rest of them.<br />Given that the bidding process for the games is a competition who can bribe and kickback-create the best, it's hard for East Asians to lose these things.<br />I'm happy that Germany doesn't have to spend so much money for Spain's Olympics, but Istanbul would have been the proper symbol if the IOC still had some good left in them.<br />When it goes down in 2020, I'll not have entered this dark country for at least 6 years. Knowing my interest in the previous games, I'll probably miss it on TV as well. Oh how that fills me with joy. <br /><br />Stephannoreply@blogger.com