give me a f***ing break....

[jagec]

Originally posted by: mugs
The Olympics are about PEACE and unity and all that nonsense. Having a MILITARY display at the opening ceremonies seems strange to me...

Better brush up on your Greek history.

Originally posted by: CanOWorms

Originally posted by: K1052

Originally posted by: CanOWorms
I think that it's a good decision. You need to understand that the British military waged a worldwide campaign of genocide and rape. It would upset tourists and the athletes from other countries, possibly hurting their performance.

That is laughable considering the bulk of the foreign people attending the games are from nations with equally dark imperial pasts...

Personally I don't think any nation could rival that of the imperial past of the British Empire.

And you need to brush up on ALL your history. Britain has one of the tamer histories of all of Europe. You want bloody, look at the Spanish or Germans...

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Originally posted by: mugs
The Olympics are about PEACE and unity and all that nonsense. Having a MILITARY display at the opening ceremonies seems strange to me...

They fly BAE Hawk trainer jets which are far removed from Tornados or Harriers. Yes, they're RAF pilots but for fuck's sake, what's wrong with some planes doing some cool stunts and creating pretty smoke patterns in the sky? They could draw the bloody Olympic rings if you want.

Every country hosting the games puts a cultural spin on things. The Red Arrows are a national institution so I feel they should be there. I'm sure there'll be plenty of lame dull shit that you get with every other ceremony to keep the miserable brigade happy :thumbsdown:

 

[CanOWorms]

Originally posted by: jagec

Originally posted by: CanOWorms

Originally posted by: K1052

Originally posted by: CanOWorms
I think that it's a good decision. You need to understand that the British military waged a worldwide campaign of genocide and rape. It would upset tourists and the athletes from other countries, possibly hurting their performance.

That is laughable considering the bulk of the foreign people attending the games are from nations with equally dark imperial pasts...

Personally I don't think any nation could rival that of the imperial past of the British Empire.

And you need to brush up on ALL your history. Britain has one of the tamer histories of all of Europe. You want bloody, look at the Spanish or Germans...

I suggest you brush up on all your history as well. Many people don't understand the true extent of the atrocities the British Empire brought to the world. I seriously can't believe that you are claiming that the British have one of the tamer histories. I don't think any empire was responsible for more deaths than the British Empire. German imperialism worse than the British?

The British really need to be sensitive about this issue for the Olympics.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: CanOWorms
The British really need to be sensitive about this issue for the Olympics.

Right....and the mongolian empire was so kind and gentle? Khan was a true peace keeper!

Your line of thinking is what is pussifying civilized nations.

 

[Saint Michael]

Why do people continue to respond to CanOWorms? He's obviously just flame-baiting, or just permanently wrong. Either way it doesn't pay to get into anything with him.

 

[CanOWorms]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: CanOWorms
The British really need to be sensitive about this issue for the Olympics.

Right....and the mongolian empire was so kind and gentle? Khan was a true peace keeper!

Your line of thinking is what is pussifying civilized nations.

Why are you talking about Mongolians? If they held the Olympics and wanted to parade around decapitated heads as a symbol of their former military might, then the same issue would be brought up.

Show your culture if need be. But don't show the militaristic/colonialistic side of your culture that brought so much grief to others.

Your line of thinking is what is barbarizing civilized nations.

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Originally posted by: Saint Michael
Why do people continue to respond to CanOWorms? He's obviously just flame-baiting, or just permanently wrong. Either way it doesn't pay to get into anything with him.

:thumbsup:

 

[CanOWorms]

Originally posted by: Saint Michael
Why do people continue to respond to CanOWorms? He's obviously just flame-baiting, or just permanently wrong. Either way it doesn't pay to get into anything with him.

It's permanently wrong to think that the British should not flaunt their military in front of others attending a peaceful, world-uniting event? Ok....

 

[Martin]

Originally posted by: MmmSkyscraper

Originally posted by: mugs
The Olympics are about PEACE and unity and all that nonsense. Having a MILITARY display at the opening ceremonies seems strange to me...

They fly BAE Hawk trainer jets which are far removed from Tornados or Harriers. Yes, they're RAF pilots but for fuck's sake, what's wrong with some planes doing some cool stunts and creating pretty smoke patterns in the sky? They could draw the bloody Olympic rings if you want.

Every country hosting the games puts a cultural spin on things. The Red Arrows are a national institution so I feel they should be there. I'm sure there'll be plenty of lame dull shit that you get with every other ceremony to keep the miserable brigade happy :thumbsdown:

every country has an acrobatic'\s team, but the Blue Angels didn't open the 2002 olympics, the Snowbirds won't open the 2010 Olympics and your Red Arrows won't open the 2012 ones. Big fucking deal, stop with your mock outrage and stupid whining.

 

[IGBT]

Originally posted by: 91TTZ
The sickening political correctness trend is destroying the world.

There should be a trend pushing for people to accept the world for how it really is, without a padding and sugarcoating.

..liberal guilt. political HIV.

 

[SSP]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: CanOWorms
The British really need to be sensitive about this issue for the Olympics.

Right....and the mongolian empire was so kind and gentle? Khan was a true peace keeper!

Your line of thinking is what is pussifying civilized nations.

Y'all gotta excuse CanOWorms. Hes got something against the British.

Lets all sing God save the Queen and he'll vanish in to thin air.

 

[ViviTheMage]

dumb

 

[Siddhartha]

never mind

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: Martin

Originally posted by: MmmSkyscraper

Originally posted by: mugs
The Olympics are about PEACE and unity and all that nonsense. Having a MILITARY display at the opening ceremonies seems strange to me...

They fly BAE Hawk trainer jets which are far removed from Tornados or Harriers. Yes, they're RAF pilots but for fuck's sake, what's wrong with some planes doing some cool stunts and creating pretty smoke patterns in the sky? They could draw the bloody Olympic rings if you want.

Every country hosting the games puts a cultural spin on things. The Red Arrows are a national institution so I feel they should be there. I'm sure there'll be plenty of lame dull shit that you get with every other ceremony to keep the miserable brigade happy :thumbsdown:

every country has an acrobatic'\s team, but the Blue Angels didn't open the 2002 olympics, the Snowbirds won't open the 2010 Olympics and your Red Arrows won't open the 2012 ones. Big fucking deal, stop with your mock outrage and stupid whining.

I agree that it's unecessary to have them perform, but I think the reason given does indeed warrant an outraged response.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: CanOWorms

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: CanOWorms
The British really need to be sensitive about this issue for the Olympics.

Right....and the mongolian empire was so kind and gentle? Khan was a true peace keeper!

Your line of thinking is what is pussifying civilized nations.

Why are you talking about Mongolians? If they held the Olympics and wanted to parade around decapitated heads as a symbol of their former military might, then the same issue would be brought up.

Show your culture if need be. But don't show the militaristic/colonialistic side of your culture that brought so much grief to others.

Your line of thinking is what is barbarizing civilized nations.

This is me knocking on your head. Knock, knock.

This is me seeing if it's hollow or not. I hear a lot of hollow.

give me a f***ing break. If you cannot see the difference between parading heads around and an acrobatic display...well, again you're what's wrong. Get your head fixed, see a professional, they can help your dilusion.

 

[IronWing]

Why would anyone get their undies in a knot about who does/doesn't get to do something at the Olympics? A bunch of pampered athletes and a bigger bunch of pastry-sucking hotel-lobby-living parasites roaming the globe snookering ego-driven politicians into squandering billions on unneeded public works projects? Whether or not the Brits get to flaunt their brutal militarism is a minor issue. The bigger issue is why the British taxpayers (like the taxpayers of so many locales before them) are footing the bill for this crap.

 

[imported_Baloo]

You guys aren't thinking straight. A global event like the olympicss and you going to put on a military display to show your might? No, that would not be appropriate.

 

[Fenixgoon]

Originally posted by: Baloo
You guys aren't thinking straight. A global event like the olympicss and you going to put on a military display to show your might? No, that would not be appropriate.

they're not rolling tanks through the streets of london. planes flying over dispensing.. whatever the color stuff is. not exactly "military might" IMO

 

[preslove]

Well, to be fair, the British did help destroy the Qing dynasty. The opium wars pretty much doomed the the Chinese empire, causing some of the worst moments of that civilization's long history. If I were a young, nationalist chinese dude in Beijing during the Olympics and I saw the british planes, I might get pissed.

 

[AnthroAndStargate]

Originally posted by: otispunkmeyer
its all the lentil eating lunatics tony blairs band of almighty fuckers keep hiring.

there is not one single person in government today with even an ounce of common sense or national pride. im sure they want us to become a simply nuetral race with no background or heritage whatsoever. in some places they wont even let you fly the st george cross because it might offend immigrants.

theyre all utterly incompetent and the cost of the games is so high because they cant organise themselves properly and have about a million advising agencies telling them what to do. i.e. theyre payng way to many people, way too much money to do the job.

lord coe is also set to make a packet off the back of the olympics as well.

British isn't a race FYI. Neither is white or English if that is what you were implying.

Just a quick human morphology lesson.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: Baloo
You guys aren't thinking straight. A global event like the olympicss and you going to put on a military display to show your might? No, that would not be appropriate.

Fine, then take back every olympic opening there ever was.

I, as a proud american, the inventor of the automobile was EXTREMELY OFFENDED by Italy's parading a ferrari on the opening ceremonies.

It was truly offensive for them to display that. I had to seek counseling just to get over it. To this day I shake to relive the day that Italy showed a ferrari at the olympics. SHAME! OH the humanity!!!!

NOT!

 

[dug777]

I can't believe the responses to this thread.

It's an acrobatics show with pretty colours, you complete and utter morons.

 

[alimoalem]

i don't care for the british but that sucks

 

[ThePresence]

It doesn't matter if they should be there or not.
What matters is THE REASON they are being given.
That's why people are mad.
Not because they won't be there.

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Originally posted by: Martin
every country has an acrobatic'\s team, but the Blue Angels didn't open the 2002 olympics, the Snowbirds won't open the 2010 Olympics and your Red Arrows won't open the 2012 ones.

I don't care what other countries did in the past and way to predict the future, oh mystic wonder. Got the lottery numbers too?

Big fucking deal, stop with your mock outrage and stupid whining.

It's not mock outrage and it's not stupid whining so STFU. First they completely fucked up the logo, now this bullshit.

As for someone else's comment on having to foot the bill through tax, I'm quite happy for an exceedingly small fraction of my tax £'s going towards this. It's a better investment than some of the crap that gets funded. They've done 4000 shows in 50 countries and the government pledged to keep the team going after a spending review cos of the positive PR they produce for the country. Obviously some retards view them as the mascot of the Imperialist scum but there we go. Hopefully a Darwin award awaits them in the near future.