we are now breaking the terms of use of the entire olympics for linking to the olympic's site.

Furthermore, they planned to make it so only mcdonalds could sell chips, but changed it so only those that self fish as well can sell chips.

Also, think you have the right to your own home? wrong! they forcibly installed missile launchers on residential homes, rejecting the owners of the flats saying they have a right to say no.

As for protest or parody, they've been censoring all parody olympic twitter accounts for infringing trademarks/misrepresentation, and are banning protests during the olympics.

Think you can support the olympics? put some rings in your window or something? wrong again! you need to sponsor them to do any such thing!

This is why I hate the UK atm. USA's becoming a millitary state, while we're becoming big brother. meanwhile the UK is practically america's bitch, even handing off all security for the olympics to them.

It seems they've strayed from their original purpose, that is bringing all the countries of the world together in a peaceful sporting event - now guarded by missiles, brick lawyerspeak walls, and copious advertising. It's kind of representative of the state of many countries, in my opinion - clinging to old cliches of freedom, security, and peace so hard that all that's left is the words and a firm unacceptance of new ideas.

Though, in the instance of the terms and conditions, I'd say that's pretty standard legalese - I recall reading about one site whose terms and conditions explicitly denied any use of the site. They just don't want to be sued, and so erect a steel fortress against a slight breeze.

The thing that really gets me is that they changed the name if the O2 Arena to the Millennium Arena so there was no advertising, then have "sponsors" that - last I heard - have exclusive rights to do business in their respective areas on the Olympic sites. It gives me the feeling that had the O2 Arena been called the Lloyds TSB Arena, nothing would have changed.

Street artists are the best artists.

What assholes :T if we did that to 9/11 you'd all be pissed. What a double standard

Kizzycocoa wrote:
So, American tv censored the 7/7 tribute for an interview, as it wasn't tailored to Americans.

What assholes :T if we did that to 9/11 you'd all be pissed. What a double standard

Was it all american channels or just one?

Either way I haven't been watching the olympics at all

p0rtalplayer wrote:

Kizzycocoa wrote:
So, American tv censored the 7/7 tribute for an interview, as it wasn't tailored to Americans.

What assholes :T if we did that to 9/11 you'd all be pissed. What a double standard>

Was it all american channels or just one?

Either way I haven't been watching the olympics at all

it says NBC did it. no idea about the rest. but still.

Pilchard123 wrote:
I...don't remember any 7/7 tribute. There was a general remembrance thing in the opening ceremony, it that what you mean?

depends. where were you watching? if there was an interview midway, yes. you missed it.

Pilchard123 wrote:
UK, same as I presume you were. Mind you, I did skip a bunch of it, it must have been during that.

probably. I didn't watch it myself.