The Olympics. A good idea but has been heavily politicised. While many go homeless, instead of investing in our individuals, promoting our community spirit (what David cameron is allegedly proud of) we spend loads on a ceremony most of us don't care about. Why don't we? I and many have nothing against it. I love running, sport, competition, diversity, teamwork..all things the Olympics are about. But do we need to "show of" to enjoy ourselves? No. And that is why I personally can not wait for the Olympics to end. Each year it got closer it became more obvious what the event was really going to be about. Of course it will still be good. There will be massive cheering, crows gathering, moments etched into peoples minds forever, and I wish I was closer to the action, to experience the thrill and excitement of it all. To hear and see the accomplishments and triumphs being made. But it is hard to enjoy it when it has been corrupted. And in more ways than you might think. I am self-employed but aren't allowed to make any product for my business that has trademark words like Olympics on it or show any of the 2 mascots, which are the best thing about the Olympics. I don't know why everyone hates them so much.. Their bright, colourful and fun. Surely all Olympic participants will be that. Yet it doesn't end there, apart from them cashing in heavily and stopping other business's from sharing profit (which is odd, as if I got to make T-shirts featuring Olympic mascots etc, I would pay more tax, more money for treasury and that's just from one business, from one 19 year old! Imagine big companies!), they are also trying to stop "free speech" They have published guidelines about how you use the word Olympic, incase somehow you put people of from visiting England and they don't get to cash in on their visit, yet people can make their own mind up about the Olympics. This is ridiculous. And I know most of us won't pay the slightest bit of attention to any of the rules that won't stand up in court. Yet if an Olympic official sees this blog they will probably pull me up on it fearing I encourage others to stand up. Well why not. You want us to be proud of who we are? Well I am proud to be me, speaker of truth and real justice. Which brings me to another point. On and on boring politicians go on about Capping imagration, because they only care about themselves. Yet when it comes to the Olympics, the doors are thrown wide open! We then expect the same people we chucked out, ignored, and barred, to come and pay for our Olympics so we can get back double the money we wasted on it. Bottom line, money doesn't buy happiness. I just wish we had real leaders who knew that. I hope that the Olympics get under way safely without incident and many people remember forever the joy of this once in a life time moment! But I do wish one day we would have a real Olympics. The ones from a long time ago... My Olympics.
I wish you all the best, participants, officials, watchers, tourists, travellers, whoever! Enjoy.
I will end by saying thankyou to those who have and are putting in hard work, whatever role you might have, to ensuring the safety and enjoyment of all those involved but I will not put a disclaimer up saying, "The views expressed here are all my own" like officials would like me to. That is common sense and obvious to anyone reading, whether Lex Luthor or a moron. Something many people lack or choose to hide these days....
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