London 2012 Summer Olympics |OT3|

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Majine said:
Turkey's economy is alot bigger than Greece's, yes. I'm still surprised that a country of Greece's size could host the olympics.
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I'm pretty sure Greece mainly won the bid because of the historical connection.

I'd like to see Istanbul in 2020, then Chicago in 2024, then possibly a stop in India in 2028 if they are ready for it by then. Nice geographic spread there.
 
Alebrije said:
You asked :

We advise you to exercise a high degree of caution in Turkey because of the high threat of terrorist attack.
Pay close attention to your personal security at all times and monitor the media for information about possible new safety or security risks.
Terrorist attacks can occur anywhere at any time in Turkey. In recent years, terrorist attacks have occurred in tourist areas and locations frequented by foreigners. Foreigners have been killed and injured.

http://www.smartraveller.gov.au/zw-cgi/view/Advice/Turkey
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That is highly exaggerated, terrorist attacks occur in the south east where terrorists come from Iraqs northern parts.

Car accidents kill more people, should we ban cars?
 
Alebrije said:
I hope that if you get them you can show that to the world.
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It doesn't need showing to the world seriously. It is already the ninth most visited city in the world.

When I went, it was packed full of American tourists.

It is also one of the richest cities in the world.

It's crazy the misconception some of you have of the place. It's not the middle east.


Edit: By the way, we're talking about Istanbul in particular here, not Turkey in general. Turkey is a very big place. Istanbul is closer to Athens than it is to the South East of Turkey
 
hoos30 said:
I didn't mean to suggest that there is anything wrong with Turkey. Istanbul would be by far my favorite choice and I'd love to visit.

By "tourism", I meant Americans and W.Euros traveling to a Games in Istanbul. I know more than a dozen Americans in London right now (so jealous!), but I'd have a hard time imagining any of them going to Turkey in 2020 if Syria, Iran and Iraq are still acting the fool.
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More then 600.000 Americans visted Turkey in 2011. It is allmost up 20% this year. Like more Americans will visit Turkey this year then they will buy Vita's! Also other western countries visit Turkey in droves. 4 million Germans, more then a million Brits, more then a million Dutch etc.

I really have a feeling people don't know anything about Istanbul or Turkey in general.
 
TurkishEmperor said:
Indeed, many people still think Turks speak Arabic, have sharia laws and live in the desert. We need a big event to show the world what we exactly are and belong in the 21st century.
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to be fair, there is some cult-like worshiping of ataturk or whoever the fuck your founding general was, but I suppose there are ultra nationalist crazies in every country... I just seem to run into them online quite often.
 
I've pretty much watched nothing but BBC these last two weeks. Having adverts in the middle of TV feels so wrong now.
 
Istanbul would be a great choice. Besides, Japan has more important things to spend money on over the next couple of years. I'm talking about rebuilding towns along the tsunami-damaged coast.
 
Majine said:
Istanbul would be a great choice. Besides, Japan has more important things to spend money on over the next couple of years. I'm talking about rebuilding towns along the tsunami-damaged coast.
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They works fast , most of the cities are now as before the tsunami , great culture!!!

SO that wont be a problem
 
OpinionatedCyborg said:
to be fair, there is some cult-like worshiping of ataturk or whoever the fuck your founding general was, but I suppose there are ultra nationalist crazies in every country... I just seem to run into them online quite often.
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Yeah I know lol, reminds me of some certain autocratic countries, except Ataturk was the best thing ever to happen to Turkey, giving women voting rights even before some european countries for example. :P
 
TurkishEmperor said:
Yeah I know lol, reminds me of some certain autocratic countries, except Ataturk was the best thing ever to happen to Turkey, giving women voting rights even before some european countries for example. :P
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Shit France only gave women the right to vote in 1944.


Majine said:
We lost to Iceland, Iceland lost to Hungary, we beat Hungary. Seeing the trend, monsieur?
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We lost to Iceland as well.

Let's just agree that Iceland got fucked pretty hard :p
 
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NBC asked to cease ringside commentary

LONDON, Aug 10 (Reuters) - Olympic boxing's governing body said it had asked American broadcaster NBC to cease its ringside commentary at the London boxing arena on Friday because they were disrupting officials.

NBC, a unit of Comcast Corp, was the only broadcaster allowed to commentate from the ringside floor and the International Boxing Association (AIBA) said it had offered the team a space with the other media but that they decided to leave instead.

"NBC commentators were offered a booth in the media tribune like other broadcasters because they were very disturbing for AIBA officials - even during bouts they were not broadcasting - being located at the edge of the Field of Play," an AIBA spokesman said in an emailed statement to Reuters.

"They claimed that since no boxers from the USA were still in the running, they didn't want to stay anyway."
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NBC is annoying me from across the ocean.
 
Parch said:
The literal translation of Tai Kwon Do is...

"I'm going to stick my toe up your nose."
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I was shocked when I learned it, but it was invented by a south korean general after the korean war. It's a fighting style that is less that 60 years old.

I always though of it to be ancient shit like kungfu or whatever other martial art
 
It probably just look this way because it's presented as a sport but the people doing taekwondo look like they'd get their ass kicked by anyone. Judo, boxing, wrestling etc anyone doing those sports would easily win in a fight.
 
UnluckyKate said:
I was shocked when I learned it, but it was invented by a south korean general after the korean war. It's a fighting style that is less that 60 years old.

I always though of it to be ancient shit like kungfu or whatever other martial art
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Perhaps it was built upon older disciplines. Didn't Bruce Lee come up with his own system?
 
dejay said:
Perhaps it was built upon older disciplines. Didn't Bruce Lee come up with his own system?
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Sure it must be based on chinese and japanese martial art. But I always though it was an old korean one. Not something from last century invented after the war. When you compared it to modern fighting style, it's much closer from kungfu than close quarter combat
 
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