i think this is a bad troll
you should be ashamed of yourself
you should be ashamed of yourself
This makes a lot of sense and I can't disagree - but we're talking about the opening ceremony, not the entire olympics. You can think the ceremony to be very unimportant indeed but still legitimately bemoan the absence of an artist you believe should be in there; the opening ceremony is a form of art - or propaganda depending on exactly how cynical you are - and art is subject to criticism.To be perfectly honest I couldn't care less about whether The Smiths or Morrissey was acknowledged at the opening ceremony. The Olympics is about sport; it should be the athletes who have spent the past four years training passionately for their moment in the spotlight. If anyone is going to be honoured, it should be those people who have put so much effort into it; but people only seem to be more interested in which so called 'celebrites' are involved in the Olympics. Music Artists, Actors and such, have their own award ceremonies; this is one of the few things that the athletes get recognition in and still it is not about them as more people seem more interested in the opening than anything else. In addition, why are sports such as Football a part of the olympics? Like Singers and Actors, they have their own leagues and cups, so why do they need to impose on these less emphasised sports. As far as I am concerned, the only reason their is such hype around the Olympics this time around is because it is in our own country, which I find highly fake and irritating. People need to understand that the Olympics is about countries coming together to compete once every four years, and who cares about what pathetic excuses for celebrities are acknowledged. The only reason any of them bother to attend is because it gets them more exposure to the press anyway. So if you're going to moan about anything, moan about the fact that the masses don't seem at all concerned with the true meaning of the Olympics, which has become like nearly other of todays industries, another commodity by which the goverment can cheat and scam money out of the hard-working tax payers.
This makes a lot of sense and I can't disagree - but we're talking about the opening ceremony, not the entire olympics. You can think the ceremony to be very unimportant indeed but still legitimately bemoan the absence of an artist you believe should be in there; the opening ceremony is a form of art - or propaganda depending on exactly how cynical you are - and art is subject to criticism.
Spare me the advice about narcissism. Diagnostic bracket creep, anyone ? I won't even get started on projection.
No, I will. Stop chewing on Erich Fromm ( yes, I'm very impressed) and have a further look. Grandiosity, non-transparency, humourlessness, the veiled threats of exclusion and control - do these sound familiar ?
Wasn't I meant to be on "Ignore" ?
..Doesn't the fact that you and your two chums have dismissed her as a schiztophrenic psycho bitch creepo, and have basically disowned her socially..online-wise..yet YOU choose to strike up dialogue with her anyway..strike you as slightly ironic??
Maybe she's not the only one who needs to schedule a visit with a local psychiatrist.
yeah, some of BB's stuff is actually funny to readI think I'm beginning to like this place again.
I am a secretary but I must admit that my job is nowhere near as exciting as Sharon McCormick's. All I do is expense reports and restaurant reservations and so forth.
I'll just head over to the "insane megalomaniac" section of the employment ads on Craigslist and see if I can find someone crazier to work for...
yeah, some of BB's stuff is actually funny to read
though a bit harsh on "123xyz"
Who cares. The olympic opening ceremony is a colossal non-event.
The Olympics are not being held in Germany. If they were, such a reference to the Israeli athelete slaughter would be relevant within a wider cultural accounting of the German holocaust.
There were no corporate advertising breaks throughout the BBC coverage. Never has been in any Olympics.
Just an update.
The torchlighting segment was titled "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out".
http://www.london2012.com/mm/Docume.../01/30/43/40/OPENINGCEREMONYGUIDE_English.pdf
Morrissey cared enough to mention it live on stage in Manchester on Saturday night. You're supposed to be a 'senior member' around here.
Pay attention!
http://www.live4ever.uk.com/2012/07/morrissey-my-smile-is-too-sincere-for-olympics-opening-ceremony/
So? I don't think what he said contradicts what I said.
Careful there with Theo. He's like some weird mutant intellectual lifeform that actually feeds on well-earned contempt. Anyone with a reasonably sane sense of self who's gotten the feedback he has around here would have left this site long ago. But then of course, someone to whom the words "reasonably sane" could justifiably be applied in any respect would not have produced the statements he gets ribbed for in the first place.