26-09-2010, 10:02 AM
...the collapse of part of the roof in the stadium is news to me...not a good sign...and the concerns about the strength of the entire stadium.....my, my, my
....but those failings need to be separated from the 'threats'.....with a high-profile event like this (of international character) EVERYONE has a motive to hype the threat of attacks.....certainly those meaning to disrupt from outside; or inside; or just to raise the world or local threat level and scare and thus control people.....
...I just hope it comes off without anyone getting hurt from some violence or structural collapse.....
..it certainly is off to a very bad and ominous start.....
....but those failings need to be separated from the 'threats'.....with a high-profile event like this (of international character) EVERYONE has a motive to hype the threat of attacks.....certainly those meaning to disrupt from outside; or inside; or just to raise the world or local threat level and scare and thus control people.....
...I just hope it comes off without anyone getting hurt from some violence or structural collapse.....
..it certainly is off to a very bad and ominous start.....
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"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience! People are obedient in the face of poverty, starvation, stupidity, war, and cruelty. Our problem is that grand thieves are running the country. That's our problem!" - Howard Zinn
"If there is no struggle there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and never will" - Frederick Douglass