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Voting Error (2010 Olympics)
 

offline DeleriousWeasel from Guam on 2005-12-23 02:39 [#01805399]
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so it's come to light that a voting error handed London the
2012 Olympics and that it should have gone to Madrid
instead..

From BBC Sport.com:
A senior Olympic figure has told the BBC that London only
won the 2012 Olympics because of a misplaced vote.

Alex Gilady claims the mistake happened when a vote was cast
for Paris instead of the intended recipient, Madrid.

Had the vote gone to Madrid, claims Gilady, they would have
finished level with Paris on 32 votes apiece in the
penultimate round, behind London.

Gilady suggests Madrid would have won a head-to-head vote
with Paris and gone on to beat London in the final
round.


does anyone care? I personally wish London hadn't won it,
too much of a waste of taxpayers money. Discuss.


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2005-12-23 03:19 [#01805411]
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Sounds like sour grapes on the part of Madrid. If you're too
much of a retard to use a ballot form correctly, you don't
deserve a vote. Same goes for the American elections.

Regarding the olympics: I'd rather we didn't have them
either. London is overcrowded, overpriced and overcongested
as it is, we don't need an influx of half a million more
people. It's no national pride status symbol for me. It'll
be interesting to see what happens with congestion charging
during the olympics...


 

offline Dolleater from Afrika Bambaataa on 2005-12-23 04:25 [#01805430]
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"If you're too much of a retard to use a ballot form
correctly, you don't deserve a vote."

That is why xltronic is not a democracy.


 

offline DeleriousWeasel from Guam on 2005-12-23 04:29 [#01805436]
Points: 2953 Status: Regular | Followup to Dolleater: #01805430



hahaha


 

offline pf from Finland on 2005-12-23 05:16 [#01805449]
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this is sad. not that I care, but releasing this sort of
news to the world is sad. Cant they just accept it. No
speculation.


 

offline E-man from Rixensart (Belgium) on 2005-12-23 05:34 [#01805452]
Points: 3000 Status: Regular | Followup to Ceri JC: #01805411



lol
you can be such a beast sometimes it's scary :D

they should cancel it and gave it back to madrid, especially
seeing as londoners don't seem really happy to have them


 

offline Ezkerraldean from the lowest common denominator (United Kingdom) on 2005-12-23 05:54 [#01805456]
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yeah, i heard this. the french probably made it up because
they were jealous.


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2005-12-23 06:03 [#01805462]
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I know, what possible good can releasing this news possibly
do? It's not going to make Madrid get it after all, it's not
even going to really significantly detract from London
getting it. It just slightly cheapens the whole experience.

E-man: Yep, the only time anyone I know was happy at us
getting the olympics was when we were winding up a French
colleague who really wanted Paris to get it. I'd be happy
for Madrid to have it.


 


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