London Olympics 2012 Mascot
With 7 days to go it is beginning to dawn on the population of Great Britain that we are going to see the mother of all mess ups with the Olympics. The mascot looks like some alien which is coming to take over Earth. The designers forgot that mascot as supposed to be cuddly and lovely, that children can take to bed and feel comfortable, not, designed to give children and adults nightmares.
Beside the mascot the government has lost the plot and thought that everything can be done at arms length and that they the government did not have to watch over the games since it was run by private firms who had contracts to do stuff and therefore would be obligated to carry out the contract. Bad mistake!
This reliance on private money doing everything has led to the state having to intervene because cutting cost is one thing, having no security is another. The government has had to call the army to sort out security. Since we are on the short list for every malcontent and disgruntled terrorist organisation. Why the hell did the government think that a company could hire sufficient quality staff to run a massive security operation such as The Olympics, is beyond me?
Not only this but apparently Oasis are going to sing Wonderwall, a complete Beatles rip-off which has nonsensical lyrics about god knows what. Oasis are OK in very small doses as they are a good pub rock band, but opening the games seems a bit cheap and nasty.
The traffic chaos in London will be a nightmare and so the safest thing to do is keep well away, preferably in a cottage in some isolated village which has its own generator just in case.
Finally the Olympic movement itself has come under criticism for it’s crazy protection of its brand. With strict rules about what words can be used and how the ‘5 ring’ logo can be shown. Since it is now a criminal offence for corner shops and small business to associate itself with the Olympics with words or symbols, this is making people feel it is ‘not for them’.
If things do not go bad then it will be by the skin of our collective teeth. If it goes bad then I told you so.