Should I Stay Or Should I go ?

[Lachlan09]

With the Commonwealth Games 1 week away and in the midst of bridge collapses, ceiling collapses, truly manky (but new !) accommodation, sinks full of “bodily-processed” curry, child labour bolting the stadium seating in place, woefully delayed green-concrete structures and stunning bribery by Indian government and organizing officials, should Scotland’s athletes go or stay home ?

Is Glasgow 2014 and loss of revenue more important than safety ?

[wullie m]

Have we never had new bridges which collapsed? the Tay springs to mind, not to mention the new one over the Clyde which closed shortly after opening due to bits falling off! The Scottish Parliament's oak beam which might have flattened MacConnell but unfortunately never. I'm sure once the army of Sweepers, Jemadars & Pani Wallas get tore-in, the Games will be a huge success, bombs permitting! wullie m

[Celyn]

Meh, I don't care much about the games. Sorry for those 23 poor sods who were injured when the bridge fell down, though. Four have spinal fractures, apparently, and I don't know what health care is like for the poorer people in India, but I suspect it might not be awfully good.

Some athletes will have fun running around in circles and some companies will make a bundle out of all the construction projects, etc., but it won't be the labourers, (a significant number of whom seem to be children) who probably get paid pennies, and it won't be the local people displaced/cleared to make space for all this. It won't be the commoners who get the wealth.

Still, nothing new there, I suppose.

[Lachlan09]

I must admit when the Commonwealth Games was in Edinburgh in 1970, my next door neighbour took his family holidays to match the games and went the six miles from Musselburgh nigh on every day. I didn't go to see any events at all, just watched a wee bit on the telly. Athletics has never stirred me the way football has (including the suffering).

[wullie m]

Well Lachie Boy, the Edinburgh teams are mair shaken than stirred the noo!
wullie m

[Lachlan09]

I blame it on the Jambos' new strips !

Never mind, we've got the Teddy Bears picnic next week ! Are we in for a big surprise ?

[wullie m]

Not a baaaad result against ewe know who! today. wullie m