Vice: The Dark side of the London Olympics - Pt. 1 - General

An interesting insight in regards to those around London being affected by it. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFHdZi7Pw18[/media] Other parts are available on the VICE site - [URL]http://www.vice.com/rule-britannia/the-vice-guide-to-the-olympics-part-2[/URL] [URL]http://www.vice.com/rule-britannia/the-vice-guide-to-the-olympics-part-3[/URL] [URL]http://www.vice.com/rule-britannia/the-vice-guide-to-the-olympics-part-4[/URL]

Wiff Waff :v:

It's hard to maintain the infrastructure created for the games after it's over. Edit: I forgot to add it doesn't seem what going on will cause regeneration but will in due time revert to a worse state.

Are they really kicking out those people to make London look like a nice place? The olympics always seem to get countries to try and make themselves look good through fake methods. Bunch of posers the lot of 'em.

The people that live on that council estate just outside the Olympic grounds are really over exaggerating things

[QUOTE=Webby2020;36949971]Are they really kicking out those people to make London look like a nice place? The olympics always seem to get countries to try and make themselves look good through fake methods. Bunch of posers the lot of 'em.[/QUOTE] Like when China painted that strip mine green.

The radioactive waste is something new. I love Vice.

It's no secret that London is a complete shit hole.

[QUOTE=Webby2020;36949971]Are they really kicking out those people to make London look like a nice place? [/QUOTE] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUpbOliTHJY[/media] When Vice does good work, they do good work. This is a pretty interesting report.

[QUOTE=zerotwelve;36950167]The people that live on that council estate just outside the Olympic grounds are really over exaggerating things[/QUOTE] Except the whole regeneration thing is a reality not just there but everywhere. In my town they've wasted so much money on shit no one wants. Half a million for a fucking bridge while my entire residential area continues to get shitter and shitter due to bad schools and no real police.

It's sad to think that the one reason I'm not moving here is the free health care.

This is actually really interesting to watch.

not liking those kids that said the olympics is "just the olympics.. nothing that special". what a boring outlook on things still though, London isn't that great of a place. they try really hard to make London look like something it isn't

all this money spent on the olympics, maybe i'm just too much of a dirty leftist, but aren't we better off helping the under-class?

they posted the rest of it on their site: [url]http://www.vice.com/en_ca/rule-britannia/the-vice-guide-to-the-olympics-part-2[/url]

We didn't even try to cover up the downtown east side when the Olympics came to town. We didn't even try when Expo 86 happened either. You had world class events happening blocks away from the poorest postal code in Canada and it wasn't a problem at all. The whole video seems biased in the usual hippie way.

[QUOTE=MIPS;36956598]You had world class events happening blocks away from the poorest postal code in Canada and it wasn't a problem at all.[/QUOTE] fucking hell that's not a problem to you?

When Vice does reports like this it's gold. It's a shame the other half of the videos on their site are all hipster journalist crap.

hipster journalism that's a new one

[QUOTE=Chocolate.;36956950]When Vice does reports like this it's gold. It's a shame the other half of the videos on their site are all hipster journalist crap.[/QUOTE] hey hey whoah whoah i like vice

Vice are known to exaggerate things greatly, they're not background checked for honest journalism like a lot of companies.

[QUOTE=fixture;36956028]not liking those kids that said the olympics is "just the olympics.. nothing that special". what a boring outlook on things still though, London isn't that great of a place. they try really hard to make London look like something it isn't[/QUOTE] Except it isn't that special, it's not like these olympics are the last one ever or the first one ever, it's an event that happens every 4 years and that's about it.

[QUOTE=Chocolate.;36956950]When Vice does reports like this it's gold. It's a shame the other half of the videos on their site are all hipster journalist crap.[/QUOTE] Their videos are pretty good because they're not afraid to investigate topics that major media groups shy away from (see: the video about Islamic extremists in London).

Added links to the OP. You get a few more views than the initial "omg olympics sux" via the various parts on their site.

[QUOTE=Teddi Orange;36945462][URL]http://www.vice.com/rule-britannia/the-vice-guide-to-the-olympics-part-2[/URL][/QUOTE] I love Stephen Bayley now.

You can see the nipples of the asian woman with the man voice.