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Not backing the bid?

posted by [personal profile] sbisson at 07:58pm on 27/02/2005
Why not text PARIS to 82012?

(Or the name of any other city you want to be left paying for a multi-billion pound white elephant that'll make the Millennium Dome look like a bargain...)
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posted by [identity profile] the-gardener.livejournal.com at 12:01pm on 27/02/2005
Yes. I am annoyed that the propaganda set-up around the bid gives absolutely no scope for those who don't want London to host the Olympics to voice their opposition.

Not only do I not want the Olympics in London, but I have yet to encounter anyone who does.
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posted by [identity profile] sbisson.livejournal.com at 04:31pm on 27/02/2005
Yup. And apparently we're unpatriotic or something for seeing the holes in the proposals.
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posted by [identity profile] ffutures.livejournal.com at 12:28pm on 27/02/2005
Because the London bid will still get the money? I assume...
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posted by [identity profile] sbisson.livejournal.com at 04:28pm on 27/02/2005
SMS short codes don't share revenue!
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posted by [identity profile] yonmei.livejournal.com at 01:40pm on 27/02/2005
Why not text PARIS to 82012?

Because I like Paris. And I don't much like London.
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posted by [identity profile] sbisson.livejournal.com at 04:30pm on 27/02/2005
New York, Madrid, Moscow?

Of course if London gets it, we'll all rent out our houses and come stay in Edinburgh for a month...

The thing with Paris is, the IOC wants Paris to have it, as it's the centenary of the death of the chap who founded the modern Olympics, so we might as well let them have fun...
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posted by [identity profile] devilgate.livejournal.com at 02:00am on 28/02/2005
Well, since there's no option given anywhere to text (for example) "not London" to the number, it was suggested (I think at http://hackthebid.org) that the actual text is ignored, and they just count the number of messages they get as supporters.
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posted by [identity profile] tanais.livejournal.com at 02:12am on 28/02/2005
url presents an empty page as of this message's datestamp

Sent a Text for Paris anyway
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posted by [identity profile] devilgate.livejournal.com at 03:07am on 28/02/2005
Yeah, I noticed that, but it worked last week, so I though I'd post it anyway.
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posted by [identity profile] moral-vacuum.livejournal.com at 02:25pm on 27/02/2005
Staff at DCMS were told that they had to put an "I'm backing the bid" line in their e-mail auto signatures. Not just those working in Sport policy, either. Most refused, I'm happy to say.
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posted by [identity profile] sbisson.livejournal.com at 04:31pm on 27/02/2005
Huzzah!
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posted by [identity profile] camies.livejournal.com at 04:21am on 28/02/2005
I have that on my sig at work. "[My employer] backs the bid". Doesn't say I do. (My current home sig says - or would if my PC still worked - "HST, 1937-2005. Res Ipsa Loquitor".)
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