Comments on: New Idea: Have the Summer Olympics in Haiti Permanetly http://www.nathancolquhoun.com/2010/02/14/new-idea-have-the-summer-olympics-in-haiti-permanetly the home of Nathan Colquhoun Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:45:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lon http://www.nathancolquhoun.com/2010/02/14/new-idea-have-the-summer-olympics-in-haiti-permanetly#comment-3093 Lon Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:44:35 +0000 http://www.nathancolquhoun.com/?p=2540#comment-3093 you're brilliant Nathan.. you should be speaking at TED. you’re brilliant Nathan.. you should be speaking at TED.

]]> By: Al http://www.nathancolquhoun.com/2010/02/14/new-idea-have-the-summer-olympics-in-haiti-permanetly#comment-3069 Al Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:17:07 +0000 http://www.nathancolquhoun.com/?p=2540#comment-3069 Although the idea of a permanent location for both Olympics makes a lot of sense, I'm afraid it better be in two very rich countries. If you tried it in Haiti, I expect the poor wouldn't see much of the spinoff, they would probably be shuffled around and have even less coming to them in the way of housing, etc. (kind of like, oh, I don't know--maybe, umm, Vancouver?) Continuing to think in a dismal, pessimistic vein, I can just imagine the infrastructure that would be built--fantastic sports venues and high-end tourist accommodations, and that would be about it. The big corporations would still be grabbing more than their share of the pie, and rather than leaving most of the $$ in the country, they would siphon it off back home--kind of like what happened in Haiti in the past. But I admire your hope for something better for Haiti, and more than that--you are actually doing something there, which is better than I am doing. Although I may not agree with your premise, I do applaud your hope and faith for better things for Haiti. It is that kind of optimism that will accomplish a lot more than my pessimism. So I'll just shut up now. Although the idea of a permanent location for both Olympics makes a lot of sense, I’m afraid it better be in two very rich countries.

If you tried it in Haiti, I expect the poor wouldn’t see much of the spinoff, they would probably be shuffled around and have even less coming to them in the way of housing, etc. (kind of like, oh, I don’t know–maybe, umm, Vancouver?)

Continuing to think in a dismal, pessimistic vein, I can just imagine the infrastructure that would be built–fantastic sports venues and high-end tourist accommodations, and that would be about it. The big corporations would still be grabbing more than their share of the pie, and rather than leaving most of the $$ in the country, they would siphon it off back home–kind of like what happened in Haiti in the past.

But I admire your hope for something better for Haiti, and more than that–you are actually doing something there, which is better than I am doing.

Although I may not agree with your premise, I do applaud your hope and faith for better things for Haiti. It is that kind of optimism that will accomplish a lot more than my pessimism.

So I’ll just shut up now.

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