10-06-2009, 06:36 PM
Quote:Latin America has never had a *single* Olympic games. It was time. Chicago's bid was what it was, and Obama was probably doing the right thing to support it, but the IOC made the right decision. I don't think this had much to do with the US, and a lot to do with Latin America.
One might also point out that, whatever Chicago's reputation as a gang center, it lost to Rio de Janeiro. If gang violence was a decisive issue, you'd have thought maybe Tokyo might have won?
-Jester
Pretty much sums up my thoughts. As soon as I saw the final four cities I was saying it would be Rio on the rare occasions it came up in conversation. Though saying Latin America never had one, depends on if you call Mexico Latin America or not. Certainly it's never been held in South America.
Chicago would have been cool for many reasons for me personally but I figured they weren't gonna get it.
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It's all just zeroes and ones and duct tape in the end.
It's all just zeroes and ones and duct tape in the end.