gay games: utter failure

[wahrheit]

It's more:

Québécois: 5,3 million? What did I just pay for?

Btw, gay people pay taxes, too. And I doubt all that money is spent on "gay" stuff by the government.

 

[Pardalis]

Our roads are in disarray, I think we could have put this 5,3 million to better use.

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNe...1001/overpass_collapse_061002?s_name=&no_ads=

 

[hgc]

Our roads are in disarray, I think we could have put this 5,3 million to better use.

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNe...1001/overpass_collapse_061002?s_name=&no_ads=

I was in Montreal for Jazz Fest a couple years ago. The red light district was between my hotel and the festival. Your streetwalkers could use an upgrade too. How many millions would you estimate it'll take?

 

[Marquis de Carabas]

Our roads are in disarray, I think we could have put this 5,3 million to better use.

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNe...1001/overpass_collapse_061002?s_name=&no_ads=

Prolly all them gay parades tearing up the streets, I bet.

 

[steverino]

Btw, gay people pay taxes, too. And I doubt all that money is spent on "gay" stuff by the government.

Intriguing post. I agree. But should "gay money" be parted and spent on "gay stuff?" OK. Now I confused myself.

 

[EGarrett]

While the "Gay Games" as a whole may have failed, I heard the New York Knicks did quite well in the basketball portion.

 

[Luke T.]

Can you name more than one openly gay figure skater?

I can't name even one figure skater, gay or otherwise.

 

[wahrheit]

Intriguing post. I agree. But should "gay money" be parted and spent on "gay stuff?" OK. Now I confused myself.

I was mocking his (imho) homophobic complaint that he as a hetero tax payer should pay for that gay ("them") games thing. Obiviously, without realising that "they" pay taxes just like anybody else, and that money is used on everything, not just "their" gay games. I still hope I might have misunderstood him or missed the humor, though.

 

[Tsukasa Buddha]

Ya see? You give them gays one game and the streets start falling apart!

 

[gtc]

I was mocking his (imho) homophobic complaint that he as a hetero tax payer should pay for that gay ("them") games thing. Obiviously, without realising that "they" pay taxes just like anybody else, and that money is used on everything, not just "their" gay games. I still hope I might have misunderstood him or missed the humor, though.

Should taxpayer money be spent on big events or should the private groups that are going to benefit (like the gay groups who brought the games to Montreal and the tourism operators) fund them?

 

[Pardalis]

I never implied a causality between the games and the overpass collapse. I'm just saying our money could be better spent.

 

[Raphael]

I can't name even one figure skater, gay or otherwise.

Luke, you just disqualified yourself for the next Outgames.

 

[Gravy]

Remember the gay nerd in "Revenge of the Nerds" documentary? He was able to throw that javelin farthest because his limp wrist had a uniquely strong snapping action. So therefore, according to the evidence in this documentary, gays have certain athletic advantages heteros lack.

I don't know about the limp wrist theory. I attribute my javelin prowess to the stimulating effect of grasping a 8 1/2-foot phallus while wearing short shorts.

I still have a couple of javelins in storage. For some reason I just can't let them go...
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[wahrheit]

Should taxpayer money be spent on big events or should the private groups that are going to benefit (like the gay groups who brought the games to Montreal and the tourism operators) fund them?

I don't quite understand what you mean. Cities and communities and companies and groups and individuals - they all spend money on a lot of things. In whatever way a specific event is financed, is beyond my knowlegde, and I'm certainly not qualified to suggest financial plans for such things. Besides, discering who benefits from an event and who doesn't, seems like a near-to-impossible thing to me, at least in a fiscal meaning.

 

[pipelineaudio]

It gives gay people a chance to compete in sports like gymnastics and ice skating, which are monolithically heterosexual in mainstream games.

You are being sarcastic I hope

 

[WildCat]

So why gay games?

You mean it didn't happen and we dont have to pay for this mess.

nimzo

Back in 2001 or 2002 - They held the same event in Sydney. Ended in total disaster - I think of 10 days of events, they got through something like 4 before the creditors decended and shut the whole thing down

While the "Gay Games" as a whole may have failed, I heard the New York Knicks did quite well in the basketball portion.

The Gay Games ARE NOT the same as the Outgames. The Gay Games were in Chicago in 2006, Montreal had the Outgames. They are not the same, are not affiliated w/ each other. The Sydney event was also the Gay Games, not the Outgames.

Now keep them straight ( ), don't make me have to go looking for you...

 

[wahrheit]

You are being sarcastic I hope

TragicMonkey being sarcastic? Never.

@WildCat: Sorry, I guess I mixed them up, too.

 

[Gurdur]

I don't see why Quebec couldn't just repeat what they did to pay off the massive debts from the '76 Olympics, and have an extra tax on tobacco.

Isn't that what you want, a tax on fags?

Best post of the year.

 

[Gravy]

From the article in the OP

(Municipal Affairs Minister Nathalie Normandeau) said she's disappointed and wonders what went wrong.

However, she doesn't regret lending money to the event, saying it did generate millions of tourism dollars.

I don't know how that's calculated or if it's just an attempt to deflect blame, but perhaps the net loss was less than $5.3 million.

 

[Jorghnassen]

Quebecois homophobe: Eww, the gays!
The gays: Eww, Quebec!

Actually, "the" gays love Quebec and Montreal in particular. It's possibly gayer than San Francisco...