How the Olympics rotted Greece • Hacker News Board

Re: How the Olympics rotted Greece

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Post by loumf » Mon, Jul 13, 2015, 1:05 AM UTC

ebt wrote: post #10

notatoad wrote: post #5

The Olympics wrecked Greece like Gordon Ramsay wrecks the restaurants he visits on kitchen nightmares. If you're struggling and you plan a big flashy show to save your economy, and it doesn't work, all your problems don't suddenly become the fault of the big flashy show you planned to fix them.

> like Gordon Ramsay wrecks the restaurants he visits on kitchen nightmares. What's the evidence for this?

The OP is saying that Gordon Ramsay isn't to blame for whatever happens to restaurants after he leaves. The big show might not save Greece or the restaurant, but the original issue is not the big show's fault.

Re: How the Olympics rotted Greece

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Post by chmaynard » Mon, Jul 13, 2015, 5:24 AM UTC

> The IOC could solve the problem of where to stage its increasingly costly Games (and provide a helping hand to Greece) by putting the Games permanently in Athens.

Not a great article, but I totally agree with the conclusion. The Summer Olympic Games should be held every four years in Athens. Why move it around the world? Greece is the perfect location.

Re: How the Olympics rotted Greece

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Post by notatoad » Wed, Jul 15, 2015, 4:08 AM UTC

ebt wrote: post #10

notatoad wrote: post #5

The Olympics wrecked Greece like Gordon Ramsay wrecks the restaurants he visits on kitchen nightmares. If you're struggling and you plan a big flashy show to save your economy, and it doesn't work, all your problems don't suddenly become the fault of the big flashy show you planned to fix them.

> like Gordon Ramsay wrecks the restaurants he visits on kitchen nightmares. What's the evidence for this?

Every couple months it seems like I see another Facebook or Reddit post with the stat that 90% of the restaurants featured on kitchen nightmares go under within a year of their episode airing. As if a show that focuses on failing restaurants is somehow to blame when those restaurants fail.

It seemed like a good comparison for Greece and what they tried to do with the Olympics.