16-08-12, 10:56 AM
Ozpom - the opening ceremony was massively diverse! The actors of various skin colours playing parts that would have been white at the time, the whole section about the immigrant workforce to rebuild after the war. The the section about teenagers appears to be about teenagers in that particular part of London (this made me laugh actually as I got a message from the Brazilian side of the family asking where the English kids were!). Add in the volunteers and flag carriers of various backgrounds (including a lot of head scarves but no burka that I saw) there was a pretty obvious mix of people through the games.
The closing ceremony was a different thing though. Actually it celebrated our tolerance of drug addicts..... ;o)
The indian dancers around Eric Idle was a bit odd though. And the whole closing ceremony was a bit under-par compared to the rest of the event. So lets remember the athletes instead hey?
The closing ceremony was a different thing though. Actually it celebrated our tolerance of drug addicts..... ;o)
The indian dancers around Eric Idle was a bit odd though. And the whole closing ceremony was a bit under-par compared to the rest of the event. So lets remember the athletes instead hey?