Tuesday, 24 April 2012

That Unmentionable Summer Event This Year

a.k.a: *MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP*
a.k.a: We are not amused.

We were first made aware of the issue on Twitter, and then on telly (Cf: Have I Got News for You?), and we find the limitations on what can be typed, shared and shown about the Olympic Games utterly barmy (and quite frankly on the verge of bullying).
Believe us, we do understand the importance of copyrights and trademarks and protections, but when someone - and someone who pretends that they want everybody to enjoy the whole thing and participate! - forbids things that were allowed until now, we're sorry, but we think this smells like bullying at its worse.

Back in 2008, when the Olympic flame was carried through Paris, we found ourself almost stuck on a bridge on our way to work because the Chinese Security bullies were bossing everyone around.
By the way, we still haven't recovered from the fact that the flame was extinguished several times while there.


And to accompany this video, we recommend this page:  http://montagne-protection.org/ariege-pyrenees_0000c9.html

Well, after we managed to cross our bridge, we saw a great banner, and we're very happy to have taken a picture of it:


Today, we made this - because we're really not amused:




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