>>>>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17884897
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>>>>Yeah, surface-to-air missile batteries on top of apartment buildings in London - that's truly the Olympic spirit.
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>>>yes and no - I remember Munich games vividly...
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>>With respect, I'd argue you should not remember the Munich games so vividly.
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>I wasn't in Munich but I remember pretty vividly the impact it had on those in my world at the time. ( Isn't Thomas close to my age?)

I can't precisely define "Olympic Spirit", but I do know that billion-[insert your currency here] security budgets aren't part of it. Nor are terrorists or athletes getting murdered. In a perfect world, those wouldn't happen, so the Munich games would be no more memorable than any others. That's why I say the Munich games should not be more memorable.

It's getting to the point where large gatherings of people of any importance are becoming unmanageable. Security for the G8/G20 conferences in Ontario in 2010 was over C$1B: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_G-20_Toronto_summit#Security