tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285162121291357473.post7711442373844803751..comments2024-03-03T19:52:17.901+00:00Comments on ReARM ~ RedNev's Blog: Olympic shenanigansNeville Grundyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10923209266005338452noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285162121291357473.post-57917996529478186152012-05-18T09:40:39.092+01:002012-05-18T09:40:39.092+01:00Spot on, Nev. The whole thing is an embarrassing f...Spot on, Nev. The whole thing is an embarrassing farce that only pleases King Boris as far as I am concerned.Sat In A Pubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08123038980796000837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285162121291357473.post-59519615825614358212012-05-18T03:30:30.381+01:002012-05-18T03:30:30.381+01:00You're probably right, Mike. I expect I have r...You're probably right, Mike. I expect I have risen to one of CL's well-placed baits.Neville Grundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10923209266005338452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285162121291357473.post-82997168306854894552012-05-17T20:43:19.883+01:002012-05-17T20:43:19.883+01:00Nev,
I think CL was just doing his "devils a...Nev,<br /><br />I think CL was just doing his "devils advocate" bit again, and both your original post, and your response were spot on-the Olympics is an extravagant irrelevance to most of the population in my opinion, and your point regarding the choice of Heineken as "official beer" or whatever the term is (brewery which was willing to pay most?) succinctly highlights the true nature of this "sporting event"-it's all about crass Capitalism.realalemikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285162121291357473.post-15134687799752836032012-05-16T17:51:41.852+01:002012-05-16T17:51:41.852+01:00Really, CL, is that the best you can do? State the...Really, CL, is that the best you can do? State the obvious? Of course no one has to drink the stuff, but you haven't read the post properly if you think that's all I was on about, which is this: LOCOG claimed they want the Olympics to highlight Britain. So they do that by selling the beer franchise to Heineken? If you refuse to see the massive gap there between lofty aspiration and Mammon, then I can't be bothered to explain it to you. <br /><br />As for your comment "punters are not forced to eat or drink anything they do not want" - well, actually they are if they're really hungry or thirsty at a long event where there's nothing else available. But again, that's not the point. Your free market answer to any such criticisms - don't buy it if you don't want it - logically means that we should never complain about or criticise anything ever again. Which applies to you as well so, for example, stop calling real ale pong. If you don't like it, you know what to do: practice what you preach.<br /><br />Unlike you, I believe in the right to criticise, so as far as I'm concerned you can complain about the bad food in CAMRA beer festivals all you like. Did you expect me to be upset or defensive about that criticism?<br /><br />You've written, "the market has choice" - like the monopoly in the Olympic stadium, you mean? I'm afraid your sub-Thatcherite faith in the market's ability to meet all choices is nothing more than blinkered wishful thinking. And utterly irrelevant to this post.Neville Grundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10923209266005338452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285162121291357473.post-83677721715223732822012-05-16T17:04:15.696+01:002012-05-16T17:04:15.696+01:00This is an area beer geeks see through a beery pri...This is an area beer geeks see through a beery prism. So what if Heineken have bought an exclusive concession? No ones making you drink it, and it's not the worst beer in the world if you do.<br /><br />What made me laugh was the association with Macdonalds, food of champions. Again not the worst thing but hardly the food of athletes.<br /><br />I think the more sinister aspect of sponsorship is the efforts they go to prevent guerilla marketing, chucking punters out for wearing the logos of rivals.<br /><br />So what if a sports stadium has one set of brands? You pong drinkers have no problem with regional brewers only selling their own brands in their own pubs. <br /><br />Can I complain about the crap food & crap food choices in most CAMRA beer festivals?<br /><br />The market has choice, and punters are not forced to eat or drink anything they do not want.Cooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.com