Comments on: Monbiot: getting into the Olympic spirit http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2007/06/12/monbiot_getting_into_the_olympic_spirit Politics, tech and media issues from a Muslim perspective Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: M Risbrook http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2007/06/12/monbiot_getting_into_the_olympic_spirit#comment-1500 M Risbrook Wed, 13 Jun 2007 21:01:24 +0000 http://www.blogistan.co.uk/ijwp/mt.php/2007/06/12/monbiot_getting_into_the_olympic_spirit#comment-1500 I wouldn't surprise me if the Muslim community are saving up their anger for the day when the Olympics finally arrive. Detonate a few explosives nearby and the whole show could end up being cancelled. What a shame it will be for London. I wouldn’t surprise me if the Muslim community are saving up their anger for the day when the Olympics finally arrive. Detonate a few explosives nearby and the whole show could end up being cancelled. What a shame it will be for London.

]]> By: Dal Nun Strong http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2007/06/12/monbiot_getting_into_the_olympic_spirit#comment-1499 Dal Nun Strong Wed, 13 Jun 2007 10:43:17 +0000 http://www.blogistan.co.uk/ijwp/mt.php/2007/06/12/monbiot_getting_into_the_olympic_spirit#comment-1499 Hey, what's with singling out the Olympics for its detrimental effect on the East London Muslim community? Aren't there enough other causes for concern, such as the arrival of <a>a large regional casino in Newham</a> and the current row over the <a>TJ's "mega-mosque"</a>? I'd suggest that in contrast to the above, the Olympics would represent a pretty good opportunity for local residents to profit handsomely from incoming visitors without difficult questions about immoral earnings or religious strife coming into the picture. I'd suggest also that the reason Olympic Games tend to result in compulsory purchases is that they mostly require large contiguous areas of land, which is easiest to do where the land belongs in the majority either to the State, is sparsely populated or where the population has thin legal rights of ownership. It's just a fact of life that people who live on State land or with dubious housing tenure tend to be the marginalised parts of the community anyway. I'm sure the IOC is open to suggestions about how to avoid this issue in the future... Hey, what’s with singling out the Olympics for its detrimental effect on the East London Muslim community? Aren’t there enough other causes for concern, such as the arrival of a large regional casino in Newham and the current row over the TJ’s “mega-mosque”? I’d suggest that in contrast to the above, the Olympics would represent a pretty good opportunity for local residents to profit handsomely from incoming visitors without difficult questions about immoral earnings or religious strife coming into the picture.

I’d suggest also that the reason Olympic Games tend to result in compulsory purchases is that they mostly require large contiguous areas of land, which is easiest to do where the land belongs in the majority either to the State, is sparsely populated or where the population has thin legal rights of ownership. It’s just a fact of life that people who live on State land or with dubious housing tenure tend to be the marginalised parts of the community anyway. I’m sure the IOC is open to suggestions about how to avoid this issue in the future…

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