This is just so funny that I have to share this with you: Last night a London Times reported (Laura Peak I think the name was) and a photographer tried to sneak in the Athens Olympics 2004 Construction stadium in order to 'prove' that the security mesures in the Olympics Stadium are incomplete.
Naturally they were arrested...
It is so annoying that the Olympics have received so much bad press due to a climate of paranoia that is rising all over the world at the moment. Greeks are definitely not the most organised nation in the world and neither are they always telling the truth when it comes to revealing information. However, this rises to levels of pure stupidity.
The Portugal Euro 2004 is about to start next month and Portugal received no bad publicity on the state of their stadia or the possibility of a terrorist act - even though they are next door to Spain who received the terrible act of terror a couple of months ago.
I find it so annoying that there is so much stupidity and cretinisim in journalists all over the world today (Greek journalists as well) who bring only seeds of paranoia and terror in the hearts of people. And I definitely do not mean just the Olympics reports.
Some lawyers are ambulance chasers. Some journalists are ambulance fillers.
Posted by Basileios at May 13, 2004 12:42 PM