Actually, I've raised the issue here recently. Whether Toronto is ready or not vs whether we should even want to or not are two different questions. On the first issue I've raised doubts in terms of 2024, on the second issue I'm fairly ambivalent, though I've made it clear it could be the right thing to do if we can leverage the right things out of it (despite some of the more valid of the negative points you've raised). Griping about equestrian events and the like is over-reaching in your argument and not convincing anybody. There is a bigger picture to consider clearly, and many nations/cities do so for various reasons. Again, i'd like to see a plan first and what it would achieve before dismissing it outright. Your closed mind on this undermines some of the good arguments you make.
Architect, JN12, Nfitz and I don't really have to do better because it is one of the fundamental flaws in your argument, a contradiction at best and a hypocrisy at worst. It goes back to the start of the thread and the start of the case you tried to build which I knocked down handily by showing how you compare to Rob Ford in his wanting to stop funding to Pride, counting the pennies you'd save but overlooking the massive benefits you'd forgo. We've made the analogies of TIFF and Luminato too. The only real difference with the Olympic games is one of size and scale and the fact that they are sports-orientated vs arts-orientated, none of which upsets the analogy or boosts your point. Your claims about the evil IOC, the wasted money on facilities not needed, the disruption to locals during the games are all flimsy arguments against the games, whether spreading questionable conspiracy theories or cherry-picking the worst possible outcomes of the worst games you do not allow for the fact that for many cities the net results are positive.
