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Originally Posted by nik-
Well lets be honest here. Terrorism has been a win for the bad guys since 2001. We live in a completely monitored state, a superpower has flying assassination machines in the air at all times. They're going to start using them to watch their own citizens. They're already building a massive, likely militarized zone around the Olympics. What is the difference at this point?
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Fair point. I guess the difference is the facade of a shiny happy people event that is, ostensibly, about promoting peace, love, and understanding.
Is it even possible to do this "surround the city" thing though? Just like the Calgary Olympics, the events are all over hell's half acre.
This little map from CNN also names Sochi as "the longest City in Europe", which is a really weird-sounding measurement. It's almost 150 klicks "long", though I'm not sure what they mean by that (it isn't explained). I guess it means it's a big place.
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/10/30/sp...nter-olympics/
I thought it was like the Banff of Russia. Shows what I know.