by gerald » Sun Jun 27, 2010 10:08 pm
John wrote:gerald wrote:Regarding this G8--G20 meeting in Toronto with all the attended festivities, ( as before, elsewhere ). I have a question. And since I am not very sophisticated, and probably not too bright, I have a question. If they are /did spend one billion dollars for security, why didn't they just have their meeting in say, Tahiti, or the Azores, or Guam, etc. and not spend all of that money and effort on security?....... Am I missing something, -------- or------- do they WANT this turmoil for some other reason?
Having the G-8 meeting in your country is very prestigious, and proves that you're a
very important country. So the meetings rotate from country to country.
John
So a country's prestige is increased by holding an international meeting,-- needing 1,000's of police in riot gear, miles of 12 foot high wire fencing-- resulting in riots, broken windows, and burning police cars?
[quote="John"][quote="gerald"]Regarding this G8--G20 meeting in Toronto with all the attended festivities, ( as before, elsewhere ). I have a question. And since I am not very sophisticated, and probably not too bright, I have a question. If they are /did spend one billion dollars for security, why didn't they just have their meeting in say, Tahiti, or the Azores, or Guam, etc. and not spend all of that money and effort on security?....... Am I missing something, -------- or------- do they WANT this turmoil for some other reason?[/quote]
Having the G-8 meeting in your country is very prestigious, and proves that you're a
very important country. So the meetings rotate from country to country.
John[/quote]
So a country's prestige is increased by holding an international meeting,-- needing 1,000's of police in riot gear, miles of 12 foot high wire fencing-- resulting in riots, broken windows, and burning police cars?