Of course I'm confusing everything... Alain, please take a look at this and please tell me: is there a point in discussing this further? http://atheismresource.com/wp-content/uploads/Debate-Flow-Chart1.jpg * *Best, Nuno Nuno M. Garcia, *Ph.D.* * * Portugal mobile: +351 912 552 009 Skype: nunomgarcia web .................: http://www.di.ubi.pt/~ngarcia research lab .....: http://allab.it.ubi.pt Cisco Academy : http://academiacisco.di.ubi.pt * * On 6 July 2012 17:29, Alain Berranger <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > You are perhaps confusing the permanent IOC, the organizing games > committees (rotating every two years) and the national Olympic committees... > > > On Friday, July 6, 2012, Nuno Garcia wrote: > >> I have said this once: The Olympic Committee has a budget that is bigger >> than many nations' budgets. They can afford not to be for-profit. The same >> goes for other organizations. >> >> And some statements are pure intellectual arrogance. >> >> Best, >> >> Nuno Garcia >> >> On 5 July 2012 23:16, Joly MacFie <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >> But you are not disputing their facts, I take it. >> >> j >> >> >> On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 5:58 PM, Michael Carson <[log in to unmask]>wrote: >> >> Alain, >> >> >> >> I agree. This op-ed is just that - the opinion of two individuals. >> >> Michael Carson >> >> YMCA of the USA >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From: *"Alain Berranger" <[log in to unmask]> >> *To: *[log in to unmask] >> *Sent: *Thursday, July 5, 2012 3:55:09 PM >> *Subject: *Re: NYTimes: International Olympic Committee - "elitist, >> domineering, and crassly commercial at its core" >> >> >> NPOC really welcomes national Olympic committees as Members because they >> are true notforprofit organizations... >> >> Alain >> >> On Thursday, July 5, 2012, Robin Gross wrote: >> >> As a commercial organization that tried to join NCSG, very relevant… >> >> No Medal for the International Olympic Committee says the New York >> Times….. >> >> >> http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/05/opinion/no-medal-for-the-international-olympic-committee.html?_r=3&ref=opinion&pagewanted=print >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> July 4, 2012 >> **Olympian Arrogance**** By JULES BOYKOFF and ALAN TOMLINSON**** >> **** >> >> Brighton, England >> >> WHILE Europe roils in economic turmoil, London is preparing for a lavish >> jamboree of international good will: in a few weeks, the city will host the >> 2012 Summer Olympics. >> >> But behind the spectacle of athletic prowess and global harmony, >> >> > > -- > Alain Berranger, B.Eng, MBA > Member, Board of Directors, CECI, http://www.ceci.ca<http://www.ceci.ca/en/about-ceci/team/board-of-directors/> > Executive-in-residence, Schulich School of Business, www.schulich.yorku.ca > Treasurer, Global Knowledge Partnership Foundation, www.gkpfoundation.org > NA representative, Chasquinet Foundation, www.chasquinet.org > Chair, NPOC, NCSG, ICANN, http://npoc.org/ > O:+1 514 484 7824; M:+1 514 704 7824 > Skype: alain.berranger > >