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The riverbank booksellers of Paris refuse to move for the 2024 Summer Olympics (english.elpais.com)
submitted 1 year ago by Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de to c/fiction
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[–] RandomDent 9 points 1 year ago

Good for them. They've been there for over 450 years, it should be on the Olympics to work around them IMO.

[–] CaptObvious 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

With respect, have the Olympics not bankrupted the host country in the last few decades? Why did Paris bid in the first place?

[–] Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 year ago

To probably as a display of power to the rest of the world.

Seems waste of money indeed

[–] NightAuthor@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

Nor should they

[–] gabe 5 points 1 year ago

Good! They shouldn’t have to