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Unsurprisingly there has been industry-wide condemnation of the YouTube footage showing NG Bailey employees sitting in cement mixers, being set on fire, and smashing each other over the head with plasterboard. But little of this indignation surfaces in the comments section on YouTube. In fact, most people鈥檚 reaction was to 鈥淟OL鈥� (laugh out loud). These are typical comments:

• 鈥淟OL NG Bailey!!! Funny to know that this stuff was done last year and management have only found out about it鈥�
• 鈥淭his video is awsome and u guys rock.鈥�

The ratio of praise to blame was roughly four to one. Here鈥檚 a saner voice: 鈥淵ou鈥檙e a few weeks from being criminally procecuted by the HSE, as soon as you鈥檝e been identified. Good luck in court, idiots!鈥�

YouTube is like the naughty kids at the back of class. While the teacher 鈥� the HSE 鈥� shakes its head in disapproval, the kids stifle fits of giggles and big up the ringleaders.

And there鈥檚 a bit of the malevolent child in all of us. That鈥檚 why the YouTube video and sites like 28dayslater, which contains films of people illegally climbing buildings, are so popular. Generally I find the YouTube videos distasteful, but there鈥檚 another side of me that would love to see more. That鈥檚 why I try to avoid these videos. I鈥檇 rather keep that demon in its box, thank you 鈥� (Having said that, 28dayslater does contain an entry on scaling the O2 Dome, complete with images of the new 23,000-seat arena 鈥� a picture exclusive!)

Far more positive is the ODA鈥檚 Olympic blog site. Recent posts include a fly through the Olympic park and an insight into the recent 10,000-page planning application. And for those with destructive urges there鈥檚 also footage of the demolition of a building standing in the way of the velodrome.