SkyscraperPage Forum - View Single Post - Anti-Olympic protesters burn 1992 Barcelona flag and vandalize countdown clock again

Distill3d · #8 Posted **Feb 13, 2009, 1:18 PM**

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Originally Posted by windscar

If we lived in the old Soviet Russia, these dolts would have been shipped off to a Siberia work camp years ago

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Originally Posted by mmmatt

wow, thats sad. Some people need to get a life...

the two best posts made so far!!

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Originally Posted by Stingray2004

Putting everything into perspective, I recall these same bozos creating a similar ruckus prior to Expo 86. When Expo 86 opened in May and thereafter, nobody ever heard a peep from them anymore.

In that same context, a Strategic Counsel public opinion poll from yesterday should shed some further light on Canadian's attitudes toward the 2010 Games prior to opening day:

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A year before the Olympic flame is lit in Vancouver, more than 75% of Canadians are proud to play host to the Games and are likely to follow them closely, while 20% of Vancouver residents say they will attend, according to a new poll.

The survey also suggests Canadians are looking beyond their traditional focus on hockey to embrace the aspirations of Canadian athletes in the gamut of Olympic disciplines.

"There's a high degree of interest and excitement about Vancouver 2010 a year out, and I think that's unusual," said Tim Woolstencroft, managing partner at the Strategic Counsel, which conducted the poll last week.

More than 80% of Canadians believe the Games will boost national pride and improve Canada's image around the world.

Source: Globe and Mail, Joe Friesen, author

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090212.OLYMPICSPOLL12/TPStory/National

i must be in that 80% group. i think with the economic crisis we should be looking at the Olympics as something that is and will continue to create jobs for Canadians, and as a distraction to the escalating stresses we face.