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Originally Posted by Rusty Gull
Here we go again - this time another Dallas-based journalist, from the Dallas Observer, is trashing Canadian patriotism, and referring to the Vancouver Games as a "disaster".
"By all accounts the Vancouver Games were a disaster (dead luger, no snow, Opening Ceremonies malfunctions, etc.). So when Canadians partied in the streets and called theirs the greatest Olympics ever, LeBreton took - that's right - offense. I read his column the Sunday it came out. Insightful, I thought. My takeaway was that Canada's hockey triumph and chauvinistic propaganda diluted a supposedly world event..."
And it goes on and on from there...
http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/sportatorium/2010/03/woe_canada_how_gil_lebreton_pi.php |
Was this guy even at the Olympics to make such qualified conclusions? Yeah, hearsay is such good journalism...
I have to admit, there has been some uncomfortable backlash from the American public on the Canadians' reactions to these articles. I fully realize this observation is made through the extremely distorted lens of the Comments Sections. I find reading them as much entertaining as disturbing.