tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8777096.post352621480789088093..comments2023-11-02T05:16:59.191-04:00Comments on Briques du Neige: My response to the Vancouver Olympic budget crisisOlmanFeelyushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17521657876810568251noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8777096.post-76071565396264584272009-03-13T11:37:00.000-04:002009-03-13T11:37:00.000-04:00It's high time to cancel the Olympics outright. It...It's high time to cancel the Olympics outright. It stopped being about sport a long time ago. It's a propaganda vehicle, and leaves every city that hosts it worse off. But if we did away with the flags there would be no money for it. The idea of an Olympics to celebrate individual greatness is marvelous, I think some of these great performances deserve celebration. If we put the original modern Olympic events in permanant venues and held them every four years, it would be about the sports, and it would die a slow and ignored death. What is this spectacle REALLY about?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8777096.post-25310397015157309022009-01-18T22:03:00.000-05:002009-01-18T22:03:00.000-05:00As a Vancouver resident for the past ten years I c...As a Vancouver resident for the past ten years I can only concur with your comments. Right now I'm aiming to be in Montreal within the year.<BR/><BR/>The thing about this article that really stands out is your critique of the marginalization of voices against the Olympics. I had always considered Vancouver to be a very open-minded place up until this ideology started to take hold. It was disappointing at best to see it all unfold.<BR/><BR/>The Tyee ran an article talking about Vancouver eating it's young. Unfortunately I think that is exactly what the economic crisis is doing. Those of us under 40 will simply leave his city.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8777096.post-32888723774086203112009-01-13T23:49:00.000-05:002009-01-13T23:49:00.000-05:00But wait! It gets better. Now the city will not ...But wait! It gets better. Now the city will not be getting paid the $200 million for the land from the developers.<BR/><BR/>We all win!Jason Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669997643023511165noreply@blogger.com