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      My
      2¢
      on
      the
      2G
      games
     
     
      By
      Mare
      MacDonald
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Well
      the
      Olympic
      games
     
     
      are
      damn
      near
      over
      and
      Canada
     
     
      hasn’t
      done
      shit.
      Now,
      I
      know
      we
     
     
      have
      6
      or
      7
      medals
      and
      the
      athletes
     
     
      are
      trying
      real
      hard
      blah,
      blah,
      blah.
     
    

    
     
      I’m
      not
      blaming
      the
      ath-
     
     
      letes.
      They
      train
      their
      asses
      off
      and
     
     
      live
      on
      Kraft
      Dinner.
      I
      blame
      a
      lack
     
     
      of
      support
      from
      government,
     
     
      media,
      sponsors
      and
      us,
      the
     
     
      Canadian
      public.
     
    

    
     
      Many
      other
      countries
      with
     
     
      less
      people,
      less
      wealth,
      and
      less
     
     
      resources
      are
      kicking
      our
      ass
      in
      the
     
     
      medal
      count
      and
      it’s
      pissing
      me
      off.
     
    

    
     
      The
      worst
      part
      is
      that
      the
     
     
      government
      is
      not
      capitalizing
      on
     
     
      the
      opportunity
      to
      give
      more
      aid
      to
     
     
      sports.
     
    

    
     
      This
      is
      usually
      a
      touchy
     
     
      subject
      and
      people
      often
      complain
     
     
      that
      the
      money
      could
      be
      spent
      on
     
     
      better
      things
      than
      sports.
     
    

    
     
      Right
      now,
      however,
      many
     
     
      Canadians
      who
      haven’t
      watched
      a
     
     
      sporting
      event
      in
      four
      years
      are
     
     
      glued
      to
      their
      TV
      sets.
      When
      these
     
     
      people
      see
      us
      getting
      our
      butt
     
     
      kicked
      by
      Romania,
      it
      will
      appeal
     
     
      to
      their
      sense
      of
      nationalism
      and
     
     
      theyll
      be
      more
      than
      happy
      if
      the
     
     
      PM
      announces
      a
      couple
      extra
      mil-
     
     
      lion
      going
      to
      Canadian
      amateur
     
     
      sports.
     
    

    
     
      The
      craziest
      shit
      is
      that
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
      only
      team
      really
      doing
      well
      is
      the
     
     
      men’s
      basketball
      team,
      which
      has-
     
     
      n’t
      even
      made
      it
      to
      the
      last
      few
     
     
      games
      and
      hasn’t
      won
      a
      medal
     
     
      since
      1936.
      What,
      is
      it
      that
      we
      can
     
     
      only
      have
      one
      or
      the
      other:
      good
     
     
      basketball
      but
      not
      the
      rest
      of
      the
     
     
      sports.
     
    

    
     
      Another
      thing
      really
      pissing
     
     
      me
      off
      is
      people
      playa
      hating
      on
     
     
      Donovan
      Bailey.
      He
      won
      two
      fuck-
     
     
      ing
      gold
      medals,
      embarrassed
      the
     
     
      Yanks,
      kicked
      the
      shit
      out
      of
      that
     
     
      fake
      ass
      Michael
      Johnson
      and
      sin-
     
     
      gle-handedly
      restored
      our
      nation’s
     
     
      faith
      in
      the
      Olympics’
      most
      excit-
     
     
      ing
      event:
      the
      100
      metre
      sprint.
     
    

    
     
      Now
      everybody
      is
      saying
     
     
      that
      he’s
      faking,
      and
      that
      he
      sucks,
     
     
      and
      they’re
      asking,
      “What
      has
      he
     
     
      done
      for
      us
      lately?”
      They
      act
      like
     
     
      he
      didn’t
      want
      another
      gold
      metal.
     
    

    
     
      It’s
      not
      surprising
      though.
     
     
      Whether
      in
      wartime,
      politics,
      or
     
     
      most
      other
      realms,
      Canada
      never
     
     
      remembers
      its
      heroes.
     
    

    
     
      It
      could
      be
      worse,
      though.
      At
     
     
      least
      we
      don’t
      have
      to
      watch
      the
     
     
      Olympic
      Games
      a
      day
      late
      because
     
     
      of
      some
      capitalist
      bullshit
      that
     
     
      allows
      one
      network
      to
      own
      exclu-
     
     
      sive
      rights
      to
      the
      games
      and
      not
     
     
      show
      them
      until
      a
      the
      next
      day
      in
     
     
      prime
      time,
      like
      they
      do
      south
      of
     
    
   
   
    
     
      the
      border.
     
     
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