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the "british" in British Columbia's Olympics


stetmoney

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/feb/15/vancouver-winter-olympics-2010

above is the link to unofficial British idiot, Lawrence Donegan, who is now infamously known for his comment that these Olympics in Vancouver are the "worst games ever."

Now, let's think about this rationally. There are two things that bother me with this comment and it has nothing to do with the fact that I am Canadian. (or does it...)

Firstly, what are the qualifications for someone to actually say that "these are the worst" Olympic Games...? There have been 48 Olympic Games since its inception in 1896, some 114 years ago in Athens. I would imagine that to make such a pompous remark, Lawrence Donegan would have had to have seen most of these 48. Let's just say he saw half of them at 24. That would mean that he would have to have been watching the games critically since 1964.

If I watch 3 Vancouver Canucks games over the course of an 82 game schedule, would anyone care about what opinions I have of the team?

Who does this Lawrence Donegan think he is and how can he be so quick to judge these games when we are 7 days into them?

I hope this is not how people in Britain actually think. Does one media member speak for the rest of their country? Is this how Brits feel about our hosting of the games? Perhaps if it's not, someone should either shut this guy up, or speak out.

I can't wait for the Olympics of 2012, because now the games in Mother England had better live up to our Canadian expectations.

But who am I to criticize? That’s not very Canadian of me now is it.

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I'm of mixed blood British and Canadian living in Blighty (Britain), people really need to learn what the media is not just in Britain but in Canada too you guys are renowned for being highly educated so start acting like it and learn to turn the other cheek, they the media love to pick out the negatives and run with it it's what sells papers and it's what people get sucked into just like this debate, no he doesn't repsresent the British public but yes there have been some glitches at Vancouver, just as there has been at past Olympics, nothing in life can be glitch free, even Britain will suffer a glitch or 2 in 2012, I personally am loving this Olympic's so far even stayed up to watch the opening ceremony which ended like 6am British time, watching the Canada vs Norway until like 3am having to be up and out by 6am to head to work.

Please don't think this guy represents Britain he doesn't, and for the Canadian's out there now slagging of Britain and it's citizens give you head/s a shake this is mainly aimed at some poster at CDC with Tank as his name because you have just been sucked into the story just like the guy at the guardian wanted you have fueled his fire, if you have disgust take it to the person doing the reporting don't blame the nation, Should I blame Canada and not CBC / MacLean for slagging off Burrows as he's part British, no you blast MaClean / CBC for the stupid comments.

Britain and Canada have so many common bonds, beliefs, and trusts we shouldn't slag one another off, we should embrace and learn to ignore the idiots out there together, it would be a shame to loose all of this over one moron's comments!

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I'm of mixed blood British and Canadian living in Blighty (Britain), people really need to learn what the media is not just in Britain but in Canada too you guys are renowned for being highly educated so start acting like it and learn to turn the other cheek, they the media love to pick out the negatives and run with it it's what sells papers and it's what people get sucked into just like this debate, no he doesn't repsresent the British public but yes there have been some glitches at Vancouver, just as there has been at past Olympics, nothing in life can be glitch free, even Britain will suffer a glitch or 2 in 2012, I personally am loving this Olympic's so far even stayed up to watch the opening ceremony which ended like 6am British time, watching the Canada vs Norway until like 3am having to be up and out by 6am to head to work.

Please don't think this guy represents Britain he doesn't, and for the Canadian's out there now slagging of Britain and it's citizens give you head/s a shake this is mainly aimed at some poster at CDC with Tank as his name because you have just been sucked into the story just like the guy at the guardian wanted you have fueled his fire, if you have disgust take it to the person doing the reporting don't blame the nation, Should I blame Canada and not CBC / MacLean for slagging off Burrows as he's part British, no you blast MaClean / CBC for the stupid comments.

Britain and Canada have so many common bonds, beliefs, and trusts we shouldn't slag one another off, we should embrace and learn to ignore the idiots out there together, it would be a shame to loose all of this over one moron's comments!

And this is exactly what i wanted, someone to speak out and disengage the comments from one columnist, so thank you!

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And this is exactly what i wanted, someone to speak out and disengage the comments from one columnist, so thank you!

You are so welcome and if you need any extra input to conteract what the idiotic journalist said just let me know, becasue as I say he doesn't represent the masses! but people are so easily worked up even the Team1040 had some critisism but no one tears in to them from what I have seen.

Peace out.

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Well said does this guy not know history? Remember the 1972 Munich Olympics the massacre of 11 athletes and 1 police officer. I guess not.

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If it helps this fragile British writer's psyche, Lawrence Donegan, that is, let him have his whining in his ale, for weak people criticize and strong people compliment.

I trust the British Olympics will go just fine, and the Canadian team will again kick the Brits in the next Winter Olympics.

I smell victory.

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