Canangry

I always thought Canada was a nice country, full of pleasant people. They seemed harmless enough. Which makes their antics at the Olympics all the more confusing.

First up we had the violent protest against capitalism on the opening day (I’m still confused about the motive there. Stop all this ice skating and give money to Ethiopia? Hippies suck no matter which continent they’re on).

Then Dale Begg Smith took to the podium to collect a silver medal amongst jeers and boos (Smith left Canada as a teenager, as they wanted him to give up his business and concentrate on skiing. He moved to Australia, where the training was less constrictive). Followed by a barrage of twitter venom and even Wikipedia hacks.

"Way to be a complete tool Dale Begg-Smith. You got shown up on your home soil....TRAITOR!," allanetmanski tweeted.

Now this story, courtesy of yahoo News:

A Danish curler was brought to tears after a boisterous Canadian crowd intentionally distracted her during crucial shots in her team's match against the home nation. With the crowd stomping and making deafening noise, Denmark skip Madeleine Dupont missed two potentially game-winning shots and tearfully blamed the fans for it afterward. Canada won the match 5-4 in an extra end.

I’m not sure what is going on at the Winter Games. As far as I can tell, it’s a bunch of skiing, sequin covered skating and the odd extreme sport. Why are the Canadians treating it like they’re at a cage fight? I’m sure the Ice Hockey players couldn’t care less, but some of the more genteel participants are getting caught off guard. Are there spectators who have been waiting four years to let loose with their practiced Curling jibes?

Okay Eskimo, on the count of three go attack those filthy foreigners ...

I’ll stop ragging on the Canucks now, just found it all a bit curious was all. No new medals for Australia as of writing. Kazakhstan has joined the Winter Olympics table with a Silver medal. Wait, what?