http://www.reachlesotho.com/posts/2010/03/08/olympics-unite-a-country-divide-the-world/ Thu, 10 Mar 2011 09:27:02 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 http://www.reachlesotho.com/posts/2010/03/08/olympics-unite-a-country-divide-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-238 Britt Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:41:36 +0000 http://reachlesotho.com/?p=499#comment-238 So well written! I found myself saying "yes.. yes!" after every paragraph. You just encapsulated everything I've been feeling regarding the Olympics (even Crosby's goal). This is a controversial argument, but I'm so glad you decided to share this! So well written! I found myself saying “yes.. yes!” after every paragraph. You just encapsulated everything I’ve been feeling regarding the Olympics (even Crosby’s goal). This is a controversial argument, but I’m so glad you decided to share this!

]]> http://www.reachlesotho.com/posts/2010/03/08/olympics-unite-a-country-divide-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-217 Meg Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:25:32 +0000 http://reachlesotho.com/?p=499#comment-217 I was in Vancouver for the first week of the Olympics this year, and I felt that it not only united our nation but also made me feel a much more immediate part of the global community. Shops and office buildings all around the city hung signs reading things like "Welcome World". I had conversations with people from all over: Australia, Russia, France, yep, even the United States. At the hockey games I went to, Canadians cheered just as hard for the other teams as their own. After the women's hockey team beat Slovakia 18-0, the Slovakians raised their sticks to the crowd in appreciation, and received a standing ovation from the crowd for their effort. I think for the most part, the Olympics really just brings people from around the world together in one big party. That's what it felt like every day and night on the streets of Vancouver. As for hockey between the Canadians and Americans? That's the only time I would say the Olympics divide. But as a reeeally proud Canadian... I have to say, like it that way :) I was in Vancouver for the first week of the Olympics this year, and I felt that it not only united our nation but also made me feel a much more immediate part of the global community. Shops and office buildings all around the city hung signs reading things like “Welcome World”. I had conversations with people from all over: Australia, Russia, France, yep, even the United States. At the hockey games I went to, Canadians cheered just as hard for the other teams as their own. After the women’s hockey team beat Slovakia 18-0, the Slovakians raised their sticks to the crowd in appreciation, and received a standing ovation from the crowd for their effort.
I think for the most part, the Olympics really just brings people from around the world together in one big party. That’s what it felt like every day and night on the streets of Vancouver.
As for hockey between the Canadians and Americans? That’s the only time I would say the Olympics divide. But as a reeeally proud Canadian… I have to say, like it that way

]]> http://www.reachlesotho.com/posts/2010/03/08/olympics-unite-a-country-divide-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-212 Abid Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:25:46 +0000 http://reachlesotho.com/?p=499#comment-212 Such a thought provoking blog post Natalie... I'm a pretty big fan of the Olympics myself and was there in Vancouver to see it. I cannot deny that at one point, I was curious to know more about the countries that weren't represented in the Olympics... The Olympics show collective partnership in many ways, but amongst citizens, it's a great question to ask whether it creates bridges or builds walls... Such a thought provoking blog post Natalie… I’m a pretty big fan of the Olympics myself and was there in Vancouver to see it. I cannot deny that at one point, I was curious to know more about the countries that weren’t represented in the Olympics… The Olympics show collective partnership in many ways, but amongst citizens, it’s a great question to ask whether it creates bridges or builds walls…

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