Snowfall in Kinshasa is a weblog written by Kevin Cannon, who also designs websites and helps people calculate the golden ratio.
This is version 2.0 of the blog. Version 1.0 was a cataclysmic failure and is not to be spoken of. Articles, links and photos will be posted sporadically.
Copyright © 2009 Kevin Cannon.
So, the opening ceremonies happened. They were amazing. Naturally, the cynics are unimpressed.
Now, I may be cynical when it comes to other people, but that’s because other people prove themselves to be hopeless time and time again. But this is fairly ridiculous. Apparently the ceremonies didn’t represent the “average” Canadian. Let’s think about who the “average” Canadian is.
They aren’t native. They don’t speak French. They weren’t born in the prairies. They have a wife, and 2.1 children. They’re middle class. They wake up every morning and eat breakfast, then drive to work, where they sit in a cubicle at a computer from 9 until 5 fielding emails and phone calls. They drive home in rush hour. Rinse and repeat.
Apparently, that’s what we should have used BC Place Stadium and millions of dollars to show to the world. But no, that wouldn’t have made the cynics happy either. Nothing would have. VANOC could have resurrected Jesus riding a T-REX and they’d still be complaining. So it goes.