You're right, it is nationalism. Hockey is part of the soul of the country so winning is a big deal.
And no, not much to gloat about. Except maybe universal health care. ;-) Cheers, frank On 22 February, 2014 2:47:44 PM EST, Darren Addy <pixelsmi...@gmail.com> wrote: >On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 9:05 AM, mike wilson <m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com> >wrote: >> On 21/02/2014, knarf <knarftheria...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Men's. >>> >>> Women's. >>> >>> Canada vs. USA. >>> >>> 'Nuff said... >> >> This doesn't count as politics? > >Strictly speaking, it is Nationalism (not politics). The Olympics has >been used as a grand stage for political purposes (think the 1936 >Berlin Summer Olympics) and also used for political purposes (think >Jimmy Carter boycotting the Moscow Olympics in 1980) but the games >themselves are not political. However, the entire format of the games >is to promote competition based upon Nationalism. > >I think everyone should cut Frank some slack. Canadians have so little >they can gloat over. >:) >:) >:) “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
