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Okay, not to sound rude here but since when was it mandatory to cater to the First Nations population when it comes to the olympics.
Last I checked there wasn't a single native person participating and I'm pretty sure that they're not exactly the number 1 demographic watching the olympics.
Also, now they're pissed about the fact that it wasn't a first nations person that designed the logo. I can almost understand that because the emblem to me looks like what happens when Disney picks up on something, polishes it to a squeaky shine and tries to sell it as "culture".
Beyond that, it has nothing to do with Vancouver in my opinion, plus it centralizes on one small demographic in the BC area.
If you really wanted to represent Vancouver then why not use Asiatic symbology?
Futhermore, when the olympics were in Montreal it's not as though they used a Fleur de lis or some sort of sylized poutine in the emblem.
Lastly, I just plain don't like it. I find it chunky and pedestrian. It has no action to it which I find very much contrary to idea of the olympics.
Perhaps it will spark conversations like this one so people can figure out just what the hell it is; and they may learn something from that. But that's not going to cause any major shift in opinions or political native relations in Canada. It almost serves to whitewash the mistreatment of the natives by the feds.
And, finally, the olympics are in 2010, not 1910. I would have rather seen something a little slicker, less chunky.