It's always interesting, and sometimes amazing, to see the Olympic mascots. Intended as a "happy happy joy" thing, they sort of always seem to be completely out of touch with contemporary reality. Some hundred years from now I guess historians will think that Canada was obsessed with bears at the beginning of the 21. Century, and that the peak of Norse worship happened to be in Norway in 1994 (viking mascots for the Olympic games at Lillehammer).
The problems you mention also makes one wonder how they go about making the "best country to live in"-ratings. But then again, quality of life and problems is, of course, all in all a very relative matter.
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at 06:31 on November 28th, 2007
Good stuff.
It's always interesting, and sometimes amazing, to see the Olympic mascots. Intended as a "happy happy joy" thing, they sort of always seem to be completely out of touch with contemporary reality. Some hundred years from now I guess historians will think that Canada was obsessed with bears at the beginning of the 21. Century, and that the peak of Norse worship happened to be in Norway in 1994 (viking mascots for the Olympic games at Lillehammer).
The problems you mention also makes one wonder how they go about making the "best country to live in"-ratings.
But then again, quality of life and problems is, of course, all in all a very relative matter.
Iceland best place to live, Africa worst, says UN