Today is your day Boomer! Just over half of all Canadians have stated, in a recent poll, that we should be boycotting the Winter Olympics in China. This is, of course, because of supposed human rights abuses in that Asian nation and the recent treatment of the two "Stevens"....Canadians that were finally released from jail last year. OK, I agree. China is not the best role model in our world.....but the Olympics is about "sport", not "politics", and let's not confuse the two. Thousands of top athletes have been training their entire lives to make it to this top level and you want to deny them the opportunity?! This includes a young man I taught in Summerland many years ago; you can see us together in this picture as Justin Kripps came back to his old high school with his bobsledding gold medal! What a great chance for him to encourage students to follow their dreams! If the Olympics were cancelled, this never would have happened. By the way, Justin is in Beijing right now trying to win another gold. And after one day of competition, Canada has already won two medals. Boomers, let's sit back and enjoy the Games, and keep politics out of it. GO CANADA GO! Cheers.

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