One More Sleep, Bill Tieleman is still an idiot

Yeah, so we’ve been pretty Olympic focused lately, but, come on, this ain’t the Cloverdale Rodeo! The Olympics Opening Ceremony kicks off tomorrow, and lets the world in to our city, literally. It’s going to be an event watched by millions worldwide, many of who have never seen a picture of Vancouver, and some who probably haven’t even heard of the city. Now, we’re not going to snort fairy dust, and tell you that the guy who has never heard of this city is going to buy a plane ticket, and check out this beautiful place, but you know what? Some folks will. The sheer beauty of Vancouver and British Columbia cannot be denied, and some say, the people aren’t so bad either. Well, most of them.

The ones we don’t include in this group are the Bill Tieleman’s of the world, now we don’t mind hearing both sides of the story, but seriously, shut the fuck up. His latest article ‘welcoming tourists’ outlined how our winter isn’t really a winter, how our premier is a bit of a waster, and got busted drunk driving, how our PM prorogued parliament, and how our political and health care system is in shambles. You gotta wonder how many tourists reading that will think, holy shit, they do smoke a lot of weed out here. We get the point Mr. Tiely-man, we’re not perfect, but guess what, neither is every other city. And sitting around and bitching about it day in and day out isn’t very productive either. Yeah, our downtown eastside ain’t the prettiest picture, and speaks to neglect of mental health issues, but what makes you think someones going to jump to action after coming to Vancouver? Hell, have you been to Beijing? We had Tibetans camped out year round on Granville, and there hasn’t really been much change.

Take a look at Rio, site of a future Olympic, and London, another, you don’t think there are parts of those cities that are terrible? We’re not disagreeing that there needs to be change, but when you act like we have the only lying politicians, and we’re the only city in the world with a bit of a ghetto, you make all of us look like idiots. To those ‘protestors’ who are dedicated to wreacking havoc on the Olympics and the torch relay, way to get people on your side. Because, that would make Vancouverites so happy, that some unshaven mask wearing dumb ass jumped in front of the torch, and scared some children who may have been watching.

Every city has issues, waiting till a visitor comes by to talk about it is childish. These are the guys who bitch at weddings, bar mitzvahs, hell, funerals, about the spread. Then when it’s their kick at the can, they give you a kick in the can.