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Originally Posted by Textcritic
This is a non-issue that has nothing to do with anything except some artificial sense of national pride.
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But if you think about it, national pride itself is basically artificial. What financial benefit do we derive from national pride? Nothing. Its just there to make us feel good. And for better or worse, the majority of Canadians just don't think winning at the Olympics makes them feel good enough to dish out more money to acheive it.