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Originally Posted by First Lady
Caption from one of the photos
WTF ????
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The 88 Olympics were greatly controversial on numerous fronts. The mythos of the event has pretty much wiped that clean, but there were ticket distribution controversies, environmental concerns (which actually directly cost Calgary the 1972 Olympics), The building of the Saddledome was beset by numerous controversies, not the least of which was the city having the province shut down debate to force the project forward. "Five ring circus" actually is apt.
That being said, I suspect the blog author is simply one of those anti-Vancouver 2010 morons. I doubt he knows anything about the 88 games except for what he saw in Cool Runnings.