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Originally Posted by YYC in LAX
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Me and my vehicle at the top of Mt. Seymour yesterday.
Now it's your turn to put your Willy where your Wonka is.
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For those that took the time to consider why something like this would impact me and used the human qualities of empathy and sympathy, thanks a million.
I'm not some lukewarm fan. I ran my own blog site on Flames prospects, I had Heat season tickets, I go to every Flames/Canucks game at Roger's arena. I buy my parents Flames tickets for Christmas every year. I have a Gaudreauby Baker T-shirt (from his sophomore season), and I hang out at the side of the building to try to get signatures after the games.
I BLEED RED.
I'm also an avid outdoorsman. I love this beautiful place. I have the absolute privilege of biking through old growth rainforests, kayaking in crystal clear bays, and swimming in mountain fed glacial lakes. The landscape informs who I am.
When our own business leaders, equally responsible for something I love, wind up being the money behind a tragedy like this, it gives me pause. It makes me ask the question of how we hold the billionaires accountable for what they do with our investments, and with the landscape we all share.
I didn't get as much support as I was hoping, but I can only blame myself. Had I considered my audience a little more I made my OP, I could have avoided a lot of this inflammatory bs. My bad, obviously.
I do plan on writing both the Flames organization and the NHL over this disaster. The NHL wants to show that it takes the environment seriously (
http://www.nhl.com/green/report/) and I think they should hold their ownership group at least somewhat accountable for their actions while they are part of the league.
If anyone else feels the need to take some sort of action over what happened, any other ideas are fully welcome.
For those of you who are caught in the loop of comparison, trying to argue that forest fires are worse, or that the BP disaster was worse, or that it's not as bad as the oilsands, or that BC is worse than AB...this type of circular argument distracts from the point. Whether some other tragedy was worse or not shouldn't take away from the impact this disaster is having and is going to have.
And to the few of you who remembered all those good hockey contributions I've made over the years and stepped in to defend my character, thank you, but I shouldn't have put myself in a position for personal attacks.