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Originally Posted by GGG
Calgary's Western Heritage is fake. It wasn't a real thing. It was a marketing gimic for stampede when it started and continues to be. There is a difference between the real ranching and farming lifestyle and the Stampede myth.
Also the building was not designed to be shaped like a saddle. It was an ultramodern hyperbolic paraboloid which created a large freed standing roof without supports. It was then co-opted into the western mythology because it looked like a saddle.
I like snotface as a logo on hats and shoulder patches. Was never a fan of the jersey as when blown up the detail just doesn;t work for me.
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You might say that Calgary's Western identity TODAY is fake. Even that would be a push, but it's true that most of the city is not from here.
But to claim that the city's Western heritage is fake and was never a real thing is just... bizarre. The city was built on ranching and logging. It's biggest event is a giant rodeo. It may be full of newfies and carpet bagging Ontarians now, but to say that it never had a Western heritage is just silly.