Vancouver Winter Olympic

I’m sick of the world criticizing our Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics.

I was there; I was in my home town Vancouver for a week to witness our staggering passion for our beloved country. The Olympic spirits and energy was so contagious that all you see on Vancouver streets are a sea of reds and whites.

We never said we are perfect.

Not enough snow? We are not Gods. Mind you the 2014 Olympic host city - Sochi doesn't usually have snow in the winter.

One of the arms of the torch at the Opening Ceremony had a glitch and didn't rise. Big deal, that's why we had 3 more.

Fenced off Cauldron? If I’m a part of the organizing committee I might even put a team of SWAT Team in front of it since there are so many crazies like the complainers around. Oh and by the way we fixed it immediately after all the ignorant complaints.

What about the long line ups to see the Cauldron after we opened up an observation deck on a roof of a nearby building? Guess what, get over it. The world is here so get used to the line ups.

And let’s not forget any of the following:

We were such good hosts. We were courtesy to the world and there were not a second of film clip showing us with any kind of violence. We are fun, we have funny commercials and we even poke fun at ourselves at the Closing Ceremony. We won the most gold medals in any Winter Olympics and more importantly, we displayed sportsmanship while winning these medals.

We can always strive for excellence but we will not get hung up on perfection.

I am a proud Canadian.