The journalistic world is a'flutter today over comments written about Canada and the Vancouver Olympics by Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey for an editorial in the Russian propaganda rag Pravda. In his editorial, published PRIORto Canada's historic (and bloody satisfying) drubbing of the Russian hockey team, he denigrates Vancouver, Canada, and the olympics.
Here is a sample of some of his opinions:
Vancouver is not fit to hold the Winter Olympics.
We all know Canada has problems with the future lines drawn on Arctic maps and we all know Canada lives in the shadow of its larger neighbour to the south.
The abject cruelty shown by Canadian soldiers in international conflicts is scantily referred to, as indeed is the utter incapacity of this county to host a major international event, due to its inferiority complex, born of a trauma being the skinny and weakling bro to a beefy United States and a colonial outpost to the United Kingdom, whose Queen smiles happily from Canadian postage stamps.
Maybe it is this which makes the Canadians so…retentive, or cowardly. So it is not exactly a huge surprise to have international skating experts from the four corners of the Earth criticizing the decision to award the Men’s figure skating Gold medal to the US athlete Evan Lysacekv over the reigning Olympic Champion Evgeny Plushenko, whose superior performance was inexplicably ignored.
Everybody who knows anything about Olympic skating, Winter Olympic sports and international politics will infer from the pitiful and dangerous conditions provided by the Canadian authorities, which already caused one death, that Vancouver is mutton dressed as lamb. Take off the outer veneer and the stench is horrific.
There you have it. Proof that any idiot can have an opinion and get it published somewhere. Mind you, any of my American friends who have ever watched FOX news or listed to Sarah Palin already understand this grievous modern phenomenon. Actually, Maxime Bernier's latest musings about climate change would also fit into that category.
Let's just examine these complaints as it were.
The website’s main athletic complaint is about a short-notice drug test issued to Russian skier Natalya Korosteleva. It neglects to mention that VANOC organizers have no input into the drug-testing regime of any particular sporting body. Drug tests aren't effective if people have ample notice that they will be tested.
One has to wonder why she refused . . . hmmmmmmm . . . need I suggest more?
It also impugns us for the decision to give the gold medal in men’s figure skating to American Evan Lysacek over Russian Evgeni Plushenko – as if we had some say in that, either.
Now about that cruelty allegation. Dear lord, how anyone in Russia could lob that pile of brown, smelly stuff at Canadians is besides me. Yes, as with all nations involved with a conflict or two over the years there have been an issue or three. None of these could ever compare to the actions taken by the Russian bear over the years.
Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey is clearly a pinhead.
Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey obviously never learned how to write a proper paragraph either.
Never willing to rest, I googled Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey. My lord. The stuff by him that is available on the net is frightening. Anti-semitic, pro-Russian, anti-Israel, pro-terrorist activity, anti-American . . . his work seems to pop up in the most questionable of places. No doubt he is chief speech writer for Hugo Chavez.
Bancroft-Hinchey lists his training as a song-writer. Who knew penning the odd pop tune qualified one to make sweeping political statements? I do love the way journalism works in this era.
On a happy note, this was before we kicked the Russians out of the rink in hockey. I can only imagine the frothing of the mouth taking place while Bancroft-Hinchey sits at his keyboard today. What a shame we couldn't kick HIM in the ass too!
