Arimasu Ka?: March 2010

After reading some of Cory Doctorow's posts on BoingBoing, I am surprised at how the Olympic officials for Vancouver 2010 were so committed to silencing any dissent of the Games, including censoring anti-Olympics sentiments of civilians.
http://boingboing.net/2008/09/29/olympics-reach-a-new.html
http://m.boingboing.net/2007/03/03/vancouver-olympics-w.html

http://m.boingboing.net/2010/01/08/homeless-people-relo.html
http://m.boingboing.net/2009/07/08/vancouver-olympics-t.html
http://boingboing.net/2010/02/20/olympic-bullying-dri.html
http://boingboing.net/2009/11/27/canadian-border-guar-1.html

But guess what, VANOC? I'm about to insult the Olympics! Whoo!

(stuff will be added to this throughout the day. I'm in a hurry.)

My Proclamations on the 2010 Olympic Winter Games (but not the Paralympics)

"Own the Podium" was dumb and pointless.
It was absurdly petty and idiotic to detain Amy Goodman at the border and then give her only 24 hours entry.
The musical arrangement of "O Canada" used at the opening ceremony was crappy would have been completely unrecognizable without the lyrics.
It was not surprising at all that there was a lack of snow, considering that Vancouver is known for rarely getting any major snowfall.
Trademarking use of the words "winter", "Vancouver", and "2010" is the most idiotic thing I've ever heard of.
You weren't fooling anyone by "mistaking" that mural for graffiti. http://boingboing.net/2009/12/11/anti-olympic-mural-c.html
It was fun to watch the Olympic TV anchors desperately having to avoid acknowledging the drunk people on the street who would yell and swear on live TV. You are a bunch of humourless jackasses.

Arimasu Ka?