Olympic organizers want to maximize the marketing potential of the games, an amateur sporting event. Which, by the way, is why I opposed the Olympics here.
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I don't find it understandable that
The legislation ... will enable VANOC to maximize sponsorship opportunities by strengthening existing trade-mark protection over Olympic and Paralympic marks and by preventing non-sponsors from advertising in a manner that falsely suggests a business connection with the Games (known as "ambush marketing").
Also with photos of protest groups opposing the Olympics.
You don't have to be against the Games to participate in this group.
Kris Krug just posted a photo of a poster seen in Gastown, and surely elsewhere, of a stylized middle finger made out of the Olympic rings. If it had the Olympic colours, it probably would have been less subtle, but let's be honest, I don't think a lot of people, myself included, initially saw an obscene gesture made with one's hands, but a body part that people are more discreet about. I wonder if the people who were behind the 2010 Riot stencils are behind this poster as well.
I walked right by it not thinking to take a photo of it. Not only do I work in the same office as a company with a citizen journalism site, but I work with citizen journalists. If you see them any of the posters elsewhere in Vancouver and use Flickr, be sure to tag them with 'vancouver' and 'olympics' so that they show up in the search for both tags.
[Cross-posted to Daily Vancouver and Urban Vancouver.]
I can think of better reasons to study the language than for what would amount to a two-week stay in the country, but I support his decision.
Kris Krug and Robert Scales are going to China to meet with BC companies with investments in the People's Republic.
Governor General Michaëlle Jean unveild the 1952 Oslo Olympics flag.
Will bloggers and journalists get special treatment over Chinese citizens?
Talks about getting his gold medal stripped then re-awarded at the Nagano Olympic Games.
