The ladies waited until the arena was empty, and wandered back out on to the ice, still in skates, still in uniform, still wearing their gold medals. They had a bottle of champagne to share. There was no screaming, no bouncing off the boards, no breaking of glass or even any drunken singing. According to someone who actually saw the spectacle, “I do not know if I have seen anything so sweet and so very, very, very Canadian.”
My hat is off to all the ladies, especially the so called “offending” 18 year old who had a beer, who just so happened to score both goals that brought them the gold.
In Europe (remember the other half of the world?), you’re pretty much old enough to drink when you say you are, and that extended trust leads to a much more mature attitude when it comes to alcohol. So, if your gripe is with the actual drinking, grow up. If your issue is with the tarnishing of the Olympics and Canada, then maybe you should remember that the Olympics is about the triumph of the human spirit, and these girls did just that, on home ice no less, for the first time in all of history. And the beer? This IS Canada, isn’t it?
Nobody got hurt. Nobody got rowdy. Nothing got broken. They were celebrating with pride at the site of their historic victory. Just as I would.
Maybe you wouldn’t. Your loss. Don’t make it theirs.
P.S. Congratulations to the fine men & women of the Olympic Canadian Hockey teams for bringing home the gold. Well played.
It felt like a sexist thing to me. Prolly wouldn’t have batted an eye if was the mens team. Just sayin.
It’s been very interesting following this on FB. Everyone finds something that riles them up for or against. For me it was simply not news – no harm was done. If these girls needed a reprimand for not keeping the celebration behind closed doors then that’s hardly international news. Closed doors being what they are. Seriously, people.
So, bottom line, I think it’s great that this has roused us from our typical Canadian political indifference, but it drives me up the fucking wall that this might be news while the fact Harper is fucking Canada up the ass is somehow overlooked.
Either love hockey and everything associated with it, or don’t.