Re:That Olympics Logo
by kiujygtyujik on Monday September 06, 2010 @05:36PM
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It was representing an inukshuk - native eskimo culture that is about as far from Vancouver as Mexio is.
Culturally it would have made as much sense to have an easer island statue.
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No matter where the inukshuk originates from this one, http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?q=1600+Beach+Ave%2c+Va... / http://www.seethewestend.com/inukshuk/inukshuk.htm, seems pretty close to Vancouver to me.
Re:That Olympics Logo
by kiujygtyujik on Monday September 06, 2010 @06:35PM
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Those were erected as tourist things by hotel chains.
There is Cleopatra's needle in the centre of London - but it wouldn't make sense to have the pyramids and Sphinx as the symbol for London 2012.
>Those were erected as tourist things by hotel chains.
The second link says you are (at least partly) wrong.
Re:That Olympics Logo
by icegreentea on Monday September 06, 2010 @07:02PM
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On the other hand, Canada has a whole has been adopting the inukshuk as a symbol of Canada as a whole. The Canadian government has gifted several inukshuks to foreign countries as symbols of friendship.
They also appear in national parks cause hikers/campers think that their fun to make.