8.12.2008

globe and mail story about personal olympic boycott

Last week a writer from the Globe and Mail contacted me about my personal boycott of the Olympics. She had a nice talk, and I referred her to M@, who she also interviewed.

The story is out today. The writer was looking for family conflict - varying views within one family and how they deal with that - which doesn't apply in my case. She did work in a mention of me, though, which was proper, since she found her main source through wmtc! I'm described as "a Toronto-based American", which is a bit amusing. I'm sure Werner Patels is getting a lot of traffic this morning.

Last weekend at work, two co-workers asked me if I'm watching the Olympics, so we had an opportunity to talk a little about why I'm not. It helped renew my good feeling about my own choice. Right now I'm interviewing a lot of Paralympic athletes who will be competing in Beijing. That's something I'm really going to miss.

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