I take exception to your comment (Dec. 19): "Yes, there turns out to be curling outside Canada." This is after all an Olympic sport, though since no American team has ever proven to be competitive, you have fallen prey to the nationalistic bias most networks display (if none of ours are there, why mention it?). The sport is actually European in origin. Your comment seemed disdainful to Canada in general, and could be humorous, if it doesn't hide a lack of "non-US" culture so sadly associated with the American public in general. It would be disheartening to see what is touted as its think-tanks display the same flaw. -- Christian Houde, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
As if to upbraid us further for our curling-related ignorance, the Jan. 2 New York Times carried a story entitled "Blame Canada: Curling Sweeps U.S."
Posted by Walter Olson at January 6, 2004 04:37 PM