62. Clubbed Seal
May 7, 2009
The Canadian government has now decided to politicize the 2010 Olympics by insisting that athletes wear sealskin ginch (or something of that nature).
While not a culinary abortion per se, this gesture speaks to the dearth of symbolism in the Lonely North: suffering from an identity crisis and unable to distinguish itself from its neighbours in the South, Canada has reached out for an icon. Be it seal.
Nothing says Canada like a blubbery mammal clubbed over the head with a wooden bat.
Now Canada’s Proud Athletes will be wearing this pathetic synecdoche.
Next we’ll see the McSeal burger and deep fried Seal calamari on all of Canada’s menus.
*image courtesy of the Hamilton Spectator
I definitely thought Canada’s emblem was the moose…
But seriously, I can’t believe that Canada is attempting to find nationalistic identity in the death of an animal. I’m not a huge animal activist, but couldn’t they have found anything else?