2010 Winter Olympic Mascots?

As a Canadian that has been born, and raised in British Columbia, I am excited for the Olympics coming to our province in 2010.
But, as A CANADIAN I am offended by the mascots we were given!!!

http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/pdfs/s28mascots.pdf

First off, what the heck is a Sea Bear? a Thunder-bird? A SASQUATCH!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Why couldn't we use animals that truly are Canadian: Beaver, Wolf, Polar Bear, Moose, Orca, Loon, Otter, and Lynx (Just naming a few)


They take a resemblance to that of Hello Kitty. I'm not going to be proud walking around with a half bear half whale on my shirt!

What I don't understand, is how could no one else notice the outrageous decisions.

I am disgusted!

Feel freely to share your opinions, I am appalled, as is half of the Nation.

Mario and Sonic! ... oh wait...SmashBrosLegend

As of now, I'd take anything!

Meaning the INUKSHUK?

Half-Man, Half-Bear, Half-Pig.....Manbearpig.
lol

Good ol' Southpark.

But seriously, look at the comparison between them and the Beijing ones.

I voted sasquatch, the thunderbird too if I could vote twice

Canadian?

The mascots are a HUGE deal! They represent culture of the nation hosting the olympics! A SASQUATCH!?!?!?! Seriously...it's ridiculous.

That's not it, they have estimated a grand total of $500,000,000 in profit. (500 million) From lame hello kitty dolls.

There it is!

BRAVO!
You should sell it...you could get $500,000,000!

Wow who the **** cares, you're freaking out about nothing.:roll: I think they are pretty good, it's not a big deal...

I am also a born and raised British Columbian and I am extremely disappointed with the mascots. Why couldn't they just use the freaking spirit bear:xjtdawg23

THANKYOU! Someone else FINALLY!

Seriously, they have half bear, half whale. Then, they have a Bear with a whale hat...makes sense to have 1 whale 1 bear, and 1 beaver or something.
I'd take Lenny any day!

Olympic mascots always look like Pokemon rejects. It's no cause for embarassment. Every time they're unveiled, people hate them.

The two animals that I'd mention first if someone were to ask me to come up with something uniquely BC are the orca and the spirit bear.

Grafting a fin onto a teddy bear to create a bizarre hybrid is not the first thing that would come to mind. And once you've got part of a spirit bear, why do you need a black bear? I thought a spirit bear was just a black bear with mutated genes, thus the whole uniquely BC thing.

I will say that as bizarre a choice as I find the Sasquatch, I think he's the coolest. And Mukmuk rules. Even if he is just a sidekick, at least he's not genetically modified.