Dear World,

Guess what? After the Olympic summer games, I have never been so proud of Canada. No sarcasm.

While fellow Canadians grumbled about a measily one gold medal win, I was like, ‘yea good!’ I don’t want Canada to be put up there with robot athletes who mutate their bodies from 0 years old to conform to one sport. That isn’t an achievement to be proud of when considering the context. These athletes were taken away from their families to be put in farms that produce Olympians. When they are done with, the ex-athletes are left with nothing else to do but to literally beg for money on the streets (yes, I’m not just saying that, its actually true, watch this video). They know nothing else but to win a gold medal. So yes China, you should be ashamed for narrowing the lives of human beings to gold medals to promote your political agenda! If you want to show off to the world about how great you are, why don’t you start tackling your human rights issues?

Everyone has their own interpretation of what the Olympics should be, but for me it’s about fun and friendly competition. There are so many new and strange sports being added, that it becomes a joke. Athletes should give it their best shot, but they shouldn’t ruin their lives, put off their careers and social lives. Anyone who uses the Olympics as an outlet to flex their nationalist & racist attitudes should get a reality check.

In the grand scheme of things, it doesn’t matter who really ran the fastest, or jumped the highest every four years. This game is just fun! The same kind of fun you have when you hang out with your friends and play scrabble! The Olympics is also an opportunity to bring the world together, setting aside political differences.