‘I was not impressed by your appointment’
Is the guy who plays shoresey on there? He deserves it more than anyone.
I will never understand why we as a society admire athletes so much. GSP is a good guy, but worthy of the OOC? Maybe, but if it’s based purely on his career in the UFC I think that’s ridiculous.
I don’t know much about either the Order of Canada or Georges St-Pierre. So I looked it up before crafting a pithy response or downvoting and moving on without comment. The wikipedia page for the order states that criteria are basically “Canadians who make a major difference to Canada through lifelong contributions in every field of endeavour” and those that exemplify the motto “they desire a better country”. Nowhere do I see any mentions of excluding someone because their career path wasn’t serious or valid enough. He’s obviously made more of an impact on Canada than most. You can call the whole award a popularity contest and you’d probably be right, but shitting on someone’s accomplishments just because you don’t think their career is valid enough just feels gross.
How did GSP make a major difference to Canada exactly? That’s my point. If you think I’m just shitting on him you’re making a lot of assumptions based on the very short and concise post I made. Nothing there is shitting on him.
At least he worked for it and earned it. Not like the inherited generational wealth that received this award or those who impersonated indigenous people. It’s just another popularity contest anyway.
