Missing at the Olympics opener...

[Lallans]

[QUOTE=Tobus;854739]This is inevitably what happens in multicultural societies like the USA and Canada. Not all the individual contributing cultures can be represented, and some end up feeling left out or ignored....{clip} If their theme was "native peoples", then I'm sure they left the bagpipes out for a good reason. It didn't fit the theme. And I would virtually guarantee that some native people would have gotten offended that the representation of their native culture included foreign influence. QUOTE]

You are correct of course, but I wasn't actually angry or offended about the lack of pipes, just feeling the lack. And, they DID include fiddle music as part of the theme so what makes the fiddle so special?? {edit thought: and there was orchestral music and pop singers and english poetry and a song written by Leonard Cohen & sung by kd Lang} Otherwise, here in Canada there have already been protestations and indignations about the relative lack of French used, meaning the language. And other groups will indeed step up with their own issues I am sure.