Johann Olav Koss on The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos

President & CEO of 'Right to Play'. Has become an internationally recognized NGO. Headquartered in Toronto, it brings sport to under-priviledged youth in 23 countries around the world. Johann Olav Koss is on The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos.

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[rudy4histo]

That is really awesome and Koss is a brilliant man

[vinch7]

Mr. Koss, I want to get involved.

[lektrum]

@Vocalallusive There's an element of truth in what you say, but I have to vehemently oppose the notion we "want it all". What we want is to lead a life of comfort, not luxury. Looking at statistics (yeah I know statistics makes for a poor reference, but I've got no way of being objective in this debate) any "solution" to any perceived problem would only jeopardize what seems to be a winning formula (standard of living and so on).

[lektrum]

@SpursNorway There is no way anyone could have supported her post-war had it not been for politics. With the USSR having liberated the northern parts of the country in 1944, the "West" must have put up pressure to counteract any eastern influence through political whitewash, and the level of propaghanda up until the 90's has been in retrospect been quite scary. I'm not going to pass any judgement on her, but I think she would have been forgotten or persecuted had she been communist.

[lektrum]

@SpursNorway Figure skating was massive in the 30's. She put herself before the collective, therefore the collective had no reason to support her, especially after the late 30's. The reason, I suppose, of her popularity must have been political in the sense of US vs. USSR after she became a US citizen in 1941. My grandfather was an important intelligence officer in the resistance, and she had denounced them.

[lektrum]

@Vocalallusive It's not my need of a premise on which to build my conclusion. As a whole we as a society is based on the "law of Jante". I could ask you to wiki it, but I fear the wikipedia article is a bit too negative towards it. Matches current trends I suppose. It is frowned upon in media and as a general proposition, but speak to individuals, and you'll find it is basically hardcoded into us. I myself do not think of it as a bad thing. Has to do with checks and balances.

[SpursNorway]

@lektrum the fact that norwegians never quite took to Henie had mutch to do with her connections with Hitler and his nazi regime.

Norwegians needed time to let that fact calm down a little and start to look at her as an legendary athlete, figureskateing is not a massive sport in Norway unlike in the United States.

[HattieLovesCattie]

@lektrum The shows about her on TV in the USA thru the years plus the book her brother wrote about her.

[lektrum]

@HattieLovesCattie If nothing else, we Norwegians are vindictive. If she had turned her back o us she wouldn't have a famous centre of art named after her, nor would she be universally reviered as a figure skating icon. I wonder what your sources are..

[HattieLovesCattie]

@JTucker3 The Norwegians didn't treasure Sonia Henie.It took them many years to put up a statue of her at Frogner Park.Sonia turned her back on her home country.

[ManULover07]

@vinch7 go to the right to play website

[JTucker3]

Complete legend, us Norwegians treasure our heroes a lot.:D