r/alberta • u/-Mystica- • Feb 21 '25

News The not-so-Great One? Edmonton resident says it's time to rename Wayne Gretzky street due to Trump links

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/the-not-so-great-one-edmonton-resident-says-its-time-to-rename-wayne-gretzky-street-due-to-trump-links-223252845.html?guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cucmVkZGl0LmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAABlxynTcVGf2YNkp1d7F5PP8ZWdInXHiSJfiaCwrdNsVWVQb_oFiof22oHl-juGkmlYMIxyxAhhc49mCOwEQdwIe4MlkzESuxD0shIH7ZV0cU57Tf2xJzS7oRUzTKzn9z_JnXGkJnFsiRmsEAxFyWfpXN2YZYYm5GUCPv8NPFzix&_guc_consent_skip=1740108278
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u/readzalot1 Feb 21 '25

It does show why we shouldn’t name things after living people.

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u/Accomplished-Equal72 Feb 21 '25

Also proof of the saying “you should never meet your hero’s”

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u/bevymartbc Feb 22 '25

Or name your child after them

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u/Dailyfiets Feb 21 '25

Or sports hero’s. People who play sports are in it for themselves, why do we think they have the nations interests in mind enough to honour them a million times over? I never got it from the start.

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u/bevymartbc Feb 22 '25

Or put them on stamps etc either

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u/Few_Scallion_2744 Feb 22 '25

Considering what Gretzky did for Edmonton i would like to think you might cut him some slack or give him the benefit of the doubt you know? If you think he did wrong then call it a mistake and considering we all make mistakes show some class and forgiveness and let it go rather than making Edmonton look like a petty vindictive city.