VPD says anarchists/criminals cause of riots; not fans
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http://www.news1130.com/news/local/arti ... r-riot-vpd
...duh?
this people are clowns.
its the same type (or maybe even the same groups) that ruined legitimate protests at the g20, and tried to stir shit up at the olympics (and ruin legitimate protests there as well).
it was awesome having to explain to the students today (who are from Liberia, Somalia, and Afghanistan by the way) why these fools were causing so much stupidity and violence.
...duh?
this people are clowns.
its the same type (or maybe even the same groups) that ruined legitimate protests at the g20, and tried to stir shit up at the olympics (and ruin legitimate protests there as well).
it was awesome having to explain to the students today (who are from Liberia, Somalia, and Afghanistan by the way) why these fools were causing so much stupidity and violence.
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Furthermore, aren't anarchists politically motivated, there was nothing political here... Bunch of fucking idiots.
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Yeah, a mob mentality definitely set in. Some of those people probably wouldn't have done some of the stuff they did if it hadn't become "the thing to do". I keep hearing that is was "a few bad apples", and maybe a few bad apples did start it, but it spread through the crowd, and those individuals are still responsible for their actions. Had it been just a few people the crowd and the police would have been able to get control of the situation. Just the fact that there were riots in '94, and it had been so hyped in the media during the series, meant that the idea of a riot had been firmly planted. And you can tell that many of those people were trying to be a part of history. If they weren't going to be able to tell their grandkids they were there for the Stanley Cup Victory of '11, they were going to tell them of the riots of '11.
There is a lot of finger pointing going on. People of Vancouver are saying it was all people who came from outside the city (and many of them may have been) because they're trying to preserve the city's reputation, Canucks fans are saying they weren't "real Canucks fans" because they're trying to preserve the reputation of the team and its fans. I can see where that comes from. I've been a Packers fan my whole life, and I've gone to many games up there and here in Dallas. And while I have never seen any outbreak of violence, nor do I want to believe the Cheeseheads would do it, they are just as capable of it as any mob of people.
It could have happened anywhere. Large crowds are tricky things, and normally good people can do some dumb things. It doesn't change my opinion of Vancouver/Canucks fans, but I think it's important not to try and point the finger elsewhere either. They just need to get a better handle on things the next time they make it to the Cup Finals. Especially now that riots are becoming a trend. lukin2006 is right, next time they shouldn't invite people to form a mob in downtown to watch the game. That was just asking from trouble. Even a group of mild-mannered people can turn into a wild mob in the right conditions.
that's what scares the fuck out of me for the future of mankind and society, no lie, these young people think it's cool to destroy property and cause mayhem and injury, and then have the audicity to post their heroics online.
scares the fuck out of me
hahaha, no, a jersey - esp. in this city - does not denote being a true fan
and no, the group i'm talking about literally travels with the sole purpose of causing mayhem - like i said its the same types who did it at the olympics and at the g20
but yes, a lot of idiots followed suit.
a lot of people just went home too. the entire city wasn't a blaze, it was like 2 intersections and eventually some stores when idiots started moving up georgia. i wonder who else on the board was there wednesday night... maybe i'm going crazy but what literally transpired while i was down there was a small area of the city filled with dbag hooligans and idiot people watching and filming ... and the rest of the city was quiet and peacefull. it was easy to avoid - we went 3 or 4 blocks down and sat near the water and ate a hot dog. not saying in the areas it happened it wasnt bad, it was - and it was disgusting (especially embarrassing because they were people my age for the most part)... but its a little frustrating to watch the entire world eat up what the media says about people here and our city... even though it's typical of any situation.
People don't want to hear that a couple hundred idiots smashed things and lit things on fire in a 3 block radius while thousands of kids watched while the rest of the city went on as usual, they want to hear that every street in Vancouver burned because a team lost the cup and their 'fans' created total mayhem through the night.
There were 90,000 anarchists in Vancouver. They all used twitter to meet there.
And lighting fires.
we're definitely getting stupider ... :(
thing is tho ... the media will always sensationalize ... the main problem is that there was media there specifically in case of rioting and unfortunately aspects of the city delivered ... i think most residents have done a great job in cleaning the shit up but the reality is tho ... that if it was a small group of people - it would have been managed ... the VPD was completely not prepared and some of that was the volume of agitators ...
that's the great thing about technology and social media. even more dumbasses will go to prison.
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