I don't Get This (Riots in Montreal)

Cosmo

NMyTree wrote:

The Canadians win game seven of the NHL's First Round Playoffs and the fans riot, loot and vandalize?

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2008/04/22/mtl-habs.html


I don't understand why this continues to happen. It has privously happened several times in Canada, when teams either won or lost a championship.

It's happened several times in the USA.

Why in the world do sports fans riot when their teams both lose and win?

You know, NYC and it's sprots fans get a bad reputation. But I don't recall there ever being a riot with looting and vandalism after a NYC sports team won a championship. I was there for the Mets in 86, the Rangers in 94 and while I'm no Yankees fan; I know none of this occured during their championship wins or loses.

I just don't get this mentality of running thorugh the streets buring cars, destroying property, fighing and other violent behavior; just because your team wins or loses a championship.

But the Canadians didn't even win a championship. They simply won one single round of the playoffs. This is so bizzare.

Why do you guys/gals think this happens? What's going on in the heads of these people?

I mean, there are at least a dozen good reasons to riot in the streets for the political, financial and social causes.

Why sports?

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You mean... you've never heard that old saying, "I'm so happy... I could go out to the city and steal shit from retail stores" ?

LikeAnOcean

macgyver06 wrote:

i still dont understand this... you originally would play hockey because there is snow all over the place and the only place that has a flat surface would be a frozen lake.. you played thsi ridiculous thing called hockey because you couldnt play baseball, football (very hard but fun), basketball.... so now they have hockey in places where it doesnt snow... makes no sense... play a real sport.

skating around on ice skates hitting a flat black heavy puck at each other is not exciting and never will be to me.

OOOOOHHH THE POWER PLAY...

4 on 5... big fucking deal.

Real sport? Have you played hockey???.. I'm not a big hockey fan, but hockeys is one of the, if not, toughest sport to play.

I hope you're being sarcastic, because if not you better have your IQ checked.

Commy

There's a lot of pent up angst in any country. The class war is constant.

g under p

macgyver06 wrote:

i still dont understand this... you originally would play hockey because there is snow all over the place and the only place that has a flat surface would be a frozen lake.. you played thsi ridiculous thing called hockey because you couldnt play baseball, football (very hard but fun), basketball.... so now they have hockey in places where it doesnt snow... makes no sense... play a real sport.

skating around on ice skates hitting a flat black heavy puck at each other is not exciting and never will be to me.

OOOOOHHH THE POWER PLAY...

4 on 5... big fucking deal.

Why waste time on someone who appears has NEVER played hockey. I was a goalie in ice and street hockey and in ALL the sports I've played hockey was by far the most difficult to play.

People who have never played a particular sport say the same thing about soccer however soccer to me is not as difficult to play as hockey.

Being A BRUINS fan and as much as the much disliked Canadians have dominated the B's to me it was a waste of time to get in an uproar over defeating the Bruins.

Montreal must be very very hard up for a title for them to carry on this way.

In case they win the Cup hopefully they can control their celebratory excitement.

Peace

angelica

NMyTree wrote:

hehehehe.....I new you wood

You got me and my nit-picking, petty self!!


....must....show....some.........restraint.......

NMyTree wrote:

...wood....

edit: missed the "new"....