Riot happening in Vancouver right now!!

vedderfan10
vedderfan10 Posts: 2,497
edited February 2010 in All Encompassing Trip
WTF?

At Robson & Georgia - apparently smashing up the Hudson's Bay.... :x :x :x

Jeez...I agree that the money spent on the olympics by our goverment would have been better spent on health care and education and helping the homeless...but c'mon!

And a lot of these protester/rioters aren't even from Canada!

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/s ... pStoriesV2

Thanks to TVismyfriend!!! :D
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  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,024
    Link?
  • Nothingman54
    Nothingman54 Posts: 2,251
    wtf? why post this with no info, link?
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  • vedderfan10
    vedderfan10 Posts: 2,497
    no link yet...just mentioned on the live coverage on CTV....
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  • BLACK35
    BLACK35 Hanover, Ontario Posts: 22,967
    They should round up all the protesters and through them in jail. Yeah we spent alot of money on the Olympics. But look at the money it brings in also. I'm so sick of people protesting things, just get over it and move on or move to some other country if things are so bad here.
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  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,024
    Anything I can find says it was from last night. Two officers injured.
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,834
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    Anything I can find says it was from last night. Two officers injured.
    So, what exactly are these people protesting about?

    What is their big issue with the Vancouver Olympics?
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  • redrock
    redrock Posts: 18,341
    Again? Didn't they already have protests on Friday?
  • chadwick
    chadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    link please
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  • tvismyfriend
    tvismyfriend Posts: 2,118
    http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/s ... pStoriesV2

    http://www.ctvolympics.ca/about-vancouv ... cid=rssctv
  • chadwick
    chadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    any video to watch?
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
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    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • mookeywrench
    mookeywrench Posts: 6,059
    how much gov't money is being spent on damage control/repairs from these rioters?
  • JOEJOEJOE
    JOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,821
    I can see if people riot against an oppressive regime or dictatorship, but what real good will come out of these violent protests against the Olympics in Vancouver?

    No matter how irresponsible people may think the city's investment in the games may be, broken glass & bashed heads will only put the city in even higher debt.
  • lukin2006
    lukin2006 Posts: 9,087
    They are destroying private property, so they are not hurting the government but hurting individuals who in turn will file insurance claims and people's insurance will go up. Are these people not terrorist? They are causing terror to prove a point! Maybe we should round them up and put them on trial as terrorist, even if we don't get a conviction, it will send a message and cost these brain dead idiots thousands upon thousands in legal fees, but hopefully a judge will convict and these folks can spend a good long while in the pokie.
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  • Kilgore_Trout
    Kilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    i didnt know canadians got violent over non-hockey related issues... ;)

    sidenote: can they possible make these olympics MORE boring?? i turned it on for 10 minutes today to see another luge death and they did nothing but talk... no wonder its such a money pit
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  • Gary Carter
    Gary Carter Posts: 14,077
    lukin2006 wrote:
    They are destroying private property, so they are not hurting the government but hurting individuals who in turn will file insurance claims and people's insurance will go up. Are these people not terrorist? They are causing terror to prove a point! Maybe we should round them up and put them on trial as terrorist, even if we don't get a conviction, it will send a message and cost these brain dead idiots thousands upon thousands in legal fees, but hopefully a judge will convict and these folks can spend a good long while in the pokie.
    put em in gitmo and just forget bout em for a few years like america does with its "terrorist"
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  • haffajappa
    haffajappa British Columbia Posts: 5,955
    if you're referring to the "riot" of this morning, it was 200 people and they DO NOT represent most of those who are aiming to protest the games peacefully.


    ps...
    and i hate them for that!!
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  • haffajappa
    haffajappa British Columbia Posts: 5,955
    This explains a lot:

    Police said the anarchists travel to any event that attracts media coverage and "promote anarchy wherever they go."

    While some protesters beat drums and chanted slogans, such as "Homes not Games" and "No Olympics on stolen native land," others marched down the streets chanting "Revolution" and "Insurrection."

    SFU security expert Andre Gerolymatos told ctvbc.ca Saturday that anarchists might latch on to whatever issues there are in the communities they are in, but their ultimate goal is to provoke police and make them look bad in front of TV cameras.
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  • vedderfan10
    vedderfan10 Posts: 2,497
    http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/loca ... shColumbia

    Thanks, Steph!!

    I wish these morons could find someway to use their anger constructively...try to be part of the solution, you know?
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  • haffajappa
    haffajappa British Columbia Posts: 5,955
    Vedderfan10 wrote:
    http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100213/bc_olympics_who_are_anarchists_100213/20100213?hub=BritishColumbia

    Thanks, Steph!!

    I wish these morons could find someway to use their anger constructively...try to be part of the solution, you know?
    completely agree.
    their presence is so pointless! they're not even protesting anything, there just htere to make vancouver protesters look bad and cause havoc for tourists and the city.
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  • Kel Varnsen
    Kel Varnsen Posts: 1,952
    The thing I don't get about these Anti-Olympics protesters is what is the damn point. I mean I get that they don't want Vancouver hosting the Olympics. But at this point do they actually think they are going to be able to get the games stopped. I mean the games have already started, so why not think of something better, or more constructive to do with your time.

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