Canada needs the death penalty
They don't pay tax. They don't work.
I saw a news interview last night where I think it was this person talking in the DTES and a resident from the area (I guess that sounds a bit stereotypical but I don't know how else to describe the man - use your own stereotype if this one doesn't fit) walked through the group saying "I hear there's trouble - are you looking for trouble? Trouble?" and then kept walking. The look on the woman's face was pricelessThe Olympic Resistance Network, an umbrella group that speaks for some of the protesters, said 13 people were arrested. ORN organizer Alissa Westergard-Thorpev refused to apologize for the vandalism, arguing that protesters have merely damaged property while police were armed with guns, batons and canisters of pepper spray. "Property damage is not the same as physical violence," said Ms. Westergard-Thorpe.
Protesters deliberately targeted the Hudson's Bay, she said, because the store, which supplied outfits for Canadian Olympic athletes, "has a long history of violent colonialism."
To educate a few of the more extreme rednecks on here (yeah, I know that some of you are taking the piss, but some aren't): the hooligans causing this vandalism are not protesters. As has already been stated on here and by legitimate protesters, these people are just thugs. They have no cause other than to provoke violent response from the police and security.
Legitimate protesters do not include the ones who blocked Commercial Drive with barricades to deprive some small school kids from seeing the torch procession either. The legitimate protesters were the ones who were out on Friday night peacefully but noisily doing nothing more than waving signs to draw attention to their causes. They are the ones who will tell you that the thugs from yesterday morning have wrecked public perception for them and for all of us who have to live here and deal with the repercussions.
My biggest issue has been touched on earlier.... I have no issue with protestors getting their message out as to where they would rather see money spent. But when I saw the collection of protestors I said to my wife....of that entire group the largest earner is likely under $15000.00. Their contribution to the tax base is marginal much like their behavour. If they were all middle class (like myself) protesting, it would be a lot more powerful since we carry the bulk of taxation.
I have a few hippy friends and these shitheads don't do them any favors. I was under the impression there is a law out there precluding people from wearing masks (bellaclavas) with the intent to committ a crime. I'd say if you're wearing all black, a mask, marching in a boistrous large group with signs - you've met the minimum requirements - in to the clink. NO?
Everyone of them should be tasered. Nice simple shock to get them the hell away.