Captain Shamrock
Well-Known Member
Billy Boy, either that or give them a few batons to the heed......water cannons and plastic bullets even......
you are a joke
...concerned that the footage that we shot might be used against them in Court.
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.
Protesting is a valid form of expressing a disagreement in a democratic society.
No it's not. Voting is.
Obviously neither of you read what I posted, so I will try to simplify it for you.
Now, is that simplistic enough for you redneck knuckledraggers to understand? Nowhere in what I wrote did I justify "civil disobedience" as defined by Bronco (Archie Bunker - nice role model, btw - a total parody of the average 70's redneck ). Protesting is a valid form of expressing a disagreement in a democratic society, just as disagreeing with a protest is. Protesting, however, is not the same as vandalism, inciting rioting, anarchy, arson, property damage, or willful obstruction. Stop calling these people protesters. They are not protesters. End of.
- real protesters don't break windows.
- real protesters don't block traffic.
- real protesters don't advocate violence, or attack police or bystanders.
- people who break windows and block traffic aren't real protesters.
- people who break windows and block traffic are hooligans and thugs.
- people who chain themselves to public places to block traffic are not real protesters either.
- people who participate in "critical mass"-type actions are not real protesters either.
- obstructionism is not a valid form of protest.
One of the big black eyes our game have world wide is the 3 meter high fencing around the 100 m radius surrounding the Cauldrons.
Wonder why they need to be fenced off?
So idiots don't go and bring it to the ground as a form of "protest"
Trece, unfortunately for us, most left leaning thinkers aren't as 'balanced' as you as to what should be fair game and what shouldn't be.
Our "poor and downtrodden" (read: lazy, entitled, and addicted) bring us shame in that if something doesn't go their way they break things, or cause havoc in critical mass style nuisances... Other idiots looking for media pretending to advocate for those that cannot do it for themselves...
The entire thing is shameful, when if they just crawled back in to the holes that they crawled out of, the world wouldn't ever see them when the spotlight is on us, and they might consider coming back, with their chequebooks in hand, thereby creating more revenue to be wasted on these blights of our society.
All these homeless were offered shelter, food etc during the games, yet while we were standing in line for the Bay yesterday, two of them are lying beside the line at the Seymour exit of the Granville St Station. Why? This guy and gal stunk, wouldn't take the free food a young man had brought them from the 7/11 across the street. They were lying there in their sleeping bags as some form of protest, that they shouldn't BE homeless. Also, why take a chance at passing on the opportunity to panhandle when everyone around is ready to spend spend spend? I'm sure these panhandlers that are remaining and dodging the cops are making a killing!
That girl actually looked at me in horror when my daughter who is almost 3 looked at her and pointed at her from her stroller and started rambling on about what was wrong with her...Like I had some duty to inform my toddler of the cruel hard facts of life and how it's somehow MY fault she hasn't had a shower in weeks and has no place to call her own.
Damage is done.