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-   -   Canucks lost - vancouver riots! (https://britishexpats.com/forum/maple-leaf-98/canucks-lost-vancouver-riots-721149/)

Kydney_Stone Jun 16th 2011 4:33 am
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I think they are all very naughty people and should stay at home for a day as punishment.

I put a pile of sugar in my boss's petrol tank when I was 17. But he was a pile of sh%t and treated his workers the same. I got sacked by the way.

I saw a photo of a couple lying in the road kissing and cuddling in the midst of all the Vancouver carnage. Can't bloody find it now! Has anyone else seen it and give me the link? Please.

Atlantic Xpat Jun 16th 2011 4:35 am
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Originally Posted by peas (Post 9437276)
I have never done any of those things either but if I was 20 years old, drunk and in yesterday's crowd, I just might have helped flip a cop car. I have ethics but I'm not above thinking I wouldn't get got up in a moment.
Why is being drunk somehow an excuse or reason to be part of a riot? I've been drunk on a number of occasions, some of which have led me to do silly things. Rioting has never been one of them. I suspect the majority of us, squares or not, are in that category.

peas Jun 16th 2011 4:36 am
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Originally Posted by Kydney_Stone (Post 9437286)
I think they are all very naughty people and should stay at home for a day as punishment.

I put a pile of sugar in my boss's petrol tank when I was 17. But he was a pile of sh%t and treated his workers the same. I got sacked by the way.

I saw a photo of a couple lying in the road kissing and cuddling in the midst of all the Vancouver carnage. Can't bloody find it now! Has anyone else seen it and give me the link? Please.
http://mcenter.slideshowpro.com/albu...5_1_50_50.sjpg


Actually ^^^^ THAT is probably what I'd be doing! :D

peas Jun 16th 2011 4:44 am
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Originally Posted by Atlantic Xpat (Post 9437290)
Why is being drunk somehow an excuse or reason to be part of a riot? I've been drunk on a number of occasions, some of which have led me to do silly things. Rioting has never been one of them. I suspect the majority of us, squares or not, are in that category.
Me neither... I've never rioted.

But I have been a youth in BC, I have seen very close up the very heavy hand cops in Vancouver have wielded over people in that city, I know how that city is referred to a police state and why and I know the media was egging this on... it's a good story.

It's not just about alcohol.

Novocastrian Jun 16th 2011 4:51 am
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Originally Posted by peas (Post 9437304)
Me neither... I've never rioted.

But I have been a youth in BC, I have seen very close up the very heavy hand cops in Vancouver have wielded over people in that city, I know how that city is referred to a police state and why and I know the media was egging this on... it's a good story.

It's not just about alcohol.
And it's not just about Vancouver...

http://www.thehockeynews.com/article...in-Canada.html

ExKiwilass Jun 16th 2011 4:53 am
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Originally Posted by peas (Post 9437304)
Me neither... I've never rioted.

But I have been a youth in BC, I have seen very close up the very heavy hand cops in Vancouver have wielded over people in that city, I know how that city is referred to a police state and why and I know the media was egging this on... it's a good story.

It's not just about alcohol.
I really don't think the cops were heavy handed. :confused: They were waaaaaaaaaaaay outnumbered.

mob mentality, that's all it is.

peas Jun 16th 2011 4:55 am
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Originally Posted by Novocastrian (Post 9437316)
And it's not just about Vancouver...

http://www.thehockeynews.com/article...in-Canada.html
OOoooo, yes. My dad was involved in the Rocket Richard Riots. :rofl:

But yes, it's about crowds, social factors and a flashpoint.

Steve_P Jun 16th 2011 4:56 am
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Originally Posted by Kiwilass (Post 9437320)
I really don't think the cops were heavy handed. :confused: They were waaaaaaaaaaaay outnumbered.
So do you think the police higher ups should be answering some hard questions today?

Considering 1994, and all the bluster yesterday as to how they were ready for this eventuality when they were clearly not.

Novocastrian Jun 16th 2011 4:57 am
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Originally Posted by peas (Post 9437325)
OOoooo, yes. My dad was involved in the Rocket Richard Riots. :rofl:

But yes, it's about crowds, social factors and a flashpoint.
It's about knuckled-headed hockey watchers.

Steve_P Jun 16th 2011 4:59 am
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Originally Posted by Novocastrian (Post 9437329)
It's about knuckled-headed hockey watchers.
I doubt the persons who started all this are actually hockey watchers, just thugs and idiots looking for an excuse to cause mayhem.

Alan2005 Jun 16th 2011 5:00 am
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Originally Posted by Steve_P (Post 9437328)
So do you think the police higher ups should be answering some hard questions today?

Considering 1994, and all the bluster yesterday as to how they were ready for this eventuality when they were clearly not.
The police seriously fcked up.

Though the cognitive dissonance displayed on cbc was amazing. They had a reporter who covered the 94 riots saying that the police had clearly learned lessons from back then and were well prepared. His message was somewhat diminished by the rioting and burning cars behind him.

Novocastrian Jun 16th 2011 5:00 am
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Originally Posted by Steve_P (Post 9437331)
I doubt the persons who started all this are actually hockey watchers, just thugs and idiots looking for an excuse to cause mayhem.
Well you would say that, wouldn't you?

Alan2005 Jun 16th 2011 5:01 am
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Originally Posted by Steve_P (Post 9437331)
I doubt the persons who started all this are actually hockey watchers, just thugs and idiots looking for an excuse to cause mayhem.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman

peas Jun 16th 2011 5:01 am
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Originally Posted by Kiwilass (Post 9437320)
I really don't think the cops were heavy handed. :confused: They were waaaaaaaaaaaay outnumbered.
No, I mean in previous events and various protests in the city and everyday policing.

Steve_P Jun 16th 2011 5:02 am
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Originally Posted by Novocastrian (Post 9437337)
Well you would say that, wouldn't you?
:confused::confused:


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