Olympic Protests

[seakrait]

fuckers. *shakes head*

[Tegra_Devil]

probably american protesters....

[antonito]

Originally Posted by Ronin

Cute protesting dog.

Poor dog, he looks like he wants to get out of there. I don't blame him

Originally Posted by SpuGen

I'll bet a $100 that he imagines in his anarchist wet dreams that he'll be a superstar DJ in the brave new world, his equipment being powered by magic and love

[zulutango]

Makes you wonder how they got into the hotel and all the way to the roof and then hung over the side without being spotted while destroying the flag ? Inside help?

[sp00n]

Originally Posted by zulutango

Makes you wonder how they got into the hotel and all the way to the roof and then hung over the side without being spotted while destroying the flag ? Inside help?

conspiracy...

[orange7]

are they still protesting?

[Ronin]

The majority of the protests are over. They were scheduled for the 10th to the 15th.

However, there are still smaller ones going on. There's one happening tomorrow at 3:30 on Commercial Drive...for some reason.

[Soundy]

What are they protesting, comfortable Birkenstocks?

[!LittleDragon]

Canada better win in hockey cuz if they don't, I have a feeling that a few smashed windows caused by protesters is going to be peanuts compared to what thousands of drunken angry fans can do.

[metal]

Thought I'd update you guys on more funny funny

http://blog.unionsoundsystem.com/2010/02/yawn.html

Chris 'Okibi' Wakefield Playing sports > watching sports. I'm going for a nice walk while everyone is sitting on their asses getting drunk in the middle of the day.
6 hours ago · Comment · Like

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Jamie Gib
I'm building the set for my play. Apparently reading break for me meant no reading, no partying, I've been stuck in a theatre for 8-12 hours a day building and rehearsing. Theatre program ftw!
5 hours ago

Chris 'Okibi' Wakefield
At least you see your work manifest right in front of you. That's a lot more empowering than watching sports all day.
5 hours ago

Jamie Gib
Absolutley. I feel a great sense of accomplishment looking at the set and being like "yeah, I helped build that"
It's awesome. So much work, but so worth it.
5 hours ago

Justin J M Bennett
Justin J M Bennett
Walking isn't a sport.
5 hours ago

Chris 'Okibi' Wakefield
I never said it was. It's a lot more constructive than sitting around in the middle of the day, though.
4 hours ago

Justin J M Bennett
Lol, yes, but when was the last time you played a sport chris?
4 hours ago

Chris 'Okibi' Wakefield
Chris 'Okibi' Wakefield
I played amateur soccer for over six years. I played paintball at a semi-professional level for over five. I jog three times a week. And DJing at shows is a quite a workout when the place is packed. Athletics doesn't have to be organized, that's the beauty of it.

Watching sports is passive. Engaging in anything is at the least an active project. Building a set, painting, enjoying the sun - all activities that better the self.
4 hours ago

Justin J M Bennett
Passive? Not if you watch it with passion. You should see my restaraunt right now, no one is sitting. Everyone is on their feet cheering. We even have one guy running laps with a flag as a cape! Remember we aint cheering for the Olympics. Were cheering for our country.
4 hours ago

Chris 'Okibi' Wakefield
I don't care about countries. Or sports teams with billions of dollars. That's not what athletics are about.

If anyone wants to play some street hockey or kick a ball around just give me a shout.
4 hours ago

Justin J M Bennett
And without this country you or your ideals wouldn't exist. So as much as you fight government etc. You have to love canada.
4 hours ago

Chris 'Okibi' Wakefield
I'm a second generation immigrant. My ideals would exist just the same in the Philippines or Britain. I love this bioregion - the ocean, the trees, and the people who live here. But that doesn't mean I have to recognize the artificial borders that compartmentalize it.
4 hours ago

Chris 'Okibi' Wakefield So now that the game is over, we can start paying off the $7 billion it cost to put it on. Say hello to a 92% cut to the arts, HST, cuts to social services, and public debt!
3 hours ago · Comment · Like

Jericho Labonte
Dude, I got layed off a fucking year ago because of this bullshit... Was homeless for a fucking year, and still am homeless. FUCK THIS MINDLESS PROPAGANDA.
3 hours ago

[CP.AR]

I remember seeing Batman downtown by pacific center the other day... we got batman for support

[orange7]

are they still protesting now?

[Soundy]

News ticker on CTV AM right now has a blurb about "anti-olympic activists drowned out by throngs of fans"...

[Graeme S]

No busses were going DT, and there was a group of protesters sitting in the middle of Hastings near Abbott.

And there were a bunch of "legal observers" from the pivot society. Cops just set up a roadblock and diverted traffic. Asswipes.

One chick who was walking ahead of me asked one guy "What are you guys protesting?" the native guy says "Olympics on stolen land!" White girl replies, "It's not stolen!" To which he says "Better watch your mouth, white girl!"

Fucking retarded.

[Soundy]

I swear, these "Legal Observers" are just a title they gave to the Pivot dweebs to make them feel important, so they'd stay the fuck out of the way.

[adambomb]

What about this Four host nations? I thought the natives agreed to the party. They sure brought out their best feather hats to the closing cermonies.

[Soundy]

Of course, who do you think stole the land??

[Tapioca]

An interesting article from the Globe and Mail about how the DTES was a "non-story" during the games:

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Frances Bula
Vancouver, BC — Special to The Globe and Mail
Published on Friday, Mar. 05, 2010 12:00AM EST
Last updated on Saturday, Mar. 06, 2010 3:22AM EST
The dire predictions abounded for years before the Olympics that Vancouver's two ugly secrets - the Downtown Eastside and homelessness - would be exposed by 10,000 international reporters who wouldn't be able to resist the story about a beautiful city's underbelly.

But those predictions never came true. A few of the larger outlets - the Los Angeles Times and the New York Times, for example - did the obligatory scene-setter stories on those issues before the Games began last month. But they didn't reveal anything particularly new or startling. And they didn't ignite any kind of media firestorm that came even close to the later coverage of, say, Cauldrongate - the furor over the chain-link fence in front of the Olympic flame.

And any interest in general stories about human suffering seemed to evaporate in the face of individual tragedies during the Games, starting with the death of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili on opening day.

"I was surprised at how focused the media was on just the Olympic events," said David Eby, the one-time housing advocate who fought for years to force the provincial government to meet its bid-book commitment of preserving and creating low-cost housing. "I thought they would be all over the city looking for stories. It certainly wasn't the onslaught of journalists walking up Hastings Street that we imagined."

City councillor Ellen Woodsworth was also taken aback by the lack of interest. "I was surprised at how little attention was paid."

They, along with others, are trying to figure out why. Was it because the province's sudden frenzy of efforts in the previous two years actually deflected criticism? Or something else?

Housing Minister Rich Coleman thinks it was because the province could show it had a plan. "I did talk to a lot of international media," said the minister, citing between 15 and 30 interviews on the topic. "I'll be honest with you. I challenged them on what was happening in their own jurisdictions. 'What are you doing about mental health and addictions? What are you doing about housing,' I said."

He believes the fact that the province could prove it was doing something affected the coverage.

"If we hadn't had a very strategic housing plan, it might have been more critical. What happened instead was they came looking for a story that wasn't there."

[goo3]

Originally Posted by Tapioca

They, along with others, are trying to figure out why. Was it because the province's sudden frenzy of efforts in the previous two years actually deflected criticism? Or something else?

Maybe it's because they drove through the area and then laughed at our problem when they realized they could stop at a red light without getting jacked.

[Iceman_2K]

Or get their windshield smashed

[falcon]

Proves that no one gives a shit.

If they gave free or very very low income housing to the homeless... I would quickly become one. Prime real-estate in downtown Van for free? I'm down.

Who needs to pay property taxes, hydro or rent? Especially right downtown.