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05-31-2009, 02:30 AM
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#1 | | y'all better put some respeck on my name
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| The Economist magazine compares Vancouver’s drug violence to Colombia
What a shame this city has become. Quote:
VANCOUVER — Vancouver’s reputation suffered another black eye this week after a story in an international magazine compared British Columbia to Colombia, a country infamous for drugs, cartels and violence.
In an article titled “British Columbia or Colombia?” The Economist said organized crime had brought fear and violence to Vancouver’s streets.
“Canada remains one of the world’s safest countries but in recent years Vancouver, B.C.’s largest city, has gained notoriety for gun crime, especially among drug gangs,” said the article, going on to cite the nearly 450 gangsters killed in Vancouver since 1997.
The article quotes Pat Fogarty, a senior officer in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, linking Vancouver’s drug war to a crackdown on drug trafficking in Mexico and the United States disrupting the cocaine distribution chain to Canada, putting supply at a premium.
The article points the finger of blame in part at jurisdictional conflicts between the various police services charged with keeping the Lower Mainland safe. Rob Gordon, a criminologist at Simon Fraser University, told The Economist that past efforts to create an agency to fight drug gangs have foundered on conflicts among the various participating police forces.
“Despite some recent high-profile arrests of gangsters, Vancouver’s local police admit they are not winning the war,” the article states. “They complain of having fewer officers per head of population than other big Canadian cities. The provincial government is planning a $20 M cut in annual spending on police and the courts by 2012. The gangsters, by contrast, are well funded and have little trouble replacing those lost in shoot-outs.”
It’s not the first recent example of bad European press for Vancouver. Last month, The Independent, a British newspaper, described Vancouver as a “blood-splattered” city.
© Copyright (c) Canwest News Service
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05-31-2009, 08:38 AM
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#2 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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good. lower the housing prices!
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05-31-2009, 08:56 AM
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#3 | | My homepage has been set to RS
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what a shame, indeed.
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05-31-2009, 08:58 AM
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#4 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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sigh.. but its true... i fear for my car when i park outside...
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05-31-2009, 07:39 PM
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#5 | | I subscribe to the Fight Club ONLY
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if the boot fits...
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05-31-2009, 07:43 PM
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#6 | | Banned (ABWS)
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we jus need parents to legally beat the fuck out of their north face wearing gangster wanna be loser kids while their still in high school and the problem will fix itself
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05-31-2009, 07:59 PM
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#7 | | My homepage has been set to RS
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^ hahahhaa
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05-31-2009, 08:51 PM
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#8 | | Banned (ABWS)
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Originally Posted by dark0821  sigh.. but its true... i fear for my car when i park outside... | I fear for my car when I park at those Richmond shopping centres.
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05-31-2009, 09:13 PM
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#9 | | My dinner reheated before my turbo spooled
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I fear for my car period, even if I park at my buddy's house I came out 20 minutes later to find somebody walked by and spat on my driver's side door.
I don't exactly have enemies, I'm assuming it was a jealous fuck
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06-01-2009, 02:52 PM
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#10 | | I answer every Emotion with an emoticon
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me too, my car got egged for no reason. My mom's car's side windows got smashed for no reason.
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Ignorance is bliss
How I wish I can remain ignorant, why do I know so much?
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06-01-2009, 02:56 PM
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#11 | | is adopted but doesn't know it. Shh, don't tell him.
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It's true, 2 drug busts within 4 houses away from me, 1 drive by shooting beside my house, old neighbor's son suspected in a murder case, and 1 murder 3 houses away from me, and than i get my car keyed, all within 4 years.
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06-01-2009, 03:05 PM
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#12 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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Originally Posted by eddoe It's true, 2 drug busts within 4 houses away from me, 1 drive by shooting beside my house, old neighbor's son suspected in a murder case, and 1 murder 3 houses away from me, and than i get my car keyed, all within 4 years. | you need to move, bro
take the hints
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Originally Posted by Fei-Ji haha i can taste the cum in my mouth | There is a time when you have to sig a post.
It just happened.
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06-01-2009, 05:19 PM
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#13 | | F**K YOUR HEAD
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wow where do u live kingsway?
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06-01-2009, 08:09 PM
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#14 | | Revscene.net has a homepage?!
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lol what a joke vancouver is safe, people are dreaming of a vancouver from 15 years ago, our city has gotten bigger, with it comes the problems of a bigger city.
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06-01-2009, 08:18 PM
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#15 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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I highly doubt the person who wrote this article has even been to Colombia
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06-01-2009, 10:51 PM
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#16 | | RS.net, where our google ads make absolutely no sense!
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Does anyone here actually subscribe to the Economist?
The article is a 1/3 of a page blurb in a 100 page, text filled magazine. The article is just being over-hyped by canwest..
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06-02-2009, 07:06 AM
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#17 | | Willing to sell a family member for a few minutes on RS
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06-02-2009, 08:52 AM
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#18 | | Unauthourized Spammer
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Originally Posted by pandalove we jus need parents to legally beat the fuck out of their north face wearing gangster wanna be loser kids while their still in high school and the problem will fix itself | Too bad most of the parents are too busy growing their retirement fund in the basement to know wtf their kids are doing.
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06-02-2009, 03:25 PM
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#19 | | Banned (ABWS)
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Originally Posted by hotjoint move to surrey, problem solved | live in surrey and to go Templeton. That's the safest combination
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06-03-2009, 09:16 AM
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#20 | | I Will not Admit my Addiction to RS
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Originally Posted by eddoe It's true, 2 drug busts within 4 houses away from me, 1 drive by shooting beside my house, old neighbor's son suspected in a murder case, and 1 murder 3 houses away from me, and than i get my car keyed, all within 4 years. | sounds like u live somewhere in the South Van neighborhood.
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06-03-2009, 09:24 AM
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#21 | | Banned By Establishment
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wtf are you kidding me? these guys are shooting each other. they should write articles envious of our efficient criminals
"Vancouver police laugh, gangsters kill each other"
Our gangsters are precision shooters. How many stray bullets have nailed an innocent person? Zero. How many innocent people have been targeted? Zero.
End of thread, mods, take it away.
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