[AAnthony]

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[Hondaracer]

Protesters wont last long anywhere

I cant help but laugh at none of these "Protesters" coming out to the events in Surrey, Richmond, etc. they talk big behind a TV camera but when there's 20,000 people who support the games in one spot they are all scared shitless to come out with their retarded causes

guess what, the games are here and your only hurting your cause by protesting them, no one gives a shit that you want a free hand out and that you would prefer the olympic money to go to buying you a downtown condo.

[7seven]

I just laugh at all these idiot protesters who complain about how much money is being spent on the Olympics, so they conduct disruptive protests which only leads to driving up costs spent on security.

[Graeme S]

I just laugh at all these idiot protesters who complain about how much money is being spent on the Olympics, so they conduct disruptive protests which only leads to driving up costs spent on security.
The decision was made about the olympics LONG ago. The best way to make it cost less is by helping in as many ways as much as possible.

[Hondaracer]

the best thing to do is make it as big of a success as possible, that helps out everyone, the tax payers, homeless, etc.

but homeless retards who want downtown condo's for free dont have the mental capacity to understand that concept.

[MG1]

Protesters wont last long anywhere

I cant help but laugh at none of these "Protesters" coming out to the events in Surrey, Richmond, etc. they talk big behind a TV camera but when there's 20,000 people who support the games in one spot they are all scared shitless to come out with their retarded causes

guess what, the games are here and your only hurting your cause by protesting them, no one gives a shit that you want a free hand out and that you would prefer the olympic money to go to buying you a downtown condo.

You need to step back and see things from other people's perspective, my friend.

I'm not a big fan of protesters. Most of them are attention seekers and they always have a hidden agenda (professional protesters). They like to play the role of saviour. However, some of the things VANOC and government officials has done with tax payers' money, is a blatent waste. I would much rather have the money wasted go toward supporting the athletes and people in need.

I know you've been born with a silver spoon in your mouth (at least that's how you go about portraying yourself at times), but there are a lot of people hurting out there and their voices are never heard. I have experienced povery first hand, living my first 16 years of my life in the downtown eastside.

Let me say this agaIn. Those protesters are a bunch of yahoos. They incite others to do some pretty dumb things. Some of the things I've seen them do is pretty pathetic, but...............

"There but for the grace of god go I"

Not all of us are fortunate to be born into good situations.........

[The_AK]

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[MG1]

the best thing to do is make it as big of a success as possible, that helps out everyone, the tax payers, homeless, etc.

but homeless retards who want downtown condo's for free dont have the mental capacity to understand that concept.

You're not far from the truth there. You call them homeless retards and some of them actually are. Mental illness. Why do you think they are there? They are outcasts. People who nobody wants or wanted.

Make fun of them - that's cool.

As for the organizers of the protests, they don't care about anything except media exposure. They can go to hell.

There are Olympic protesters at every games.

The decision was made about the olympics LONG ago. The best way to make it cost less is by helping in as many ways as much as possible.

True........


so, let's get the homeless "retards" and put them in charge of what?

What has VANOC done to include them?

I just laugh at all these idiot protesters who complain about how much money is being spent on the Olympics, so they conduct disruptive protests which only leads to driving up costs spent on security.

Buddy, you have money. You have a good life. And, more power to you.

I complain about the amount of money spent on the Olympics. Does that make me and countless others idiots?

BTW, I don't hate the Olympics. I love it like everybody else. I support our athletes and I hope both our hockey teams kick butt. I don't mind our tax dollars spent on supporting our "amateur" athletes.

What I don't like is the other stuff. We could have made these games an example of fiscal restraint in tough times. Wouldn't that be awesome. Vancouver shows the world how to have a good time without breaking the bank.

Perhaps one day the Olympics will become more about the athletes than money. When the events start, we'll all forget about it, I guess.


GO, Canada, GO!!!!!

[CorneringArtist]

It's been said before, but I agree, a lot of the protesters are just a bunch of attention-seeking morons who have nothing better to do with their "Arts" degrees. They're reasons for protesting heavily imply that all the money spent on the Olympics will solve poverty in the Lower Mainland forever. Forever? What about 15-20 years (or less) down the road when the money has dried up? What will the homeless people at the time do? It's all back to square one with nothing left to show for it. However, I do acknowledge that it's entirely possible to argue the other side based on the usefulness of the venues after the Olympics.

I'm in a single-parent family with an income barely above the poverty line, but my family lives a relatively comfortable life despite not being able to do as much as other people I know, my mother tries to compromise. It's not necessary, but nonetheless, I understand that those true homeless people have run into issues that put them into their situations. It's the retard organizers that make me hate the protesters.

[RiceIntegraRS]

The Olympics are here, and no one is gonna stop it. I wasnt neither for nor against the Olympics, but since its here. We may aswell embrace it with open arms.

We all know the Money could of been better spent somewhere else. We can say that about alot of things. But i know one thing though. Im totally against giving the homeless money. Cause your never gonna please them and thats a Gaurantee. They complain about having no Food, You Give them food, they complain about having no money, u give them them welfare, they complain about no shelter, you give them that, and then they just complain about not getting enough money or shelters.

Dont Believe me? Has anyone out there ever complained about how much they make at work? And when your boss gave u your raise, "how soon after" did u complain about something else? The workers complaint is actually warranted, but homeless complaint isnt to me.

[MG1]

Hondaracer, I am sorry I went off the deep end a bit there.

I really can't blame you. When I was young, I used to hate people who looked able bodied, but begged on the streets. I was like wtf? Get a job, you lazy fuck!

Until one day, I came across one of "them" and started talking with him (not at him). His story was so sad. Not every crackhead or homeless moron is that. Down on their luck. Illness, fears, etc.

Nothing is black and white. I learned this the hard way.

All of us can do more, me included, but it's easier to laugh at people than to deal with the problem. I was compelled to help this fellow out some more, but I have my own family to look after. I have a comfortable life............ I don't know. I wish poverty would just go away. I watch TV and see these photos of kids suffering from war and famine and such and I can't stand it - to the point I turn to a different channel.

I just can't do it. My car, my hobbies, my habits........... I am ashamed of myself. I can be out there volunteering instead of watching hockey games. I can be sponsoring children overseas. I can be doing a lot of things. Sorry............

[7seven]

Buddy, you have money. You have a good life. And, more power to you.

I complain about the amount of money spent on the Olympics. Does that make me and countless others idiots?

If you re-read what I wrote, I was referring specifically to the idiots who complain/protest by conducting disruptive protest, the only thing that does is hurt their own costs and drive up the costs needed to be spent on security.

Just look at what happened today with Harper's visit, protesters disrupted his visit so the ISU had to re-route and deploy additional resources to his location. Just watch what will happen when the Olympic Torch makes its way through downtown Vancouver, no doubt the protesters will try to disrupt them. Now I realize that a lot of these protesters are professional protesters who just want to start trouble, but the majority of these protesters with them who actually care about the cause are just enabling the trouble makers and even welcome them, which IMO, makes them no better.

If you want to hang a banner, make a sign or just voice your complaints in a non-disruptive manner, then all the more power to you.

[MG1]

The workers complaint is actually warranted, but homeless complaint isnt to me.

I wish I can play god for one minute and put you in their shoes. I'll predict one week before you start begging for mercy, if you don't die before that time.

Some of these people never asked to be homeless. Somewhere, somehow, their lives got turned upside down.

Most of the homeless out there cannot get jobs, either. Think about why. Because they're homeless. No mailing address and stuff makes a person difficult to employ. Right, I thought so......... you're going to answer by saying that's just an excuse. Buddy, everything is an excuse in the eyes of another person.

I don't know you. I don't know your background. I am just replying to your statement. That's all.

[RiceIntegraRS]

I should also probably say that i know not all homeless are are junkies or straight up morons. But cause of them and the system, they are the ones getting the money and not the ones that are down on there luck, or just couldnt make ends meet who actually need it

[MG1]

I don't know guys. I get so worked up when it comes to the topic of poverty and homelessness. I grew up in the DTES and for me, at the time, it was no big deal. Now that I'm on the other side of the tracks, looking back, it bothers me when I hear people talking about the less fortunate. Maybe I should just let it go.

I should also probably say that i know not all homeless are are junkies or straight up morons. But cause of them and the system, they are the ones getting the money and not the ones that are down on there luck, or just couldnt make ends meet who actually need it

Thank you for that. There are a lot of people who suffer quietly in the DTES. Language barrier, illness, parents abandoned them, you name it.

My thanks button ain't working no more...........

EDIT: nvm. It's working again.

God damn it. I'm missing my favourite TV show, Criminal Minds. I missed out on good take out Chinese food, too. Damn kids. Didn't leave me anything. Life's tough, I tell ya......

If you re-read what I wrote, I was referring specifically to the idiots who complain/protest by conducting disruptive protest, the only thing that does is hurt their own costs and drive up the costs needed to be spent on security.

Right.

My bad. I just jumped at the opportunity to rant.

BTW, I hear Arnold is part of the torch run. Cool. Lots of exposure for the games. He owns property in Summerland, so he's paying taxes, LOL.

I just hope we didn't bribe him by offering his state billions of litres of free water and gigawatts of hydro electricty. And.... a promise to shut down Hollywood North.:D

[orange7]

what good can protesting now bring?
Money has already been spent setting up this game. The majority of Vancouver's population is in favour of the game. Ppl around the world are here. Hobos have already spread to Richmond by free riding the new skytrain built for the Olympics. The game is already here.


Fine, let's say the protesters win the protest. So what's next?
Spent money to unbuild those buildings? Reimburse money to all the visitors and the Olympics money for wasting their time? Bribe the hobos to go back to downtown?

We've gone too far to go back and so have the hobos.


btw, I am not dissing those protesters.

[MG1]

what good can protesting now bring?
Money has already been spent setting up this game. The majority of Vancouver's population is in favour of the game. Ppl around the world are here. Hobos have already spread to Richmond by free riding the new skytrain built for the Olympics. The game is already here.


Buddy, you're late for the party. Again. What you're saying has been said before. We get it. It's too late. Just like the HST. It's too late. But protesting, no matter how stupid or useless does bring to light, the issues. There's a chance that in the future, organizers of such events will think more about shit.

It's been how many years since the announcement that the Olympics were coming here? The organizers had enough time to do something creative to address the issues with the homeless. They couldn't come up with much of anything. A lot of these people today may not have expressed their feelings so much if steps were taken to address the issue. Of course, there will always be some who will never be satisfied. But............

BTW, to address another issue some brought up in this thread about security costs to keep these yahoos in check. I don't think billions were spent on security for small time Vancouver protesters. I think they were here for more important reasons. Let's hope the protesters in the DTES are the only things they have to deal with during the games.

Protesters costing us money? We can say the same thing for the fucking retards who fucked up the Stanley Cup Finals with their riots downtown or the dickheads at the rock concert who destroyed GM Place. Spoiled, rich fucktards. Nuff said.......

[Graeme S]

Honestly, I feel that the money that they're pouring into the olympics could be much better spend elsewhere. But being a business major, I also know that this money literally wouldn't exist for social programs.

It's the same rationalization as most people make on an annual basis. A lot of people have personal debt, which is costing them money. However, come boxing day, a great many people would rather buy a big-screen TV than pay down $600-1200 of personal debt. Why? Because they feel the value of what they are purchasing (both in terms of actual value and long-term "showoff" value) is better than the amount of money they can pay their debt down.



This is basically what's happening with the Olympics. Yes, I agree the retards are getting sidelined (that's a separate issue that has to do with the downsizing of Riverview in the 70s and 80s...yay de-institutionalization policies that happened before I was born!) and that addicts and low-income people are getting shafted. At the same time, the money that they want wasn't coming to them before the olympics. I admit, the olympics were supposed to bring more money to low-income people in the form of below-market housing, but the economic collapse in the US kind of fucked that idea.


What's here is here, and disruptive protesting will only result in a reduced economic benefit post-games. There was a protest group...I can't even remember their name right now, but they did everything they could to just randomly disrupt and fuck shit up. They even invaded an MLA's office and trashed it just to show how far they'd go. Yet all they did was drive up the costs of securing EVERYTHING by making VANOC pay for extra cops and private security to protect meetings and presentations.



I am by no means saying that the Olympics are the best way to spend $6b. But it's here, and there's nothing we can do about it. Should we ignore the issues? Fuck no. Should we enjoy the ride? Fuck yes.

[MG1]

Evey time I think about this year's Olympics, this Irish Rovers song comes to mind.......

Could've been the whiskey
Might've been the gin
Could've been the three or four six-packs,
I don't know, but look at the mess I'm in
My head is like a football
I think I'm going to die
Tell me, me oh, me oh my
Wasn't that a party

[SMDBICH]

Aren't the natives going to terrorize the Olympics? Some girl at school told me this, can anyone verify.

[Rich Sandor]

I'm sorry, but throwing money at the DTES is NOT going to solve the problem. All the money that went towards the olympics could have been funneled towards DTES and it would not have changed a damn thing except making their drug addicted lives easier and more comfortable. The solution involves a major governmental, judicial, and police reforms, and a national attitude adjustment in regards to homelessness. These are not things that will change with just money money money. (although more funding towards mental institutions would be an obvious exception)

If anything the money should have been spent on the SCHOOL SYSTEM, to better educate our kids so they know the differences between their, there, and they're. I don't feel too bad about cuts to adults who have made poor decisions in life, but I'm infuriated when the government cuts education and social and welfare funding to kids.

[Hondaracer]

without replying to each individual post i'll say this

I feel for the mentally ill who got kicked out of riverview etc. and dont have a place to go, people who dont have the means to support themselves need others to speak for them, but most of the time it would seem that even the mentally ill could potray their case to the public better than most "advocates" that are in the media

the people i dont feel for:

Natives who already receive government funding and want more money for social housing

People who are too lazy to find jobs, and dont want to work in order to live rent-free in a neighborhood that has $500,000 condo's next door

Drug Addicts that got themselves into the predicament in the first place, i dont give a shit if your dad touched you as a kid, there are very successful people in this world who got passed little issues in their lives when they realized some things in life are worth working hard for and putting a little effort into

I have absolutely -zero- time for the homeless coalition in it's entirety, when the "leader" or whatever he calls himself came on the Team1040 before and explained to Pratt and Taylor how he doesn't work more then 3 days a week because he "doesn't feel like it" the sense of entitlement he had was enough to make me want to find him and spit in his face

Sure the money towards the Olympics could have been better used to strengthen out infrastructure etc. but if you put billions of dollars into homelessness you think that solves the problem? in 10 years there would be 30 times the homeless because they see a free meal ticket in Vancouver

I'm all for a hand-up, but these people looking for hand-outs can go fuck themselves.

[eFx[A2C]]

The olympics brought us some infrastructure that we could use after the olympics are done with. The government has thrown A LOT of money into the Dtes and it didn't fix anything.

[MG1]

If anything the money should have been spent on the SCHOOL SYSTEM, to better educate our kids so they know the differences between their, there, and they're. I don't feel too bad about cuts to adults who have made poor decisions in life, but I'm infuriated when the government cuts education and social and welfare funding to kids.

Throwing money at education doesn't solve anything, either.

Money needs to go towards educating young parents on how to raise their children properly. Why should the education system have to try and fix society's problems? Everything boils down to lousy parenting skills. How many children can read by the age of three? What ever happened to that? Kids come to school not knowing how to spell their own names or tie their own fucking shoes.

Your perception of DTES is skewed. The crackheads and junkies are what you see on the outside. There's more. Finding a solution is not easy. Like others have mentioned, the truly homeless and disadvantaged are lost behind all the fucking junkies and people who have, by choice, as you put it, ruined their lives.

Aren't the natives going to terrorize the Olympics? Some girl at school told me this, can anyone verify.

The natives here in the west coast are pretty much docile (whimps). If they bring the natives from eastern Canada, there will be tonnes of trouble. OKA!!!!!!

Look at the Cheam Indian Tribe. They go out to hunt whale illegally. They call it a protest - their right to hunt whale. The government freaks out and it becomes a media frenzy. Those braves, and I use the term loosly, came back with zero catch each time they went out. They barely made it back alive in their (most likely made in China) warrior ships. I don't think they do the traditional whale hunt anymore........ "Guys, this is hard work, let's go back to stringing nets from one side of the river to the other and catch salmon instead." LOL.

All kidding aside, the natives are not going to protest. VANOC knew better than to piss off the First Nations people. They're taken care of.

[CorneringArtist]

There was a protest group...I can't even remember their name right now, but they did everything they could to just randomly disrupt and fuck shit up. They even invaded an MLA's office and trashed it just to show how far they'd go. Yet all they did was drive up the costs of securing EVERYTHING by making VANOC pay for extra cops and private security to protect meetings and presentations.

The Anti-Poverty Committee. They faked a flower delivery to Gordon Campbell's office in order to get in (as much as I dislike Campbell himself).They're the worst of them all, they're like the IRA "representing" homeless people when really they're just attention-hungry Arts majors with nothing better to do. If it was up to me, I'd have their leader executed to prevent the retard from continuing their crap.

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

good to see there are protesters

[RiceIntegraRS]

Sure the money towards the Olympics could have been better used to strengthen out infrastructure etc. but if you put billions of dollars into homelessness you think that solves the problem? in 10 years there would be 30 times the homeless because they see a free meal ticket in Vancouver


You hit it right on the ball here.

[MG1]

;6811200']The olympics brought us some infrastructure that we could use after the olympics are done with. The government has thrown A LOT of money into the Dtes and it didn't fix anything.

That's because the government doesn't know how to fix the problem. Politicians are so messed up. Money rarely gets into the hands of the people who need it - programs that don't work and hiring consultants.

Similar to how governments deal with the First Nations people. Throw money and the chiefs get rich, not the indians.

How does one find the chief of an indian reserve? Look for the house that is 5 times bigger and has three new cars parked in the driveway.

Every child in this country with a native background (1/16th native or more), gets funding from the federal government. This is on top of what other students get. This money is spent on hiring social workers to go around teaching these kids how to make bannock and suncatchers. Once in a while the money is spent on bringing in an artist to show the kids how to carve wood.

The government doesn't care how the money gets spent. All the politicians care about is that money was thrown at the people and that means they tried. It keeps the opposition party quiet.

[!LittleDragon]

The time to protest would've been before we got the games. It's too late now, they're going to happen whether you like it or not so enjoy it or ignore it, just don't ruin it for others. I'm not an olympic supporter but I'm not going to go ruin it for others. I'll be on a plane to Hawaii for 2 weeks tomorrow. Mother nature and El Nino will take care of the games.

[Soundy]

Anybody hear about these, apparently there are a bunch of Olympic protests going on during the week.
http://www.straight.com/vancouver/calendar-protests-2010-olympics
To sum it up, it's just a bunch of poor assholes complaining about how the Olympic money could have been spent on them instead.....kinda tempted to give these people a little egging:haha::haha::haha::haha:

I've been listening to the bitch organizing all this, flapping her jaw on the radio all day (well, the same flap, just repeated every newscast)... saying how she isn't encouraging violence, but she "could understand" if someone were to try to grab the torch away from a torchbearer...

Now I'm not really a violent person, but if I was the torchbearer in question, I'd be severely tempted to see how robust it is when used as a club.

Of course, it would be terrible to see a protester try to grab the thing and be set on fire by it... :thumbsup:

[MG1]

I've been listening to the bitch organizing all this, flapping her jaw on the radio all day

She's not a bitch. She's a c*nt. It's all about her. She gets her 15 minutes of fame. For all the wrong reasons. She has no clue. Anyway.............

[Tapioca]

Buddy, you're late for the party. Again. What you're saying has been said before. We get it. It's too late. Just like the HST. It's too late. But protesting, no matter how stupid or useless does bring to light, the issues. There's a chance that in the future, organizers of such events will think more about shit.

The opposition should have channeled their displeasure into a political force. The NDP is eerily silent and has been for quite some time...


It's been how many years since the announcement that the Olympics were coming here? The organizers had enough time to do something creative to address the issues with the homeless. They couldn't come up with much of anything. A lot of these people today may not have expressed their feelings so much if steps were taken to address the issue. Of course, there will always be some who will never be satisfied. But............

Well, it's tough politically to give the homeless free or severely below-market housing in the DTES which is the last undeveloped/un-gentrified neighbourhood in the downtown core. It would have also been extremely difficult to 'ship' the homeless out to the suburbs or out of province. Seven years to deal with the problem seems like it was enough to get something tangible done, but I think change will take much more time (~20-30 years.) and here's why:

- Drug use. It's enough of a challenge to cut the demand since drugs like crack and heroin are highly addictive, but how do you cut the supply when drugs are so easily available? Organized crime is huge in this city and there are plenty of middle-class kids who are ready to assume the ranks of those who have been taken down by the police.
- Mental issues. Is there enough political will to build a new Riverview-like institution to get these people off the streets?

[Toeknee]

How many protesters does it take to change a light bulb?

None, protesters can't change anything.

[StealthFighter]

The Anti-Poverty Committee. They faked a flower delivery to Gordon Campbell's office in order to get in (as much as I dislike Campbell himself).They're the worst of them all, they're like the IRA "representing" homeless people when really they're just attention-hungry Arts majors with nothing better to do. If it was up to me, I'd have their leader executed to prevent the retard from continuing their crap.

there was this chick in one of my classes a few years ago bragging about how she and her APC members invaded an MLA's office. I called her a dumb mother fucker. i wish i didn't hold back. fucking dumb cunts

[FN-2199]

Why can't these retards enjoy it while it lasts? It's a once in a lifetime opportunity in our home town, and even if people can't afford tickets, they can still find ways of enjoying the games one way or another.
It's like people don't know how to loosen up and party once and a while.

[Rich Sandor]

Throwing money at education doesn't solve anything, either.


I disagree. There are many programs for children that can be beneficial for them and society in the long run. Many of these programs help children who don't have a family that provides them with adequate parenting. These are programs with on-on-one counselling for kids who are on the verge of falling over to the wrong side of the tracks.


Money needs to go towards educating young parents on how to raise their children properly. Why should the education system have to try and fix society's problems? Everything boils down to lousy parenting skills. How many children can read by the age of three? What ever happened to that? Kids come to school not knowing how to spell their own names or tie their own fucking shoes.


This I agree on, however I do not agree that you can force someone to be a better parent. If a child is unlucky enough to be born to a bad parent, it's only hope for survival is to have people in the school system who can be surrogate parents and provide some of the life skills that are non-existant at home. Again, I agree that this is the parents' job to do, however if SOMEONE doesn't help the child, they will wind up on the streets. It's better to spend the money on them earlier rather than later.


Your perception of DTES is skewed. The crackheads and junkies are what you see on the outside. There's more. Finding a solution is not easy. Like others have mentioned, the truly homeless and disadvantaged are lost behind all the fucking junkies and people who have, by choice, as you put it, ruined their lives.

I grew up downtown. My perception is not skewed, it is first hand. People live there because it is a trap that sucks you in and you can't get out. Whether you are an addict or clean but disabled and poor, you can 'survive' in the DTES because all the resources are close by to just barely keep you alive, whereas doing so anywhere else in Vancouver would be inconvenient. Birds of a feather flock together, so the community keeps growing as it supports itself in it's state of perpetual poverty. People from the DTES rant and rave that it's a family and a community, but the same thing that keeps them together keeps them down. Throwing funding at this community does not help because it does not help them get OUT of the community. They need to get the fuck out of there and start fresh AWAY from the poverty with a community that does not approve of panhandling and sleeping on the sidewalk. They need mental institutions for people who are mentally ill, and they need affordable housing AWAY from the poverty of the DTES, where people can hold their head high and start to regain some self respect.

I also think it is absolutely ludicrous to build 'affordable housing' in the most expensive real estate in vancouver.

[Manic!]

I also think it is absolutely ludicrous to build 'affordable housing' in the most expensive real estate in vancouver.

100% agree. If you are poor what would you try to live in the most expensive place in the world?

[goo3]

We can say the same thing for the fucking retards who fucked up the Stanley Cup Finals with their riots downtown

http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/2010wintergames/2503492.bin?size=620x400

Remember this albino dude from the Stanley cup riots? He's with the ORN now along with Chris Shaw.

However, some of the things VANOC and government officials has done with tax payers' money, is a blatent waste.

I hear this a lot, but never any specifics. Just a bunch of hyperbole thrown out there and yelled out loud over and over. Can you name some things that are a waste of taxpayer's money? And attach a dollar amt to it. I'll start.

1. Security - $900B
2. What else?


I am by no means saying that the Olympics are the best way to spend $6b.

Same as above.. what exactly is in this $6B? As far as I can tell, someone pulled it out of their ass. I'm looking for someone to prove me wrong.

[Ronin]

I can't stand these jackass protesters. Most of them aren't even poor folks that the money would go towards. They're assholes that live off the system. I remember a few years ago, some asshole went on Pratt and Taylor and said outright that he didn't want to work more than 3 days a week and wants the government to provide his housing.

FUCK YOU. I'd burn the money before I'd give it to a bunch of goddamn hippies.

The Olympics are awesome. My only problem with it is that it's going to be a bitch to get anywhere in the next couple weeks.

[MG1]

I can't stand these jackass protesters. Most of them aren't even poor folks that the money would go towards. They're assholes that live off the system.

And they're the people who are getting all the attention. Negative attention. Not helping matters.


I grew up downtown. My perception is not skewed, it is first hand.

Interesting. Which neighbourhood?

People live there because it is a trap that sucks you in and you can't get out.

Countless people have made it out. Most of the people who ended up there had little to no choice. Remember, I'm not talking about the crackheads and junkies. I don't know how many times I have to say that. Those people need to be dealt with some other way. They have an addiction. I'm talking about the people who live in poverty. I thought I explained this all in another thread. There are families who live there because the rooming houses are the only places they can afford to live in.


Throwing funding at this community does not help because it does not help them get OUT of the community.

It can, if it is put in the right places. Housing drug addicts is a waste of money. They need to be shipped to detox centres far, far away from the DTES or any urban area. BTW, the DTES is pretty much staurated and there are places far worse than the DTES. Surrey, Abbotsford, Chiliwack, just to name a few.

They need to get the fuck out of there and start fresh AWAY from the poverty with a community that does not approve of panhandling and sleeping on the sidewalk. They need mental institutions for people who are mentally ill, and they need affordable housing AWAY from the poverty of the DTES, where people can hold their head high and start to regain some self respect.

I also think it is absolutely ludicrous to build 'affordable housing' in the most expensive real estate in vancouver.

And so.................... this takes............... funding.




Good ideas you have there. Honestly, the government needs to shake their heads and get their shit together. You're one of the very few here who is actually thinking about ways to solve the issue rather than mock the people who are in this situation.

[TRD Rs200]

tell them to gtfo, the Olympics are happening like it or not.

[MG1]

Also, why are we talking about this shit? Because of those numbnut protesters. Like it or no, they bring the subject to light. Always a silver lining to every cloud.

I agree with everybody here about the way they conduct themselves. They are an embarrassment.

Like I said previously, we can all help by volunteering and stuff, but there is no direction by any organization. Not even by the protesters. At least not anything that is viable. Remember the Richmond food bank thread? Another example that makes you shake your head. In order to get food to the ones who really need it, you have to waste most of it on other things.

tell them to gtfo, the Olympics are happening like it or not.

Buddy. This isn't China.........

I'm so glad I live in a part of the world where a person can stand up and say, "This sucks!" Doesn't matter if you're right or wrong or even how you go about expressing your displeasure.

Beats living in a place where you have to go up against a tank to say, "No More."

[Tapioca]

[IMG]
Same as above.. what exactly is in this $6B? As far as I can tell, someone pulled it out of their ass. I'm looking for someone to prove me wrong.

Here's an old column I found from the Vancouver Sun: http://www.vancouversun.com/Sports/Olympics+bill+tops+billion/1207886/story.html

The $6 billion is somewhat skewed because money has come from various taxpayer-funded sources such as the Government of Canada, municipal governments, and Crown corporations. But, what people don't realize is that if that money wasn't spent on the Olympics, it would have been spent on something else instead - the value of which would have been just as questionable.

First rule you learn in Public Budgeting 101 - never spend less than you spent the year previous.

[CP.AR]

IMO if they want to voice their opinion then go for it. But in doing that please respect others by not interrupting what others are doing. it is YOUR/THEIR opinion, and it should not be forced onto others.

ie: that anti-olympics thing that is supposed to go on doing the relay today at UBC, if they are really going to attempt to stop the relay... they are just bringing more negative light to their efforts. If they stood by the side, had some banners up and just minded their manners, people would actually think about the issues they are trying to bring up.

just my 2 cents

I should start my own ANTI-ANTI Olympics group lol

[!LittleDragon]

I'm so glad I live in a part of the world where a person can stand up and say, "This sucks!" Doesn't matter if you're right or wrong or even how you go about expressing your displeasure.

Beats living in a place where you have to go up against a tank to say, "No More."

I thought those rights have been suspended during the games. You can get fined $10,000 plus up to 6 months in jail for having anti olympic signs on your property.

[Tapioca]

IMO if they want to voice their opinion then go for it. But in doing that please respect others by not interrupting what others are doing. it is YOUR/THEIR opinion, and it should not be forced onto others.

ie: that anti-olympics thing that is supposed to go on doing the relay today at UBC, if they are really going to attempt to stop the relay... they are just bringing more negative light to their efforts. If they stood by the side, had some banners up and just minded their manners, people would actually think about the issues they are trying to bring up.

just my 2 cents

I should start my own ANTI-ANTI Olympics group lol

I will play Devil's advocate for a minute and say that by being confrontational, they are the most effective in getting their message across. Disruption and chaos sells papers, airtime, etc. so the media will jump on any chance to film anything that appears to be disruptive.

[Qmx323]

fuck that

the Heineken house is here

[Spectre_Cdn]

While I'm not supportive of the protesting, I do find 'Squatchi' rather comical:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qXcRUWD1NVc/S3C-j-MIOfI/AAAAAAAABdw/tSstwgr0JJQ/s1600-h/306-Squatchi.jpg

Inventing new quasi-Olympic mascots has become a medal sport unto itself.

First it was the Poverty Olympic mascots that included Itchy the Bedbug.

Now there's "Squatchi" – a renamed version of official Games mascot Quatchi that a coalition of social justice groups has unveiled to bring attention to issues like homelessness.

They say the rebranded Squatchi, who has been "liberated from the forces of corporate promotions," is so named to reflect the importance of squatting to agitate for more affordable housing.


I don't support the protesting - the disruptive/destructive type - but I do think that the 3 levels of government could do a much better job of allocating their money to the different parts and people of the city. Everything needs moderation... you can spend $x dollars on one thing (such as the Olympics or crappy projects like public art) but a reasonable amount needs to be spent on pressing issues. You don't need to spend billions into the DTES to have some change. As stated, obviously throwing money into the wide-open arms isn't going to do diddly squat. The more important thing is how the money is spent and how the programs that receive the money are run.

I wasn't 100% of the Olympics coming to town, but I've been caught up in the fever after going downtown and seeing the torch pass by my neighbourhood. It is a treat to have the Olympics in our town, especially for the kids. Social services are just an issue that the government(s) need to address, likely forever.

[q0192837465]

Does anyone think that the Olympic will further drive up the cost of living? I'm thinking along the line of increased foreign investment buying up all the land causing prices to artificially inflate. People who are in borderline poverty will become poor and be displaced by influx of richer people. Overall effect will still be net positive but at the expense of the under-priviledged.

[orange7]

What actually inflates the cost of living is us. The more we demand, the more it's going to cost.
So assuming the Olympics will bring more visitors into this city in the long run, then the price will increase to adjust for the shifted-right demand curve.

[Soundy]

Here's an old column I found from the Vancouver Sun: http://www.vancouversun.com/Sports/Olympics+bill+tops+billion/1207886/story.html

The $6 billion is somewhat skewed because money has come from various taxpayer-funded sources such as the Government of Canada, municipal governments, and Crown corporations. But, what people don't realize is that if that money wasn't spent on the Olympics, it would have been spent on something else instead - the value of which would have been just as questionable.

First rule you learn in Public Budgeting 101 - never spend less than you spent the year previous.

Mike Campbell was talking about this on his show a couple weeks ago. Numbers like that, quoted as "Olympic spending" and thrown about as evidence of "wasted money", are including things like the Canada Line and Sea to Sky upgrades... things that needed to be done/were being done anyway, regardless of the Olympics. Those are just two examples, of course; there are lots of other costs that the detractors factor in as being "Olympic spending" that have NO, or only coincidental, relationship to the Olympics.

IMO if they want to voice their opinion then go for it. But in doing that please respect others by not interrupting what others are doing. it is YOUR/THEIR opinion, and it should not be forced onto others.

ie: that anti-olympics thing that is supposed to go on doing the relay today at UBC, if they are really going to attempt to stop the relay... they are just bringing more negative light to their efforts. If they stood by the side, had some banners up and just minded their manners, people would actually think about the issues they are trying to bring up.

Exactly right!

I was out at 41st and Nanaimo today, to watch a friend run his stint as a torch bearer (kinda cool, too - first time I've seen him in about 15 years and I could barely get close enough to say hi :)) More than half an hour before the torch arrived, both sides of 41st and for three blocks either side of Nanaimo were lined with people in red and white, 90% of them kids, waving flags, cheering, and breaking into spontaneous choruses of O Canada. They cheered for the cars driving part with flags and honking, they cheered for the bike and motorcycle cops, they cheered for the whole "torch entourage", and they went nuts for the torch itself.

Talking to others in the crowd, I learned most of these kids were out of school, and some had walked down from 33rd Ave. and beyond to be there. Most importantly, the vast majority of the people there were Asians and East Indians - most of the kids were probably born here, but I expect most of the adults were immigrants... and they all came out to cheer and sing for Canada. It sounds so cliche, but that torch has shown an amazing power to bring people together in praise or our country, if only for a few minutes at a time.

So when I hear these self-righteous protesters planning to disrupt this sort of gathering to promote their own agendas... damn straight I'm tempted to violence. If I saw one person try to interfere, I swear I'd punch him right in the head, and I don't care that there are a dozen cops around. How unbelievably selfish are they?

My only consolation is that all their efforts are ultimately self-defeating - I heard one on the radio saying that even if they couldn't stop the torch or games this time, they hoped their actions would have an effect on decisions made the next time. Yeah, you know what effect it will have? MORE money will be spent on security to keep YOUR whiny ass away. You know what other effect it will have? A whole bunch of kids will carry that forward in life as their only memory of what was supposed to be a positive event. Way to encourage the younger generation to grow up caring for their fellow man.

I thought those rights have been suspended during the games. You can get fined $10,000 plus up to 6 months in jail for having anti olympic signs on your property.

No laws were changed regarding what signs were allowed; no "rights" were suspended. What was changed, was the long, arduous process cities and municipalities would normally have to go through to get those signs removed - a process that could normally take weeks or months; they were instead given the temporary authority to deal with those signs immediately.

It's nothing to do with anti-Olympic signs (much as I'm sure VANOC would have loved that), it's for signs breaking existing laws.

[Rich Sandor]

Interesting. Which neighbourhood?


I went to Nelson Elementary and Lord Roberts annex and King George, among others. (no I did not get transferred because I was a troublemaker, it was because my parents moved around)

I have very fond memories of Woodwards, Army & Navy, and the dollar meat store, among other things, and back then 25+ years ago, it didn't seem quite as bad as it is now. Maybe it was, but my mom just wasn't scared.. I don't know. There are a few people who I remember pushing karts around the west end in the early 80's that are still doing so today.

Anyways, over the years I've seen acquaintances wind up living in that area and falling into the lifestyle, and I've met people who used to live there too and are now doing better. So I know there's more to it than just addicts. I also have a good idea of what it takes to get out of there.


And so.................... this takes............... funding.


Yeah, but it's not actually throwing money directly at the DTES, it's more provincial social funding that should be available to people outside the DTES as well, such as the problem areas in other cities, that you mentioned.

[Ronin]

I'm at UBC right now, taking pictures of the protests going on. There's about 50 or so silly hippies trying to march against the torch.

More when I get home. I've been in the rain all day, soaking wet and I need to warm up a bit.

[CP.AR]

I'm at UBC right now, taking pictures of the protests going on. There's about 50 or so silly hippies trying to march against the torch.

More when I get home. I've been in the rain all day, soaking wet and I need to warm up a bit.

LOL the protesters got shoved to the side and forgotten by the huge WAVE of students (such as myself) with backpacks and umbrellas.

[orange7]

Were there any protesters protesting against protesting the Olympics?

[flawless]

^ There was one guy on the bus or skytrain who protested against the protesters protesting haha. It was on the news but I didnt catch all of it.

[Ronin]

They had all kinds of fruity chants like "This is what democracy looks like!" and garbage like that.

There were maybe 50 of them, mostly hippies and weirdos. One guy that was taking all this too seriously told a reporter "No comment." to everything...he had aviators and a drawn on moustache.

But yeah, they were mostly drowned out by the huge crowd celebrating and booing them.

[orange7]

They had all kinds of fruity chants like "This is what democracy looks like!" and garbage like that.



I agree, and the majority wins! I'm sure there are more ppl going for the olympics than against. Therefore this is what democracy looks like, 2010 olympics. :D

[goo3]

http://www.theprovince.com/news/Guest+editorial+Olympic+sized+distortions+from+mer chants+misery/2549438/story.html


Do we have a homeless problem in Vancouver? Yes.

Is it as bad as some would have us think? No.

Here is a classic example of distortion;

The Pivot Legal Society, which has a $720,000 budget, plans to embarrass Vancouver by handing out red tents for the "homeless" to pitch in public places.

The Salvation Army at the same time says the beds at its Harbour Light Centre on Cordova street are not being used, adding there is enough shelter space for the homeless in Vancouver for those who want it.

Wonder what the legal eagles at Pivot will do if one of these tents go up in flames because of an errant occupant's cigarette?

Then there is the assertion by the Poverty Olympics Organizing Committee -- "Unless we do something about this shameful situation, visitors in 2010 will be treated to a city with more homeless people than athletes competing in the Games!"

There is of course no substantiation to this startling statement.

The number of people currently counted sleeping outside ranges from 350 to 1,000, depending on who you talk to.

And that includes people like Nathan George, quoted as saying he just doesn't like sleeping in shelters or in the same room with 40 or more other people.

None of the spokespeople who have been hogging the headlines with their claims about growing homelessness spends any time talking to the visiting press about the estimated $1 million a day pumped into the 175 organizations in the Downtown Eastside to look after the needy.



But the folks in this poverty industry who are painting Vancouver as a ghetto do no one, especially the people they are supposed to serve, any favours with their distorted rhetoric.

They are a part of the problem because no solution is good enough for them.

[Soundy]

I agree, and the majority wins! I'm sure there are more ppl going for the olympics than against. Therefore this is what democracy looks like, 2010 olympics. :D

There was one called to Bill Good the other day, said he voted against it in the referendum, but when he lost that, he hopped right on board and decided to enjoy it for all it was worth. I give that guy WAY more respect that all these sore losers!

[Soundy]

But the folks in this poverty industry who are painting Vancouver as a ghetto do no one, especially the people they are supposed to serve, any favours with their distorted rhetoric.

FTMFW.

[Ronin]

There was one called to Bill Good the other day, said he voted against it in the referendum, but when he lost that, he hopped right on board and decided to enjoy it for all it was worth. I give that guy WAY more respect that all these sore losers!

That the right way to think about it. I don't know what all these cretins are thinking. You're not going to stop the Olympics a day away from the opening. You're not even going to slow it down.

[Tapioca]

I listened to CBC Radio One this morning and Rick Cluff had on the spokeswoman for the anti-2010 group and Jason Dussault (sp?) who's leading the pro-2010 group at the Art Gallery this afternoon.

Dussault is not the most articulate guy, but I found it pretty funny when he gave the woman flowers. I might drop by the Art Gallery myself later just to check out the respective crowds.

[!LittleDragon]

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Protesters have forced the Olympic torch relay to change course as the flame entered a troubled Vancouver neighborhood.

This is the 106th and last day of the relay. The Olympics begin with the lighting of the cauldron at Friday night's opening ceremony.

About 150 protesters gathered in the downtown Eastside area amid hundreds of Olympic fans waiting for a glimpse of the flame. A dozen mounted police stopped the placard-carrying protesters from surging ahead and confronting the relay. The convoy quickly changed the route and continued.

Earlier in the day, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger carried the flame in the city's Stanley Park. He handed the torch to former track star Sebastian Coe, the chairman of the London 2012 Summer Games.

http://sports.espn.go.com/olympics/winter/2010/news/story?id=4908799

[Ronin]

Silly hippies at UBC

http://www.ededition.com/blogpics/protest/protest-1.jpg

http://www.ededition.com/blogpics/protest/protest-2.jpg

http://www.ededition.com/blogpics/protest/protest-3.jpg

http://www.ededition.com/blogpics/protest/protest-4.jpg

http://www.ededition.com/blogpics/protest/protest-5.jpg

http://www.ededition.com/blogpics/protest/protest-6.jpg

http://www.ededition.com/blogpics/protest/protest-7.jpg

[twitchyzero]

saw those tards yesterday haha

[Soundy]

Posted this on another board this afternoon:

Professional protesters. Assholes who have nothing better to do than disrupt other people's lives under the guise of some holier-than-thou "cause". And torch-run protesters in particular... like the ones who forced the run to detour away from the veterans who had gathered at the Victory Square cenotaph on Cambie this morning to celebrate the games... and later from groups of kids at 1st and Commercial.

(Following copied from an earlier rant on FB)
I was listening to NW when they played the live report, of the torchbearer who brought her torch back to 1st and Commercial, so all the kids waiting there could get their pictures taken with it... only to be interrupted by the protesters forcing the police to whisk the torchbearer away again. Can you imagine what must be going through those kids' minds? Twice disappointed by these clowns - once in learning that the torch would be taking a different route (one caller said he could see it approaching when they made their detour)... then being so close on its return only to have the opportunity ripped away again.

Now imagine someone tells them that these people are protesting "for the homeless"... all those kids will see is that their day was ruined "by the homeless people." When they grow up and pass through the DTES, all they'll see is that "these are the people who took away my once-in-a-lifetime experience."

The one who are suffering the most for this are the kids. They know nothing of the politics and the issues. All they see is the chance of a lifetime, something exciting that they've been looking forward to, being ripped away from them by a bunch of big babies with their panties in a knot. All it will inspire them to do in the future is to give less time and thought to the presumed "causes" that the protesters are on about.

And what a slap in the face to the veterans, who put their lives on the line to protect these people's freedom to speak their minds... only to have that freedom abused.

[Armind]

Attenton whores can go fuck themselves.

[sonick]

http://sports.espn.go.com/olympics/winter/2010/news/story?id=4908799

Ahhhnuld should've gone terminator all over the protesters' asses.

[MG1]

It's truly sad that the protesters are behaving in this manner, but that is what the organizers of the protest want. I have never in my life protested against anything. Shit happens and there's nothing one can do about most things. Like the HST, you can voice your opinion and that's about it. It's going to happen no matter what.

Anyway, that's how retarded our society is. It's par for the course. Nobody sees the bigger picture.

[TalonTurbo]

What's with the bin ladin'ish style vid:

http://grind365.com/sme/sports/police-protesters-could-clash-as-games-open/

[Qmx323]

Silly hippies at UBC





http://www.ededition.com/blogpics/protest/protest-3.jpg





http://www.ededition.com/blogpics/protest/protest-6.jpg




LOL that guy in the canada shirt went to my HS

[MG1]

Don't fucking insult the hippies. Those aren't fucking hippies. Get the term right. Hippies were like 60's.

Those people are like from the loser/fail generation that has no identity. LOL

[Soundy]

LOL that guy in the canada shirt went to my HS

Do me a favor and go punch him in the face, wouldja?

[Soundy]

Ahhhnuld should've gone terminator all over the protesters' asses.

Nah, they were smart enough not to pull this shit anywhere near him.

[MG1]

Hopefully the protesters will go away after the games themselves start.

I'm looking forward to all the Chinese ex-pats on RS jawing tonight - how their Olympics opening ceremony was better than Canada's.

[Hondaracer]

It was absoltuely disgusting how protestors derailed the torch from going past that war memorial on Hastings, the one vet was crying because he was so upset
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[carisear]

Do me a favor and go punch him in the face, wouldja?


holy shit, i was gonna post the EXACT SAME THING!

another good caller on 980, or rather emailer -- said he knows 3 vets (2 uncles and his father), and NONE of them died for those fuckers right to protest -- if any of them were alive they'd beat them down.

[Soundy]

Hopefully the protesters will go away after the games themselves start.

I'm looking forward to all the Chinese ex-pats on RS jawing tonight - how their Olympics opening ceremony was better than Canada's.

What? There's no Asians on RS, are there?? I thought RS was all brown chicks...

[Manic!]

If there ever was a time for a RS beat down crew this is it.

[Qmx323]

Do me a favor and go punch him in the face, wouldja?


he was actually supporting the games and he has a vid of arnie running on FB



but yeah i will

[orange7]

protesters are needed in every society. However, they need to know when to and not to protest.

[1exotic]

Silly hippies at UBC

http://www.ededition.com/blogpics/protest/protest-1.jpg

http://www.ededition.com/blogpics/protest/protest-2.jpg

http://www.ededition.com/blogpics/protest/protest-3.jpg

http://www.ededition.com/blogpics/protest/protest-4.jpg

http://www.ededition.com/blogpics/protest/protest-5.jpg

http://www.ededition.com/blogpics/protest/protest-6.jpg

http://www.ededition.com/blogpics/protest/protest-7.jpg

Laughing Out Load!!!!1!

what a bunch of fuckin hippies lol.


protesters are needed in every society. However, they need to know when to and not to protest.

exactly, they should have protested 5+ years ago not NOW.

[MG1]

What? There's no Asians on RS, are there?? I thought RS was all brown chicks...

Sorry, perhaps I should have said FOB's?

Plus, didn't I specifically say Chinese?

[MG1]

what a bunch of fuckin hippies lol.

I give up...............

[Noir]

Silly hippies at UBC

http://www.ededition.com/blogpics/protest/protest-1.jpg

http://www.ededition.com/blogpics/protest/protest-2.jpg

http://www.ededition.com/blogpics/protest/protest-3.jpg

http://www.ededition.com/blogpics/protest/protest-4.jpg

http://www.ededition.com/blogpics/protest/protest-5.jpg

http://www.ededition.com/blogpics/protest/protest-6.jpg

http://www.ededition.com/blogpics/protest/protest-7.jpg

Those kids better not be partying with us when we win some events, use the Canada Line, Ozone, the Heineken house, or any of the Free concerts made available by the olmpics. Why am I getting the feeling that a lot of those protesters are hypocrites.
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[sonick]

Do me a favor and go punch him in the face, wouldja?

It doesn't look like he's part of the protest....

[orange7]

Those kids better not be partying with us when we win some events, use the Canada Line, Ozone, the Heineken house, or any of the Free concerts made available by the olmpics. Why am I getting the feeling that a lot of those protesters are hypocrites.
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like the guy protesting in a Canada jersey? LOL

[Qmx323]

he was actually supporting the games and he has a vid of arnie running on FB



but yeah i will


no that guy in the canada shirt is NOT a protester, he was taunting the protestors

[Death2Theft]

I went by this mob today. Really wanted to make me organize an RS mob that chants back " GET A JOB"

[johny]

Silly hippies at UBC

http://www.ededition.com/blogpics/protest/protest-1.jpg

http://www.ededition.com/blogpics/protest/protest-2.jpg

http://www.ededition.com/blogpics/protest/protest-3.jpg

http://www.ededition.com/blogpics/protest/protest-4.jpg

http://www.ededition.com/blogpics/protest/protest-5.jpg

http://www.ededition.com/blogpics/protest/protest-6.jpg

http://www.ededition.com/blogpics/protest/protest-7.jpg


NDP voters in training

[Vansterdam]

i saw teh whole protest mob at 1st and commercial lol was right in the middle of it and where they were suppose to turn and change the route.. i got a video ill post later lol goodtimes

[!LittleDragon]

They don't look like no hippies... they're just young and idealistic. Their views will change when they realize they can't live off ideals.

[LanEvoMR]

They don't look like no hippies... they're just young and idealistic.

in other words, they're fucking stupid

[Ronin]

no that guy in the canada shirt is NOT a protester, he was taunting the protestors

Yeah, he was there taunting the protestors...protesting the protest.

[CorneringArtist]

Stupid fucks decided to smash the windows of The Bay downtown, according to breaking news on CTV and Global. They are NOT helping their case by doing so, it makes them look like a bunch of savages.

[Gh0stRider]

yea, heard mask protesters are marching downtown. kicking cars, spray painting buses/cars, tauting people and throwing stuff at police.

[carisear]

wtf, ugh, fucking anarchists. anyone have a news story link?

[Gh0stRider]

wtf, ugh, fucking anarchists. anyone have a news story link?

i haven't found anything yet. I heard it on CKNW radio.

[Gh0stRider]

now they just said its 200 protesters @ cardero and georgia.

[biggy-j]

http://www.ctvolympics.ca/about-vancouver/news/newsid=40366.html#vancouver+protest+turns+violent

[Noir]

It doesn't make sense to me that the advocaters re-routing money to the DTES instead of the Olympics are the very people who don't pay taxes (The head of the APC who refuses to work full-time, and the UBC student rally in the pictures above).

For a person who gets taxed roughly 30% of my annual income, it's a bit offensive to think the above mentioned guys who contribute nothing thinks they should have a say on how everyone else's money should be spent.

[Gh0stRider]

YouTube- BREAKING VMC VIDEO: Anarchists Smash Windows @ the Bay

http://cdn.cloudfiles.mosso.com/c54102/x2_ac1837
http://cdn.cloudfiles.mosso.com/c54102/x2_ac147e
http://cdn.cloudfiles.mosso.com/c54102/x2_ac1141
http://cdn.cloudfiles.mosso.com/c54102/x2_ac2092

[Great68]

Wow, I'd like to smash the heads of those people who smashed the windows...

[TalonTurbo]

what a bunch of punks. where are the cops?

[Gh0stRider]

right here
http://img131.yfrog.com/img131/8316/251fv.jpg

[7seven]

Apparently 3 of the protesters jumped a bystander who shouted something Pro Olympics back at them, what a bunch of idiots, if there was ever a time for a nightstick upside head, this is it.

[1exotic]

maybe instead of running around the streets like wild monkey's with nothing better to do they should get a job....... the olympics had a lot of job openings, but they'd rather wine about it... bunch of retarded hippies.

[Inaii]

What a bunch of cowards. If you're going to pull shit like this, at least have the courage to not hide under a mask.

[Ikkaku]

so can we fucking shoot them yet?

[johny]

they should be forced down the luge track at gunpoint to be used as test dummys.

[Vansterdam]

TIME FOR RIOT SQUAD


i feel like grabbing a japadog anyone know if they around right now :lol

[Inaii]

^lol someone's got the munchies. I totally want one now though :( never had one.

[7seven]

These fucking protesters are just really pissing me off right now, I just listening to one of them on CTV trying to blame the cops for "un-necessary" arrests, and that their protest wasn't violent because they where only damaging property. Really, wtf is wrong with these idiots, you start smashing windows, throwing paint bombs, kicking random cars and jumping random people and thats not violent???

I think its time for the ISU and VPD to crack down hard on these idiots.

[azzurro32]

Soak them with a fire trucks hose. Or it would be nice to see the cops use that sound wave device on them
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[CorneringArtist]

I'm sorry, but is DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY not a crime in Canada?

Fucking retards should be shot on sight right about now, ESPECIALLY if they interrupt an event. Imagine what would happen if some retard protesters decide to interrupt the gold medal men's hockey game; I see dead bodies on the ice the second anything happens.

These kids need to get their smug-fuck heads from out of their asses and stop trying to be "righteous" pricks. And I'm 17 for Christ's sake.

[Inaii]

I wonder if they're still trying to get at the flame...

[Ikkaku]

if anything happens to the gold medal mens game, these people will get torn apart limb by limb, LITERALLY.

Half of the people are there because they have an opportunity to vandalize, not because they have an actual cause. Fuck our justice system. Let's send these asshats to Nunavut.

[1exotic]

http://www.ededition.com/blogpics/protest/protest-6.jpg



http://farm1.static.flickr.com/78/230596737_4f552165ce.jpg



http://www.precisiondentremoval.com/gallery/lambo_before.jpg



http://www.terraspirit.com/memories/021406_rage.jpg



http://sledgeassociates.com/images/SledgeHammer.jpg

[seekerbeta]

i think that VANOC should have contacted RS to have them lead the torch through downtown, i have no qualms putting my 1Ton Dually Out Front And Flooring it, lets see those protesters stay there with 5500+ Pound of Chevy (they are a sponsor of the Olympics so the car would be allowed) running towards them with no intention of stopping, and im sure 2 or 3 RS Members would be right there beside me. (sorry for the rant guys, just a little angry about it all)

[Gh0stRider]

They broke into smaller groups. Some at main/hastings, some near stanley park.

Vpd and volunteers are fenching off the flame at canada place.
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[Inaii]

http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100213/bc_violenet_protest_100213/20100213?hub=BritishColumbia

[hotong]

these protesters are fucking dumb.. nothing better to do with their time

[MR_BIGGS]

I feel like kicking a protester.

[Inaii]

Just one? I wish VPD would just run them all down.

[orange7]

I wonder what 89blkcivic has to say about this.

[boostfever]

douchebags ruining the event for everyone.

[Durrann]

i mean cmon the city has even "enouraged" them to protest but in a peaceful way

but they lost their proviledges
time to take away their freedom

[Stevie P]

The fuck is wrong with some people? So embarrassing...

[Blinky]

i mean cmon the city has even "enouraged" them to protest but in a peaceful way

but they lost their proviledges
time to take away their freedom

Sure sounds like those damn streetracers ;)

The people on this site who are grouping all the protesters under one banner are no different than the people who group all ricers/street racers under one banner.

There are people who do protest in a dignified manner (not like those idiots this morning)... just like there are people who rice out in an, um, "dignified" manner (not like this dude).

http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/photos/2008/12/08/bc-081208-speed-racing6.jpg

[bcedhk]

love how the protest saying no to olympics, when is already starting. I could understand a peaceful protest, just shouting and stuff to show people that they are still strong with their believe..

smashing windows and vandalizing just makes people around the world think Vancouver is full of idiot... Oh, and notice how the majority of them are white and look like those punks you see on the skytrain/buses... always saying they are treated unfairly.. I wish they the VPD would have water cannoned their fucking heads.

[tofu1413]

pointless and not that violent.

[skyxx]

http://www.shotinvancouver.com/vancouver/olympics/vancouver-olympics-protests-turn-violent-and-destructive-multiple-arrests-made/

Alot of clear pics here.

[MR_BIGGS]

In instances like this, would the public complain the police used excessive force? I for one would not! These cowards put on masks to demonstrate their views and should be curb stomped.

[CorneringArtist]

Of course it's headed by the APC. Like I said before, every one of those fuckers should be executed for what they did to politicians offices. I also saw the photo link attacking a TD Bank. Now why the FUCK do you go after something that doesn't have ANY direct relation to the Olympics? That's just mindless destruction of property by dumbfucks who take a cause if it lets them smash something.

[Armind]

I think we need to form an RS BEAT DOWN CREW

[skyxx]

^ A crew that's all talk and no action? :lol

[Armind]

^ LOL

/fail

[Dan_Guy]

Hey guys who wants to go clubbing downtown?
http://ncmuseumofhistory.org/workshops/wwii/images/nightstick.jpg

[carisear]

I think we need to form an RS PROTESTER BEAT DOWN CREW

fix'd

we should be non-violent like they are. you know, destroy their bicycles. don't think they have any other possessions they own that we can break :/

[Meowjin]

http://www.shotinvancouver.com/vancouver/olympics/vancouver-olympics-protests-turn-violent-and-destructive-multiple-arrests-made/

Alot of clear pics here.

wow.

[1exotic]

http://www.shotinvancouver.com/vancouver/olympics/vancouver-olympics-protests-turn-violent-and-destructive-multiple-arrests-made/

I've always hated lazy hippy criminals, but now I wish I was apart of the police force so I could curb stomp of few faggots... I hope those cops smashed a few skulls +.

[Great68]

Let's get something straight.

These people are NOT hippies.

Stop referring to them as hippies.

Hippies are pacifists.

They are simply punks with nothing better to do.

[MG1]

I wonder what 89blkcivic has to say about this.

I guess you don't get it, do you?

I am not siding with those retards. Never have. What they're doing and the way they are conducting themselves is beyond protesting. It has been, since the very beginning, about them and not what they are protesting or who they are representing.

It's all about getting attention. They will sit by their TV's at night and get off on what they've done. Just like an arsonist or serial killer. They are on the world stage and they are going to milk it for all it's worth.

It's truly sad how gang mentallity has taken over. The people who are following the organizers are puppets on a string.

Please don't call them hippies. These losers are members of our sick society. Most of them are from your generation. Not mine, so don't look my way.

Orange7, you're just as much a shit disturber as they are. Either that, or you're really clueless.

[BBMme]

I was watching the news around 1200 and I was speechless. I don't understand why.
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[Meowjin]

http://www.shotinvancouver.com/vancouver/olympics/vancouver-olympics-protests-turn-violent-and-destructive-multiple-arrests-made/

I've always hated lazy hippy criminals, but now I wish I was apart of the police force so I could curb stomp of few faggots... I hope those cops smashed a few skulls +.

anarchists is a better term.

[carisear]

lets make it clear. they are ANARCHISTS. just so our resident gramps doesn't get offended, lets all stop calling them hippies. :P

[Inaii]

There was speculation that the core group (30-50 people) of the black masked/clothed anarchists who started the violence aren't even from Vancouver to begin with.

[Lomac]

lets make it clear. they are ANARCHISTS. just so our resident gramps doesn't get offended, lets all stop calling them hippies. :P

Resident Gramps... Hrm, I'm sensing a new title coming soon... :lol

[MG1]

In instances like this, would the public complain the police used excessive force? I for one would not! These cowards put on masks to demonstrate their views and should be curb stomped.

I honestly don't think anyone from here or anywhere in the world would mind seeing the authorities take serious action against them.

In fact, I think it will show the world the kind of stupidity our police forces deal with on a daily basis.

We really have some dumb people here in our neck of the woods. People call Vancouver a "No Fun Zone." It's that way because people can't celebrate or party without destroying shit and spoling it for others.


I don't think the magazines are going to have Vancouver at the top of their lists of great places to live anymore.

Remember when someone mentioned on RS that bringing the Olympics here is great, but it also exposes all the faults?

Well, the warts are now showing...................

[seakrait]

i had a front row view of today's incident from my balcony on W. Georgia.

what a bunch of tools those anarchist retards are...

[johny]

i had a front row view of today's incident from my balcony on W. Georgia.

what a bunch of tools those anarchist retards are...

no paintball gun? I would have been shooting them

[asahai69]

i wont be upset if they deal with these fuckers like how they do in china. cuz im pretty sure this never happened in beijing. bring out the god damn tanks and run these fuckers over.

no paintball gun? I would have been shooting them

paint ball? fuck that. id throw the heaviest, most useless thing i have in the house on their heads

[MG1]

Resident Gramps... Hrm, I'm sensing a new title coming soon... :lol


Bwahahahaha.......... I'm young at heart.


BTW, technically they're not anarchists, either.


Just fucking restless retards with nothing to do but incite violence to satisfy their perverse.............. can't finish it.

It would be kind of neat for some official to go public and send a message to these people. Wording would have to be just right. Something along the lines that Vancouver has had a long history of promoting free speech and encouraging its citizens to voice opposition. Then say something about this is the time to celebrate our fine city and........ blah, blah, blah. I honestly don't think people get it.

I would think with all the social networking shit out there, something can be done at the grass roots level to make these misguided souls understand that what they are doing is downright embarrassing. Not just for us, but for them as well. I don't know....... this is beyond me. My generation didn't have all this technology. We just sent smoke signals up in the air.

[TypeRNammer]

http://ow.ly/178A9

photos of the clash between protesters and the police

[Gh0stRider]

thx for the repost nammer

[TypeRNammer]

thx for the repost nammer

Damn :( hah

[1exotic]

anarchists is a better term.

faggots is a pretty good term to represent these fags :thumbsup:

[tacobell]

http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100213/bc_violenet_protest_100213/20100213?hub=BritishColumbia

9 minute video, this really gets me angry, destroying public property, putting innocents, kids, families in fear, they call this a peaceful protest? everyone has a right to protest and stand up for what they believe in, but what these clowns are doing will not gain them any public support.

too bad i can't find the radio interview when don taylor ripped a king kong cock up cunninghams ass

[stewie]

after seeing the news this morning of protests and lil douchbags running around spraying "FUCK 2010" on things and smashing windows....what retards...i even saw one protester chase after a man and the man went running....

im taking my younger cousins to some of the hockey games...so much as one of these dumb fucking imbred hicks tries to touch me or my cousins, or get close enough and start shouting at me, if they are in arms reach, they're getting a fucking fist to their jaw.

[SumAznGuy]

What's sad is that these people use their rights as Canadians to protest, yet some of the shit that they are doing is getting to the point where it is crossing into terrorist type activites especially when they have to do it hiding behing a mask.

[cody69]

faggots is a pretty good term to represent these fags :thumbsup:

your a tool. other words you can use to put people down without having to reffer to them as "faggots". grow up dude.

seriously.

[Meowjin]

ANARCHIST

ANARCHIST

[MG1]

What's sad is that these people use their rights as Canadians to protest, yet some of the shit that they are doing is getting to the point where it is crossing into terrorist type activites especially when they have to do it hiding behing a mask.

That's a blessing in disguise, because if the dingleberry is charged with terrorism, he's long gone. Might be gone past the games, which is good. I'm sure the police have enough evidence.

So far, the authorities have done everything right. Escorted them as they marched and then acted when things got out of hand. I guess they too have learned from past experiences. Although, I don't think it's the usual police.

[seakrait]

no paintball gun? I would have been shooting them
i do. a big one. actually, three if you count ALL my pball markers.

paint ball? fuck that. id throw the heaviest, most useless thing i have in the house on their heads
i had earthen pots with dead plants on my balcony. should've could've...

So far, the authorities have done everything right. Escorted them as they marched and then acted when things got out of hand. I guess they too have learned from past experiences. Although, I don't think it's the usual police.
agree. but they ARE the usual police. i'm not quite sure how much of their actions were tempered by the fact that this was a media frenzy with the whole world watching this time around... but you can bet they got a big don't-do-anything-stupid speech before they faced them anarchists...

[MG1]

i had earthen pots with dead plants on my balcony. should've could've...

accident........... oops

[1exotic]

your a tool. other words you can use to put people down without having to reffer to them as "faggots". grow up dude.

seriously.

what's wrong with faggot?

People use this word the same if as calling someone a piece of shit, or asshole, etc... I don't see the problem.

seriously.

[Ikkaku]

wow, seeing those pictures makes me even more angry... fucking degenerates with too much time on their hands

please please tip over a Harley or two with the owner in sight... PLEASE!!

[CorneringArtist]

Anarchists does seem more appropriate, but that doesn't detract from the fact that they're just dumb fucknuts who will follow the next issue just to get on TV.

All I can say is...
YouTube- Stomp Em In The Nuts

[Graeme S]

I think the only thing that makes me less ragey about this is that I didn't see any Guy Fawkes masks on the rioters.

[orange7]

Orange7, you're just as much a shit disturber as they are. Either that, or you're really clueless.

neither, I just don't read everything that you typed cause they are too long. :D


sry if it seemed like I was trying to offend you. I never intended to offend you from my previous post.

When I typed "Let's see what 89blkcivic has to say," I was just asking to see your point of view and what should be taken from that point.

[Graeme S]

what's wrong with faggot?

People use this word the same if as calling someone a piece of shit, or asshole, etc... I don't see the problem.

seriously.

You are a retarded chink.





Nothing wrong with that, right? People use this word the same as if calling someone a piece of shit, or asshole, etc... I don't see the problem.

[seakrait]

what's wrong with faggot?

People use this word the same if as calling someone a piece of shit, or asshole, etc... I don't see the problem.

seriously.
it's hateful and offensive...

[Ronin]

The majority of people I spoke to or overheard on the streets today on Robson had NO IDEA what the protesters were protesting about.

"What were they protesting?"

"No idea. They're idiots...so who cares?"

Heard that at least five or six times in front of The Bay window that got smashed.

Along those same lines...

http://static.ow.ly/photos/normal/uUW.jpg

[orange7]

^
lol.. nvm

[Meowjin]

what's wrong with faggot?

People use this word the same if as calling someone a piece of shit, or asshole, etc... I don't see the problem.

seriously.

its a disgusting word.

[Graeme S]

Me too. I was all through DT and then into west van; lots of people were talking, but there was nothing about WHY or anything else.


Fission Mailed.

[seakrait]

Fission Mailed.
:haha:

[Ronin]

what's wrong with faggot?

People use this word the same if as calling someone a piece of shit, or asshole, etc... I don't see the problem.

seriously.

I say a lot of horrible things but even I try not to use the word faggot. It is as offensive to gay folks as any racial slur.

Think about it this way. Theoretically, if you were in an argument with a black man...is it more offensive to call him an asshole? Or a nigger?

[asahai69]

http://vodpod.com/watch/2462961-south-park-redefines-the-f-word

[MG1]

neither, I just don't read everything that you typed cause they are too long. :D


sry if it seemed like I was trying to offend you. I never intended to offend you from my previous post.

When I typed "Let's see what 89blkcivic has to say," I was just asking to see your point of view and what should be taken from that point.

My bad. I got carried away. I wasn't sure and I should have put more thought into it. I have a hard time remembering who's who on RS. People change avatars and user names. It's hard to keep up. I'm sure you're one of the regulars.

Again, sorry. I screwed up and mistook your post.

[ivanz]

Someone should have taken the hammer from the coward at The Bay and smashed his skull like he did the window. Some girl grabbed him and he ran away so fast...

[1exotic]

You are a retarded chink.





Nothing wrong with that, right? People use this word the same as if calling someone a piece of shit, or asshole, etc... I don't see the problem.

lol whatever you guys say, and I'm not asian.

The point is that the word is extreme, and I'm calling these people running around vandalizing stuff it... that's my point... and I'm not trying to be hateful or offensive... just againts the vandals.

i'll just leave it at that.

[jackmeister]

i wouldnt mind seeing martial law declared in and around olympic sites. have soldiers roam the areas. lets see what kind of shit these fools can do.

the VPD/RCMP can't to go ape shit on them because they would have the deal with the consequences and media scrutiny during and afterwards. more importantly, they already have a slightly bad reputation about power abuse, but during these times i think they should do their job to the best of their ability.

this is such an embarassment and makes the 2008 olympics look good for its civility.

[MG1]

I say a lot of horrible things but even I try not to use the word faggot. It is as offensive to gay folks as any racial slur.

Think about it this way. Theoretically, if you were in an argument with a black man...is it more offensive to call him an asshole? Or a nigger?

True.

I don't know if the guy who posted it knows any better. He should just apologize and not use that term anymore.


RS, educating young minds since..............

[metal]

There was speculation that the core group (30-50 people) of the black masked/clothed anarchists who started the violence aren't even from Vancouver to begin with.

Yeah a lot are from Victoria, heres one of em whos on my facebook...

In chronological order (status') for your enjoyment! ;) Videos and stuff were posted in between these status' lol

Chris 'Okibi' Wakefield Leaving for the Anti-Olympics Convergence in Vancouver. Wish us luck!
Yesterday at 6:18am · Comment · Like

Chris 'Okibi' Wakefield Chilling with the Food Not Bombs crew on East Hastings.
Yesterday at 1:00pm via Facebook for iPhone · Comment · Like

Chris 'Okibi' Wakefield Fuck the police.
Yesterday at 6:34pm via Selective Tweets · Comment · Like

Chris 'Okibi' Wakefield Stalemate. Fuck cops. Heading home. Solidarity with everyone continuing the fight tomorrow.
Yesterday at 7:12pm via Facebook for iPhone · Comment · Like

Chris 'Okibi' Wakefield Solidarity for all my black bloc brothers and sisters arrested today! Wish I was still in Vancouver to show my support. Fuck the Olympic police state!
6 hours ago · Comment · Like

Chris 'Okibi' Wakefield
Fuck the HBC and their history of genocide and colonial oppression!
5 hours ago

Bruce Dean
It's the price they pay when they associate themselves with a greed and gluttony fest like the OWE-lympics; while the poor and disadvantaged are ignored, while treaties are ignored, while our children's needs are ignored...
5 hours ago

Chris 'Okibi' Wakefield Anxious to know who's been arrested or detained. Why is no one picking up their phones?
5 hours ago · Comment · Like

Chris 'Okibi' Wakefield The only language corporations speak is money. Smash HBC! Smash RBC! Smash Coca-Cola! Let them know we won't take their genocide, environmental destruction, and exploitation any longer!
5 hours ago · Comment · Like

Chris 'Okibi' Wakefield If we do not recognize the injustices of the past, there is no future. Solidarity with the Mohawk Warrior Society and black bloc affinity groups!
4 hours ago · Comment · Like

Chris 'Okibi' Wakefield Disgusted with how little people care about basic human rights. Fuck your bullshit $7b party! You won't be laughing when it's over and the real cost is shown. 92% cut to arts funding. Displacement and gentrification. Environmental degradation. Public debt. Trampled indigenous rights. The list goes on.
3 hours ago · Comment · Like

Chris 'Okibi' Wakefield Re-convergence at Robson and Granville at 5pm sharp. Legal observers will be there. Don't go alone. (via Vancouver Media Co-op)
2 hours ago · Comment · Like

[skyxx]

IGNORE IGNORE IGNORE

[El Bastardo]

Chris Wakefield needs a boot in his teeth

[Inaii]

What the fuck. Protest the olympics, I don't care. But do it peacefully.

[CorneringArtist]

Chris 'Okibi' Wakefield The only language corporations speak is money. Smash HBC! Smash RBC! Smash Coca-Cola!

CHRIS MAD!!!! CHRIS SMASH!!!! ME DONT KNOW WHY PEOPLE DONT KNOW WHY I SMASH!!!!

And HBC=Genocide? There would BE NO CANADA WEST OF TORONTO if they didn't establish trading posts 200+ years ago.

[jlenko]

First one to bring me the skull of one of these violent Olympic protesting FUCKS gets a crisp $100 bill.

[StylinRed]

Allisa Westergard-Thorpe, a spokeswoman for the Olympic Resistance Network, said Saturday was "a day of autonomous independent action" not organized by any group. The theme was "Heart Attack," and the aim was to "clog the arteries of the city."

"The Hudson's Bay Co. is a corporate sponsor, and they've got a record of supporting colonialism," she said. "No people were threatened. There was no violence. It was strictly property damage," she added.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-olympics-protests14-2010feb14,0,6266343.story

LaTimes story about it



ill start by saying i support protesters, but if it gets violent in the slightest especially if it threatens the public... thats when the tear gas, batons, bean bags bullets, fire hoses, blow horns should go full blast

[Inaii]

She's fucking stupid. Destroying property is STILL VIOLENCE! Not to mention they were attempting to attack people? Grow the fuck up.

[matter]

Embarassing.
Makes me want to put on my black ski mask etc and join them, so when they are expecting a high-five for smashing a window, they get a pipe in the face. They wont know what hit them!

[azzurro32]

lol whatever you guys say, and I'm not asian.

The point is that the word is extreme, and I'm calling these people running around vandalizing stuff it... that's my point... and I'm not trying to be hateful or offensive... just againts the vandals.

i'll just leave it at that.

What you need to do is come up with a derogatory word for vandles, then it's smooth sailing from there on.
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[Blue_StreakR]

I gotta admit it's amazing how ignorant some people are to assume that most people living in poverty are in that situation because they are lazy. Then they bring up a story of someone they know that was able to overcome adversity and then say that if they can why can't everyone. Most of the people saying these things have not had to deal with hard times before, and still live with mommy and daddy. Not only that, but the majority have no clue about the issues that face the majority of people on welfare.

I support everyone getting a fair chance and nothing more than that. It's unfortunate that there are so many losers out there that abuse the system and don't make an effort at all. It is those people we hear about that portray a negative light on the poor. Too many of these anti-poverty committees are unfortunately run by lazy fucks as well that have someone to blame for anything and fail to accept any responsibility. That is the main issue.

[CorneringArtist]

^ Truer words have never been spoken.

Most of the dumbfucks in the APC are well-off kids living on mommy and daddy's paychecks with nothing better to do than blame. I also agree with that abuse of the system by some people. Some are forced into homelessness, but don't you think there are people out there who choose to be homeless just so they can live off the government?

[XtC-604]

ah...damn the chinese did it right. No bums/homeless/retards near the olympic venues. And guess what? DTES has no one that deserves my pity, bunch of fucktards. Man if i drove like a shit van id spray bomb it with "get a job" and run them all down.

[Manic!]

Right from Chris 'Okibi' Wakefield's FaceBook

Employer:
The Bay
Position:
Sales Associate
Time Period:
September 2008 - June 2009
Location:
Victoria, BC
Description:
I sell menswear.


More off his stuff.

http://www.facebook.com/okibi
http://twitter.com/okibi
http://www.youtube.com/user/Okibi#p/
http://www.43things.com/person/djokibi
http://www.myspace.com/djokibi

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Canada411.ca

Chris Wakefield
(250)472-0530
1711 Coronation Ave
Victoria , BC V8R1X1

[Inaii]

Except that he hasn't worked there since June 09...

[MG1]

..........................

[Great68]

I am totally supportive of non violent protest, we need it in a democracy.

But...


The more these retards smash stuff, the happier I am my tax dollars went to the olympics and not to them...

When I was growing up, my parents put a strict emphasis on respect for other people's property. Obviously these people never had the same values put into them when they were young.

[orange7]

^
yup..
non-violent protests for a good cause is important.
For example, protesting against clear-cutting important forest regions.

when things get violent, then it's not a protest anymore IMO.

[orange7]

Just a quick questions: Do those violent olympic protesters have jobs? I mean, shouldn't they be working instead of protesting?

[El Bastardo]

No, they're on welfare


(seriously)

[Ronin]

All of you that want to crack some heads...I just had an epiphany. If you really want to piss these wankers off...let's organize something like this. See my second post in this thread

http://www.revscene.net/forums/wants-join-me-t605939.html

[Gh0stRider]

Went by the bay and td bank, all the glass was fixed.

[hal0g0dv2]

lol they hate how all the money is being spent, but fixing shit aint free
someone shoot some or curb stomp them

[CP.AR]

these guys need to be publicly arrested, and have the police rip off their masks and parade them through the streets

[orange7]

^
+1

what he said...

they've gone too far.. time to teach them a lesson

[LemonH2O]

these guys need to be publicly arrested, and have the police rip off their masks and parade them through the streets

They showed that on News Hour on Global at 11, 4/5 people who had their masks ripped off looked like they were little 15 year old boys and girls. The cops poured out their bottles of liquor too... just a bunch of punk kids who are using the "anti-olympic" excuses to cause trouble. They're hiding their faces from their parents as much as they are hiding them from the cops because they haven't grown a pair.

[Soundy]

Except that he hasn't worked there since June 09...

Probably got fired for being a douche, that's why he's bitter toward them.

[zulutango]

these guys need to be publicly arrested, and have the police rip off their masks and parade them through the streets

How about we offer them free luge rides? That way they really can appreciate what they are attempting to destroy?

[Mr.HappySilp]

these guys need to be publicly arrested, and have the police rip off their masks and parade them through the streets

and we are free to throw eggs, vegetables at them (of coz we use rotten ones)

[metal]

Chris 'Okibi' Wakefield FUCK THE HATERS. Spineless, anonymous fucks think you can intimidate me with emails and messages? Do not fuck with me - CSIS, cops, or bigoted scum, your time will come.
8 hours ago · Comment · Like

Chris 'Okibi' Wakefield
Anonymous fucks think posting pictures of my friends and telling me to shut up will stop me. Spineless fucks need to come out from behind their keyboards.
8 hours ago

Kelly 'St. Kelly' Harris
wtf they want u to stop? politically charged or just random hate from some extra bored people?
fuck em
7 hours ago

Chris 'Okibi' Wakefield
@Kels: Politically charged one way or another. People who don't believe in free speech or civil rights.
2 hours ago

Kelly 'St. Kelly' Harris
hmm.. I guess that's why they send "anonymous threats"... because sending them with a name attached would be admitting that it's okay to voice how you feel.
the world is full of chumps. im not sure how to show these people the light..
2 hours ago

ROFL was this you guys?

[Graeme S]

The irony of mocking people for being anonymous after being a masked demonstrator...

[Hondaracer]

how does one see this guys tweets etc.?

i want info

[Inaii]

I was going to say he's being a little hypocritical... but Graeme beat me to it. By 15 minutes.... lol

[metal]

how does one see this guys tweets etc.?

i want info

Hes a acquaintance from high school thats on my facebook.

[orange7]

since we won gold, have the protesters stopped yet?

[Ronin]

No. They marched downtown tonight with an anti-war message. Some of them are total whackjobs but some are quite educated and well spoken.

I was live blogging it on Twitter as I took pictures.
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[SpuGen]

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Is this guy Native or Mullato?
Or one of those Hippie faggots that think having those Jamacian wrist bands are cool.

[1exotic]

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Is this guy Native or Mullato?
Or one of those Hippie faggots that think having those Jamacian wrist bands are cool.

I like your choice of words, Hippie Faggot I would definitely say.

[metal]

Hes flip, or partially, I can't remember.

[K3604]

All these protesters are idiots... if they were gonna protest they should of did it before the olympics even started.. and breaking windows.. whats the point of that ?

[orange7]

^
attention whores.

they are doing it now so the entire world can watch them

[Manic!]

I like your choice of words, Hippie Faggot I would definitely say.

We should protest his next gig.

[sonick]

His blog: http://blog.unionsoundsystem.com/

What a douchebag:

Collapse is inevitable. Consumer society and industrial civilization is non-sustainable. Resources are finite. There will be an end. And it will be soon. I've opened the eyes of a few, as I continue to open my own.

Anarchy is the harmonious melding of the individual and social. To have only one aspect is to be only half a person. I cannot sustain myself if I do not sustain others, no matter how blind.

Practicality is not always ethical in the greater sense. We need to listen to the earth and the older souls that tend it.

He's anti consumerist society, yet he owns A FUCKING IPHONE

[Soundy]

^All these self-styled "anarchists" love the idea... as long as things go in their favor. Go smash all HIS shit and tell him it's your version of anarchy, and just SEE how fast he pulls out the iPhone and dials 911.

[Hondaracer]

CHRIS WAKEFIELD
(250)472-0530
1711 Coronation Ave
Victoria, BC V8R1X1

[El Bastardo]

That address is for a vacuum cleaner store


Edit, nevermind. Thats what YellowPages.ca says


Heres what Google Maps says

1711 Coronation Ave, Victoria, Capital Regional District, British Columbia, Canada - Google Maps

[El Bastardo]

Just checked out his Flickr photostream. For someone so anti corporate he seems to own a fair bit of high end consumer electronics. iPhone, dslr, sound equipment.

Hes ugly as fuck.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3437/3806457205_55da047b29.jpg

Heres his girlfriend looking classy

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2442/3806456543_a6ef08beab.jpg

[tacobell]

how the french find that sexy, i will never know

[hotong]

Just checked out his Flickr photostream. For someone so anti corporate he seems to own a fair bit of high end consumer electronics. iPhone, dslr, sound equipment.

Hes ugly as fuck.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3437/3806457205_55da047b29.jpg

Heres his girlfriend looking classy

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2442/3806456543_a6ef08beab.jpg

fucking gross

[- kT]

ew what the fuck

...

what the fuck

[The_AK]

Just a quick questions: Do those violent olympic protesters have jobs? I mean, shouldn't they be working instead of protesting?
they tend to be ubc arts students who feel like they need to be heard


Heres his girlfriend looking classy

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2442/3806456543_a6ef08beab.jpg

:Puke: :Puke:

[azzurro32]

Fuck, I don't even want to imagine the bush below.
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[hotong]

Fuck, I don't even want to imagine the bush below.
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gotta be a fucking jungle

[Ronin]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2442/3806456543_a6ef08beab.jpg

Wow, really? Eeeegggghh...

[Ronin]

I documented yesterday's anti-war march downtown.

Blog post: http://www.ededition.com/anti-war-protestmarch/

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People at the tent city near Gastown.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2737/4364084107_875b6e8c25_o.jpg

Cute protesting dog.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4069/4364826078_f3478c33eb_o.jpg

[Graeme S]

So...if those people are anarchists, does that mean they won't call the cops if we kick the shit out of them and/or steal their shit?
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[Ronin]

Most of those people weren't the anarchists. They were actually rather friendly to me.

However, as I suspected, they're there for the attention. One guy in particular (who I saw in the No2010 video on their website) was full of shit. His speech was such garbage that even the crowd at the art gallery wasn't with him. A number of them had no idea what they were really protesting. A few didn't seem to care. A few that I suspect were there on Saturday, weren't caught and were trying to get the rest of the crowd going to cause trouble.

They were peaceful, though and just marched through the streets.

[Greenstoner]

what a bunch of punks. where are the cops?

http://new.driving.ca/2421037.bin?size=620x400

[zulutango]

The rioters are all to do with destruction, violence and anarchy and NOTHING to do with improving anything. They care nothing for protests and use the protesters as shields to hide behind as they destroy, maim and try to kill. They are the same bunch who destroyed Seattle, Quebec City and just about everywhere else they move to. They will be in Toronto this summer for the G8 and just look for the opportunity to destroy and get their egos pumped by the idiot media who use them for their own purposes. When you have been on the incoming end of their violence and know some of the people and organizations that fund and support them, you cut thru their BS and just get frustrated about how they deceive and manipulate others. You hide behind someone who believes in their legitimate protests...and throw bottles full of lit napalm at people, then you are committing attempted murder. When you have been set on fire by them, as I have, you tend to take a less supportive view of their "right to protest".

[CorneringArtist]

Those losers also have hired people in the mob who are "unaware" of the chaos of the protesters just so they can cry "police brutality" when they are subdued by riot police. Fucking pathetic when you resort to false pretenses to try and make yourself look like the victim.

[blankdisk]

http://www.theprovince.com/news/Olympic+protesters+carve+obscenity+into+huge+Hotel +Georgia+flag/2592424/story.html


http://www.theprovince.com/news/2592453.bin

VANCOUVER — A few protesters took their anti-Olympic message to the next level by vandalizing Hotel Georgia’s massive Canadian flag.

The $150,000 flag — which at 32-by-64 meters covers the 12-storey historic hotel — had the phrase “F U 2010” cut into it overnight on Friday.

Vancouver police have not received a criminal complaint but said charges of mischief over $5,000 and possibly break-and-enter could apply.

The hotel’s management company could not be reached for comment.

they are at it again boys

[Armind]

^ So that's what it says.. i was like F U _______ ?

[orange7]

wow... disrespecting our flag.. I hope those ppl who did that were not Canadian.

[CorneringArtist]

If only flag desecration was illegal in Canada, all those motherfuckers who burned a flag and these guys would have landed their asses in jail.

[InvisibleSoul]

That's an expensive flag...