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Why do people riot for the stupidest of things? What do you peeps think about the generally peaceful Canadians rioting like idiots after the Canuck's lost (I didn't think Canadians did this: only idiot Americans...)? I think I live in a sheltered world. I wish humans would stop this kind of stuff.




This is not a sports thread, so don't talk about Hockey: there's a sub-forum for that on KMC.

Coover?


Drunken fools continue to riot while the potheads stay inside and watch it on tv all peaceful like.



Edit: Legalize it

I heard on the news, it was all started by an anarchist group.

But I think it's because the one sport Canada excels at more than figure skating, was won by Americans.

Vancooooover.

I google searched the video with the proper spelling, don't know where the extra "o" came from. Sorry about that.

Hockey was taken from them and, let's face it, they have nothing else

Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
Hockey was taken from them and, let's face it, they have nothing else

Hahaha.

Europe: 10,180,000 km^2

Canada: 9,984,670 km^2

Vancouver:Canada
Athens:Europe

kthx

Ohhhh, I expect to see a lot more of this kind of thing.

tbh, it looks like a fun time. Just throwing that out there.

Alcohol is an interesting thing, ain't it? lool

Canadians are such animals.

Lulz, white people.

Funny because this isn't even the first time this kinda thing has happened in that area. About 20 years ago there was another riot in Vancouver over very similar circumstances. Keep in mind that these are not real hockey fans, these are just violent idiots who were there, and they were probably going to start rioting regardless of whether they won or lost. Shame that this kinda thing happens, though.

My Van's coover just broke down on me. No idea how to fix it.

Originally posted by Thoren
But I think it's because the one sport Canada excels at more than figure skating, was won by Americans.

Name & Birth Place
37 Patrice Bergeron , Ancienne-Lorette, QC, CAN
11 Gregory Campbell ,London, ON, CAN
18 Nathan Horton, Welland, ON, CAN
23 Chris Kelly, Toronto, ON, CAN
46 David Krejci Sternberk, CZE
17 Milan Lucic Vancouver, BC, CAN
63 Brad Marchand Halifax, NS, CAN
20 Daniel Paille Welland, ON, CAN
49 Rich Peverley Kingston, ON, CAN
28 Mark Recchi Kamloops, BC, CAN
73 Michael Ryder Bonavista, NL, CAN
91 Marc Savard Ottawa, ON, CAN
19 Tyler Seguin Brampton, ON, CAN
22 Shawn Thornton Oshawa, ON, CAN
43 Matt Bartkowski Pittsburgh, PA, USA
55 Johnny Boychuk Edmonton, AB, CAN
33 Zdeno Chara "C" Trencin, SVK
21 Andrew Ference Edmonton, AB, CAN
34 Shane Hnidy Neepawa, MB, CAN
12 Tomas Kaberle Rakovnik, CZE
47 Steven Kampfer Ann Arbor, MI, USA
54 Adam McQuaid Charlottetown, PE, CAN
44 Dennis Seidenberg Schwenningen, DEU
35 Anton Khudobin Ust-Kamenogorsk, KAZ
40 Tuukka Rask Savonlinna, FIN
30 Tim Thomas Flint, MI, USA
Yep, I guess those three american players won the cup all by themselves.

Sounds about right. Your average American athlete is worth at least twenty Canadians.

Originally posted by KharmaDog
Name & Birth Place
37 Patrice Bergeron , Ancienne-Lorette, QC, CAN
11 Gregory Campbell ,London, ON, CAN
18 Nathan Horton, Welland, ON, CAN
23 Chris Kelly, Toronto, ON, CAN
46 David Krejci Sternberk, CZE
17 Milan Lucic Vancouver, BC, CAN
63 Brad Marchand Halifax, NS, CAN
20 Daniel Paille Welland, ON, CAN
49 Rich Peverley Kingston, ON, CAN
28 Mark Recchi Kamloops, BC, CAN
73 Michael Ryder Bonavista, NL, CAN
91 Marc Savard Ottawa, ON, CAN
19 Tyler Seguin Brampton, ON, CAN
22 Shawn Thornton Oshawa, ON, CAN
43 Matt Bartkowski Pittsburgh, PA, USA
55 Johnny Boychuk Edmonton, AB, CAN
33 Zdeno Chara "C" Trencin, SVK
21 Andrew Ference Edmonton, AB, CAN
34 Shane Hnidy Neepawa, MB, CAN
12 Tomas Kaberle Rakovnik, CZE
47 Steven Kampfer Ann Arbor, MI, USA
54 Adam McQuaid Charlottetown, PE, CAN
44 Dennis Seidenberg Schwenningen, DEU
35 Anton Khudobin Ust-Kamenogorsk, KAZ
40 Tuukka Rask Savonlinna, FIN
30 Tim Thomas Flint, MI, USA
Yep, I guess those three american players won the cup all by themselves.

It's all about the coaching... no, uh, wait I'll think of something!

The team captain? He had to be American right?

Well the team is owned by an American, at least.

Originally posted by RE: Blaxican
Sounds about right. Your average American athlete is worth at least twenty Canadians.

Reminds me of the football hooligans in England, not really into the game but out for "Saturday sport" ie fighting.

Originally posted by KharmaDog
Name & Birth Place
37 Patrice Bergeron , Ancienne-Lorette, QC, CAN
11 Gregory Campbell ,London, ON, CAN
18 Nathan Horton, Welland, ON, CAN
23 Chris Kelly, Toronto, ON, CAN
46 David Krejci Sternberk, CZE
17 Milan Lucic Vancouver, BC, CAN
63 Brad Marchand Halifax, NS, CAN
20 Daniel Paille Welland, ON, CAN
49 Rich Peverley Kingston, ON, CAN
28 Mark Recchi Kamloops, BC, CAN
73 Michael Ryder Bonavista, NL, CAN
91 Marc Savard Ottawa, ON, CAN
19 Tyler Seguin Brampton, ON, CAN
22 Shawn Thornton Oshawa, ON, CAN
43 Matt Bartkowski Pittsburgh, PA, USA
55 Johnny Boychuk Edmonton, AB, CAN
33 Zdeno Chara "C" Trencin, SVK
21 Andrew Ference Edmonton, AB, CAN
34 Shane Hnidy Neepawa, MB, CAN
12 Tomas Kaberle Rakovnik, CZE
47 Steven Kampfer Ann Arbor, MI, USA
54 Adam McQuaid Charlottetown, PE, CAN
44 Dennis Seidenberg Schwenningen, DEU
35 Anton Khudobin Ust-Kamenogorsk, KAZ
40 Tuukka Rask Savonlinna, FIN
30 Tim Thomas Flint, MI, USA
Yep, I guess those three american players won the cup all by themselves.

we should have 2 teams in the olympics

It is also true there are more Canadian players on the Boston Bruins than the Canucks.

And yeah, I guess Canadians aren't at the top in a lot of other sports such as Football, but then again, we also aren't at the top for pursuing shameless wars against third world countries. Only dragged into them by our friendly neighbor to the south.

Anyhow, there would have been a riot whether the Canucks lost or not. But don't get me wrong, I don't know why people would want to rampage on their own city, and I don't know if tax payers will have to pay at all for the extra clean up services. At least hundreds of them volunteered to clean up.

feels like a lot of americans are trying to make themselves feel better about the state of their own country {no healthcare, illegal governments, no benefits, vilence, racism etc etc}.

Vancoover is in Canada...

Originally posted by Lord Lucien
Vancoover is in Canada...

no shit?!?!?!?!?!?!

Originally posted by leonheartmm
no shit?!?!?!?!?!?! No shit!!! Ever! For anyone!

Originally posted by Lord Lucien
No shit!!! Ever! For anyone!

Originally posted by inimalist
we should have 2 teams in the olympics


Yeah, or, you know, not have weird local games at the Olympics.

Originally posted by leonheartmm
feels like a lot of americans are trying to make themselves feel better about the state of their own country {no healthcare, illegal governments, no benefits, vilence, racism etc etc}.

Violence and racism are hardly America only qualities. I'm pretty sure those are present in all countries.

Originally posted by TacDavey
Violence and racism are hardly America only qualities. I'm pretty sure those are present in all countries.

Nope, they're unique to the US.

Originally posted by TacDavey
Violence and racism are hardly America only qualities. I'm pretty sure those are present in all countries.

america is far more racist and violent than canada. im thinking it gives most americans a certain inner satisfaction to see vancouver display the chaos it did at the stanley cup because people like have something to hate their betters with. {kinda like hating on cuba or scandanavia etc}

Originally posted by leonheartmm
america is far more racist and violent than canada. im thinking it gives most americans a certain inner satisfaction to see vancouver display the chaos it did at the stanley cup because people like have something to hate their betters with. {kinda like hating on cuba or scandanavia etc}

America has more gun violence and racialized politics than Canada, yes

Originally posted by Bardock42
Yeah, or, you know, not have weird local games at the Olympics.

khazakstan has a team

Originally posted by leonheartmm
america is far more racist and violent than canada. im thinking it gives most americans a certain inner satisfaction to see vancouver display the chaos it did at the stanley cup because people like have something to hate their betters with. {kinda like hating on cuba or scandanavia etc}

Hate their betters? America has no betters, silly.

usaflag

Originally posted by leonheartmm
america is far more racist and violent than canada. im thinking it gives most americans a certain inner satisfaction to see vancouver display the chaos it did at the stanley cup because people like have something to hate their betters with. {kinda like hating on cuba or scandanavia etc}
It is the worst sort of hypocrisy to embargo Cuba and starve them of trade. When we will gladly trade with China (and basically sell ourselves to them in the process), and the human rights abuses in china are a hundred times greater! The Cuban exiles... what a selfish bunch. And the communists only replaced an equally vicious dictatorship supported by the US. It is the worst.

the cuban revolution is actually one of the few where it is arguable that the revolution actually turned out better for the people who participated in it, especially for a violent one

I just cannot stand the individuals that said they were "ashamed of Vancouver." Not all residents of Vancouver participated in this riot. You cannot blame the "city" and you certainly cannot even blame all of the people in it. Rioters =/= The entirety of Vancouver.

Originally posted by inimalist
the cuban revolution is actually one of the few where it is arguable that the revolution actually turned out better for the people who participated in it, especially for a violent one
Oh, 100%. If they were allowed free trade, I think they would be a totally developed nation by now.

Michael Moore convinced me that Cuba, simply having universal health care, means they are a prosperous and happy people who aren't being repressed in any way.


Viva la Revolucion!

makes sense, since the vancouver riots convinced a lot of people that it was the way vancouverites usually acted.

Originally posted by mac-11
I just cannot stand the individuals that said they were "ashamed of Vancouver." Not all residents of Vancouver participated in this riot. You cannot blame the "city" and you certainly cannot even blame all of the people in it. Rioters =/= The entirety of Vancouver.

one of my favorite parts about the riots is that, afterwards, people on social media sites were outing those who they saw or had pictures of rioting. Apparently there was some backlash for some of them

Originally posted by King Kandy
Oh, 100%. If they were allowed free trade, I think they would be a totally developed nation by now.

likely. They probably would still have the issues with things like press freedom and what have you, but they could easily have a much stronger economy than they do.

the revolution was successful and didn't decay into violence and mayhem, I'm not convinced it produced a free and prosperous society. For as iconic as Che is today, he, uhhh, was crazy, to say the least. For instance, if the Russians had stationed missiles in Cuba, he was adamant about launching them at America.

vancouver is epic

http://timenewsfeed.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/vancouverkissbig.jpg

Originally posted by inimalist
likely. They probably would still have the issues with things like press freedom and what have you, but they could easily have a much stronger economy than they do.

the revolution was successful and didn't decay into violence and mayhem, I'm not convinced it produced a free and prosperous society. For as iconic as Che is today, he, uhhh, was crazy, to say the least. For instance, if the Russians had stationed missiles in Cuba, he was adamant about launching them at America.
I agree... I mean "developed" purely in the economic sense. Obviously Cuba has a long way to go towards being a free society. I mean, true socialist governments haven't historically done well but it seems like the Castro government knows how to organize... It would have been interesting to see if communism could have made a sustainable economy.

Originally posted by inimalist
one of my favorite parts about the riots is that, afterwards, people on social media sites were outing those who they saw or had pictures of rioting. Apparently there was some backlash for some of them



It was insane. Some of the reporters on local news channels were even saying that those who recorded the rioting on video and took pictures were "just as bad." It's absolutely nonsensical.

Originally posted by mac-11
It was insane. Some of the reporters on local news channels were even saying that those who recorded the rioting on video and took pictures were "just as bad." It's absolutely nonsensical.

lol, I'm sure they included their own reporters in that condemnation

Originally posted by King Kandy
I agree... I mean "developed" purely in the economic sense. Obviously Cuba has a long way to go towards being a free society. I mean, true socialist governments haven't historically done well but it seems like the Castro government knows how to organize... It would have been interesting to see if communism could have made a sustainable economy.

indeed

tbh though, some south american nations might be better examples. For all his faults, Chavez has done a decent job in Venezuela, though I'm not sure how strict you want to be with the "socialist" label

Originally posted by inimalist
lol, I'm sure they included their own reporters in that condemnation

Of course they did. I mean, it would hypocritical if they didn't.

Right? Hahaha.

Originally posted by mac-11
Of course they did. I mean, it would hypocritical if they didn't.

Right? Hahaha.

look, if the media has ever been anything but fair and balanced, I haven't heard of it

Originally posted by inimalist
indeed

tbh though, some south american nations might be better examples. For all his faults, Chavez has done a decent job in Venezuela, though I'm not sure how strict you want to be with the "socialist" label
I think he is a very interesting figure as well. They are both countries going in unpredictable directions.