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Originally Posted by HotHotHeat
You certainly don't know your city very well. Or the issues. Let's make this simple - If the games were in say...Calgary, would there be protests? Probably not. There is an undeniable local protestor culture in Vancouver, and it comes from the massive social inequalities that exist there. If you feel better blaming other governments for Vancouver's problems, go ahead.
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100% they would, these are not vancouver protesters, they were anti-olympic groups
I actually feel bad for the legitimate protesters who whether or not you agree with them (I don't) were trying to get their message across in the right way, they weren't taking part in the violence and many of them started walking away when the idiots took to property damage. One of those times when I wouldn't have minded the police to use more than the allowable use of force.
It makes the entire group look like the idiots, and when they are protesting over the cost of the games, they are showing the world why the security budget needs to be so high.