Meh, the Stampede has had countless threats, bomb threats, machine gun threats, threats of violence from all sort of 'activists' and crazies - not to mention actual violence including deaths - in recent years and it was never cancelled.
There hasn't been a Pride parade in Canada that hasn't had to deal with hate speech from the fringes.
It's a useful out, but that's all it is. Setting a precedent that all it takes is some anonymous user to post a threat on a message board to get what they want is a pretty scary idea.
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