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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
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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Nenshi covered this, too. Said that they didn't have enough time to properly assess and deploy against the threats, as this came up so fast. Said much the same thing, that things like the Pride Parade are known about and known when they'll happen so that planning can already take place.