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Published: 2011-07-09 07:29:47 +0000 UTC; Views: 13602; Favourites: 269; Downloads: 0
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One of the most 'covered' Riots in world history found dozens of journalists, hundreds of amateur DSLR photographers and thousands of digital compacts covering the events unfolding after the Canucks lost to Boston in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals, 2011(Scott Alexander/PressPhotoIntl.com)
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Yep, they flipped it and then lit it on fire
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man i wouldn't want to be the owner. Great action shot as expected
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NICE SHOTS OF THE RIOT! IT MAKES ME SAD AGAIN WHEN I LOOK AT THESE PHOTOS. GOOD JOB!!!!!
( I LIVE IN NEW WESTMINSTER).
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definitely makes me sad too
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THANK YOU FOR REPLY!
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"An extremely gritty image of Canada."
And those are words you don't hear every day... but should more often.
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Nice capture. It's full of life and anger and also... saddness. Vancouver being my hometown I was horrified when this happened. I'm glad someone was down there trying to spread the word of how horriable this was instead of taking part in this mayhem.
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I was horrified as well.. I wish the crowd had cleared out before it got out of hand
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d'ohohoho, i was there. not THERE there. but there. you know.
crazy people.
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It must be an irony that this looks like London Riots happening these days.
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People that feel oppressed or are just dumb, the result is the same
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It is SO much worse in London right now.
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I know.. thats what makes it sad
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Most of the people involved weren't even hockey fans. They were just idiots looking for an excuse to cause mayhem.
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People in Canada have nothing better to do?
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The same thing has happened in the US before several times, and is happening in London right now. There are idiots everywhere.
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The same thing is not happening in London right now. The UK riots were not triggered by a hockey game.
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No, but in both situations they started with something rather calm and benign and were blown completely out of control by a bunch of violent louts, most of whom were not even associated with the original issue.
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Both situations did not start off with something rather calm and benign, I'm sorry, that's just wrong. The UK riots were set off by the extrajudicial execution of a black kid in London by police. They've been fueled by a zeitgeist that endorses, forgives and even distributes bonuses for the massive criminality of bankers but tut-tuts at the criminality of poor kids. It is asinine to compare them.
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I did not mean the spark that started the actual protest, I meant the general attitudes and conduct of those involved in the beginning of both situations. That is about where the similarities end, but that's usually how all riots start.
I do know what is going on in London and how it started and I have people there that I'm worried about. I know that there is a lot of tension and fear surrounding the whole situation, but you do not need to jump down my throat over it.
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I don't know what you're getting at, I'm sorry. The general attitudes and conduct involved in the beginning of both situations were that in one, a team lost a hockey game, and in the other, a kid was put face down on the concrete by the cops who were supposed to be serving and protecting him and shot four times.
If you're anxious about people over there, I get that; I have friends and family in London and throughout the UK, so am I, I understand better than you probably know. But come on. That fact doesn't have to completely rob us of either our honesty or our faculties.
Not that I want to get into a big long fight over it or anything. I honestly don't have anything to say about the UK riots than Stirling Newberry already did here: [link] (He's speaking to an American audience, but it's more broadly applicable than just that.)
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No, those are the REASONS which are vastly different and honestly leave us Canadians looking rather stupid. But in both instances the groups of people started out calm but upset, then the few rabble rousers amongst them turned violent and stupid. But again, that is how most mobs start so that would be something that nearly all riots have in common.
I don't really feel like arguing the matter, but I do feel like my point is being misunderstood.
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"But in both instances the groups of people started out calm but upset, then the few rabble rousers amongst them turned violent and stupid."
You don't power a week of rioting in multiple major cities across the UK with a "few rabble rousers" who "turned violent and stupid." That's helpful description of Vancouver, but not of Britain. The two situations just aren't similar.
If it helps any, just consider this an artistic critique of your comment: you've picked a superficially similar-looking subject, but your angle is off, your background is blurry and your lighting is all wrong. It's nothing personal, it's just that your execution is lacking.
I'm off now, have a nice evening.
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No, there are a lot of angry people fueling the riots in London. But that's what it started with. Go ahead and look down your nose at me because we disagree, but that's how things tend to go. 'Ta.
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I didn't say I was "looking down my nose at you." I said you were wrong, and that's all I've said. Believe it or not, saying you are wrong is not some vicious, evil personal attack. 'Ta.
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No, but the way in which you worded your opinion did affect how it was perceived. You came across as stuck up and insulting to my intelligence. And again, it is a difference of opinions, neither of which will be changed any time soon. So as we have both attempted, I believe that it should end here.
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Okay. It ends here:
Right after this: "And again, it is a difference of opinions, neither of which will be changed any time soon."
Okay... why not, exactly? Our opinions are not these sacrosanct immutable things, it's not removing functioning limbs, and it's not like we gain something by hanging on to a mistaken opinion just because we have a mild disagreement with the tone in which we were informed of our mistake. I mean, when I'm wrong about something, I change my opinion. Just the other day I told a friend, "Look, there's no chance of Standard & Poor's taking a flier on downgrading the American credit rating when nobody else will follow suit." And would you look at that, I was wrong. And the next time he sees me he will say, "You were wrong, you asshole." And while I will cordially disagree with the use of the word "asshole," he will still be right and I will still be wrong.
I admit it, I'm just messing around at this point. Seriously, have a nice evening. Morning. Whatever.
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I never said that all opinions cannot be changed, just that neither of our opinions on this particular subject would change any time soon. Again, you seem to be greatly misunderstanding my point. You can take that as you being right if you want, I do not really care. In the end it is all just a matter of opinions.
Good luck with your thinking.
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"Good luck with your thinking."
Why, thank you!
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...You couldn't have at least played along and made a joke about moose or maple syrup?
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But there's oh-so-much you can do to entertain yourself with maple syrup and moose 
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Maple syrup-covered moose. Sounds tasty. It must be a crime punishable by death to eat that in Canada, though.
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Probably not. I know people that have eaten moose, and I think that everyone has eaten maple syrup before. And people DO make maple sausages and bacon here. Although the way you put it I'm picturing a whole moose covered in maple syrup. That just sounds like an accident waiting to happen.
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Maple syrup and bacon: Canada's main exports. c:
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Sadly I bet that maple syrup really is one of our major exports
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That. Would make my life.
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Was this the first car to get flipped? If it was, then I was just a little to the right of this photo. It was scary being that close.
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Dude, this much love of hockey is not healthy. It's also strange because the Boston team had more Canadians on it than Americans, and vice versa.
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Yeah, it had little to do with hockey, more to do with dumb people and booze.. those two should never be combined.
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This isn't too much love of hockey, this is a bunch of idiots who looked for a reason to riot. If they were real fans they wouldn't have done this, they would've brushed it off and said maybe next time. No true fan would do this to their own city. (Not trying to rant at you, sorry Dx")
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Yeah, I agree with you
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lol at people who think we're overreacting because we lost... This was the Stanley Cup, you should see Montreal when they lose to Toronto xD
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True... but the scary thing to me is the people who came prepared to riot... bringing things to make explosives with them... I wonder if they'd have incited it regardless of the outcome?
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