My Labelling A Group Social In-Activists Doesn't Mean YOU Are Wrong...

...it just means I don't agree with you, I question your motives and the ease with which "anarchists" and "opportunists" infiltrate your groups.

 

National Post editorial board: The Olympics and their spoilsports

Posted: February 13, 2010, 9:30 AM by NP Editor

Because Canada is such a prosperous and successful nation, we have the luxury of becoming feverishly overexcited — either positively or negatively — over things, such as the Olympic Games, that aren’t all that earth-shattering. Judging by man-on-the-street interviews, some in Vancouver are manifesting almost dangerous levels of Olympic spirit. Symptoms include painted faces, an extreme overabundance of swag and spewing patriotic slogans at television cameras. On the other end of the spectrum, there is a small but determined group that believes the Olympics are nothing but a corporatist atrocity perpetrated on the backs of the poor and the downtrodden. In the months and years leading up to the Games, we heard activists issue straight-faced allegations that Vancouver’s considerable homeless population might be herded into concentration camps. Protesters have been waving placards reading “No Olympics on stolen land,” even as the Four Host First Nations — from whom this land was presumably “stolen” —are enthusiastic supporters and indeed partners in the Games.

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Free Speech for me, but you are reprehensible if you take my picture on this public street.

 

 

 Video of today's protest in Vancouver from CTV. (or go to http://www.ctvolympics.ca/video/index.html and find the video called "violence in the streets")

 Tough guy 'protesters' change their clothes behind a dumpster to avoid the police. Nice clear pictures of these guys CTV, I am sure the Vancouver Police will appreciate the help.

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