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Tiny Speck Vancouver: how ya doin' ?

So I'm just now catching up on the news, having been busy for most of the past 24 hours with work... and read about the downtown riots following last night's Cup game.  

Hope everything's okay. :)

Posted 18 months ago by Lelu Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • Yeah definitely, got worried when I saw kukubee's tweet.
    Posted 18 months ago by Hburger Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I love Canadians. And moose.
    Posted 18 months ago by Cerulean Subscriber! | Permalink
  • We're all good! And Mart apologized for causing all the trouble (he's been put on "administrative leave".

    But seriously, the next-day reaction has been great. See www.flickr.com/photos/trace... or twitter.com/#!/search/%23th...

    Kristel had to walk past burning police cars on the way home last night but we are all safe and accounted for.
    Posted 18 months ago by stoot barfield Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Good to hear Stoot!  I was rooting for the Canucks, maybe caused their bad luck....hope not!  Seriously, yinz didn't have the puck luck the B's had.  Both good teams tho, gonna miss hockey, be playing more Glitch!
    Posted 18 months ago by welshcorgi Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Was hoping the Canucks won too...oh well :(
    Posted 18 months ago by Nerji Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Was shocked when I saw the riot images on the news. As some one who lived and worked in Vancouver for 20 years I couldn't believe what I was seeing. This is not the Vancouver I love and know. As a Canadian I was embarrassed by what happened and know we are much better than that.
    Posted 18 months ago by Breezy Meadow Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Agreed, it was nasty. Interestingly enough there are more Canadians on the Boston team than the Vancouver team
    Posted 18 months ago by Ani Laurel Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Who is “we”? I live in Canada too, but I don’t think it means much more than sham colonial nationalism.

    Prrrrobably this forum is not the place for this kind of discussion, though.
    Posted 18 months ago by Bedap Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Bedap, I am very interested in this kind of conversation, lol.
    Posted 18 months ago by Cerulean Subscriber! | Permalink
  • i saw a few clips showing some of the rioters - they were decked out in quite the riot gear, black masks and ready to go with those bottle bomb things. Looks like some people showed up to riot - no matter what happened in the game.

    There has been a rash of these kind of people at stuff lately - they were at the g20 meeting in toronto too. People who show up to just watch the game / see what's going on don't come in that kind of gear with those kinds of supplies.

    But they do give everyone a bad name.
    Posted 18 months ago by Mimi Subscriber! | Permalink
  • In any case, I'm glad that everyone is safe, and thanks for posting the Flickr link! I had heard about the cleanup from William Gibson's tweets but pics really tell the story.  
    Posted 18 months ago by Lelu Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1 Mimi  I'm sure most people have read about this happening in a lot of cities. I don't believe this behavior is typical of the people of Vancouver or most cities for that matter.
    Posted 18 months ago by welshcorgi Subscriber! | Permalink