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G20 Happenings Thread... (pg. 30)
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| Abercrombie |
I totally want to know who this guy is. This guy is totally the Ferris Bueler of G20 demonstrators. The face of G20!
Go Ferris! |
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| Endlesswave |
| quote: | Originally posted by -g-
and this(from someone detained):
"Here with elderly couple w shopping bags, 3 German women getting hot dogs, dude coming back from baseball game."
entirely innocent people, including kids, getting caught up in ridiculous circumstances, through no fault of their own. |
This. (since we're going that way...lol.)
and Graham's comment about the chief of police not apologizing to innocent people, wtf man...this is my main annoyance after hearing about everything. |
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| Jayx1 |
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| quote: | Originally posted by petro
Just avoid the entertainment district? Seriously whats the big deal?
It's like me telling you "Yo Chris, there's going to be a rave at a club and in all likelihood people are going to take drugs and shoot people. is gonna go down - avoid it for your own good.
Are you going to reply to me with - "You mean I can't dance all night at my favorite spot?? What about my freedoms!?" |
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| Endlesswave |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jayx1
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It all started w the black bloc anarachists and violence and the police overreaction as a result.
I'm just saying in some instances the police didn't react (ie burning f'n cop car and no cops around) and in others they really overreacted by detaining innocent people.
Overall I blame the Gov for only giving the city 3 mos to plan it and for throwing it in the city to begin with. (even Adam Vaugan was pissed about that and said so on Tv...) |
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| 1dawoman |
| quote: | Originally posted by Endlesswave
I'm just saying in some instances the police didn't react (ie burning f'n cop car and no cops around) and in others they really overreacted by detaining innocent people.
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This.
my family has a small store on a main street downtown and there wasn't a single cop around yesterday to try to stop all the vandalism that was going on....where were the Hurt Locker solders then huh? |
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| Jayx1 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Endlesswave
It all started w the black bloc anarachists and violence and the police overreaction as a result.
I'm just saying in some instances the police didn't react (ie burning f'n cop car and no cops around) and in others they really overreacted by detaining innocent people.
Overall I blame the Gov for only giving the city 3 mos to plan it and for throwing it in the city to begin with. (even Adam Vaugan was pissed about that and said so on Tv...) |
i blame the violent protesters, the ontario government for passing draconian laws and the police for abusing their power.
The G20 is a fact of life. We can debate its merits all we want but right now its our obligation to host it. I cant think of anywhere thats not urban that would have the same infrastructure for 10s of thousands of people involved in the G20 summit. (not even including the cops).
It was originally planned (G20) for huntsville as well and then they realized that they couldnt support 20 countries up there |
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| VDub |
| quote: | Originally posted by petro
I agree. They're definitely not going to win any popularity contests, but from a tactical point I think they're doing a terrific job. |
Tactically, they should've deployed the damn water truck onto Queen yesterday when the black bloc douchebags were leading the pack... |
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| Endlesswave |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jayx1
i blame the violent protesters, the ontario government for passing draconian laws and the police for abusing their power.
The G20 is a fact of life. We can debate its merits all we want but right now its our obligation to host it. I cant think of anywhere thats not urban that would have the same infrastructure for 10s of thousands of people involved in the G20 summit. (not even including the cops).
It was originally planned (G20) for huntsville as well and then they realized that they couldnt support 20 countries up there |
So throw it here and do it at Downsview OR the CNE grounds, not where a lot of the populations lives. I mean there's a poplulation in the areas I mentioned sure but not as dense no? |
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| Endlesswave |
| quote: | Originally posted by VDub
Tactically, they should've deployed the damn water truck onto Queen yesterday when the black bloc douchebags were leading the pack... |
Sure. They reacted late and when they did it was too late and went ape aprehending everyone to make up for it. (At least that's what it seems like to me) but can anyone verify this who was down there? |
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| 1dawoman |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jayx1
It was originally planned (G20) for huntsville as well and then they realized that they couldnt support 20 countries up there |
That's not really true....the G8 was held there and many other countries were invited to discuss certain issue which brought the number up to almost 20 although it was still technically considered a G8 summit.
If politicians didn't bring an entourage of hundreds of people then it would have been feasible to host this even in Huntsville and therefore avoided all this mayhem, and it would have saved us millions. |
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| VDub |
| quote: | Originally posted by The Highroller
This. |
this... |
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| VDub |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jeff Button
This |
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