Vancouver Riots

[monster]

Originally Posted by tw

Its hockey. If the players could burn down the ice, they would. Fights and violence increase ratings. It's encouraged.

it's not the players causing the trouble, honey.......

[xoxoxoBruce]

Somebody out there knows who this fucker is.

[TheMercenary]

It's only a game.

[classicman]

Yeh - THAT dude is screwed.

[xoxoxoBruce]

On the other hand, Canada has many offspring of American draft dodgers.

[glatt]

Yeah, of the thousands of pictures out there, the one of the guy torching a cop car is probably the first one the cops will pursue. His future isn't looking so bright.

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by wolf

I think that people are becoming more and more lawless as a whole. The respect for other's property that I grew up with just isn't there anymore.

You are far better qualified than me, but I've been hearing that everything is going to hell in a handbasket for far too long to believe it.

Some people are prone to rioting. It's just human nature.
Many of those people live in Greece or France, it's true. But there are plenty scattered about who will use sport as an excuse as opposed to politics.

Rioters al around the world destroy things that they have paid for, have need of, will probably end up missing - or at least their fellow citizens will. There's no logic in it and no real reason to look for any.

Just sweep away the broken glass, shrug and hope that any fines imposed at least cover the cost of the trial. Oh and if you know the identity of any rioter, go and smash their windows and set fire to their car...

[SamIam]

I'm wondering who contributed the shirt that asshole is stuffing down the gas tank. The perp looks fully clothed - did he rip it off someone else's back or was it donated?

[glatt]

Well, there was a lot of looting going on. I saw several pictures of looters stealing suits from a formal wear shop. It could have come off a mannequin.

[ZenGum]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...18/3247261.htm

An Australian man has been identified as part of the couple snapped kissing during a riot following Vancouver's hockey championship loss on Wednesday.

The striking image taken by Getty photographer Rich Lam has been splashed around the world over the past two days but until Friday, the identity of the couple was unknown.

Lying in the middle of a city street in Vancouver amid the fracas, fires and looting was Canadian Alex Thomas and her Australian boyfriend Scott Jones, seen cradling her in his arms and brushing his lips against hers.

Scott's father Brett Jones told public broadcaster CBC he recognised his son in the picture circulated around the world over the internet and in newspapers.

In an interview from his home in Perth, he said Scott, an aspiring stand-up comedian, was attempting to console Alex after she had been knocked down by police.

They were caught in the violence after leaving the hockey arena where the NHL's Boston Bruins beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-0 to win the Stanley Cup.

"They were between the riot police and the rioters, and the riot police were actually charging forward, and Alex got knocked by a [police] shield and fell to the ground," Mr Jones said.

"[Scott] was comforting her and gave her a kiss to say, 'It's going to be OK,' and the photographer just took the shot at that moment.

"They are both just totally stunned [that the photograph] has just completely gone viral around the world."

Consoling. What a gentleman.

[casimendocina]

From the knowledge I have gained watching programs like CSI/The Bill etc..., I would say that he'd been down at ground level a little longer than what is required for just a consoling kiss.

[footfootfoot]

Some people need a lot of consoling...

[casimendocina]

involving intersecting of legs, no less.

[footfootfoot]

I find that comforting.

[classicman]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Somebody out there knows who this fucker is.