Vancouver 2010 Olympic Protest March - This is what democracy looks like!

This is really where it's at! Peaceful protest in significant numbers!

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• Vancouver
• 2010
• olympic
• games
• whistler
• march
• protest
• bc

[MAJS444]

@thesurrationalone -Lots of problems in Vancouver and the lower mainland. Very racially segregated too. A lot of these problems are worth drawing attention to, but to me, the Olympics, which should be treated as a celebration and an opportunity, are not the correct venue.

The world is watching, and the world doesn't give two shits about local problems in an affluent city like Vancouver.

However, Vancouver bounced back great with a great Olympics.

[MAJS444]

@thesurrationalone --Yeah, TR Reid is awesome in it. When you find out that the Japanese pay $100 for an MRI, it makes you think about our system as well as other systems.

I like the idea of regulated prices, privatized delivery.

[convictor11]

i hate when people protest against gay marriage lol if there not happy they just want to make everyone else not happy plus all those haters could goto north korea where gay mariage is forbidden lol have fun

[thesurrationalone]

@MAJS444 Great reporting! (T.R. Reid's Frontline 'The Sick of the World). I found it on veoh. I'm gonna watch it again. Cool reccomendation.

[foxyfreaky]

@thesurrationalone Recall the Solidarity March of 1983? This was probably the largest protest that BC has ever seen. The number of marchers I have seen estimated at between 80,000 and 200,000 people, depending on which side of center is the person doing the estimating. Unfortunately, the buck stops with men in suits who have the public authority to put pen to paper an enact policy. If you follow the process like a string, that's where the knot is.

[thesurrationalone]

@thesurrationalone ...for the sex workers of East Vancouver, as for the inflated and highly volatile construction labour market that was generated at the expense of taxpayers and the resulting displaced labour force... I think they're worth "drawing attention to". I think that's reasonable. And I think you're reasonable, and have been much better able to figure out the 'economics of staying alive' than I have been so far.

[thesurrationalone]

@MAJS444 Oh, I quite agree. I am extremely frustrated by undirected, inarticulate, beer-motivated rabble. At the same time, the reason I made this and all of the other commentary videos, mock theme songs, etc. was to criticise the violent expressions while bringing reason back to the discussion. I quite agree that there were many wasteful and distracting actions made, but as for me, with my books, albums, and artistic community in mind, as for the closure of the map van and the bad-date-tracker

[MAJS444]

To be perfectly honest, I will take the Olympics over a lot of things any day. It was a huge opportunity, and protest was wasted energy when anyone and everyone could have thought of a way to cash in and better themselves.

I know all sorts of people were at the protests, many who had legitimate grievances.

However, these types of mass protests ALWAYS bring out the anarchist rabble and hysteric leftists.

Hence, any sane thought is drowned out by absurd chants and violence.

[thesurrationalone]

@MAJS444 The government doesn't fund the publication of political rags. It did however subsidize the publishing of music, fiction, non-fiction, and literary magazines. Of course some students were there, they have time and energy enough to have a conscience. I can assure you that organizations such as Liberation BC, Pivot Legal, native leaders, and other rights groups were present at the march. ...And I just started to read up on 'The Sick of the World'. Looks good. I'm looking for it online.

[MAJS444]

Actually, from what I saw, it was mainly leftist UBC students marching.

People from the publishing community? I'll take the Olympics over a gov.-funded leftist rag every day of the week!

I agree about Campbell's gutting of education, though I believe that the issues with healthcare are more ideological than practical.

In Canada, we have this illusion that private care is anathema and public care is best.

See T.R. Reid's Frontline 'The Sick of the World'; public-funded private delivery is best.