Ahead of Olympics, Vancouver assaults civil liberties

[babsbunny]

http://rawstory.com/2010/02/olympics-vancouver-civil-liberties/

By Daniel Tencer
Friday, February 12th, 2010 -- 4:49 pm

Vancouver may be the world's most livable city, at least according to one survey, but many of its residents are upset by what they see as an assault on civil liberties intended to silence critics of the Olympic Games.

For months, this picturesque metropolis of 2 million people, sandwiched between forest-covered mountains and the Pacific Ocean, has been the site of an increasingly bitter dispute between the city's Olympic organizing committee and civil rights activists who say the city has stepped over the line in its efforts to keep dissent as far away as possible from international news cameras.

[maxsolomon]

1. and they're clearing out the east end, no doubt

those are some extremely sketch crackheads and junkies wandering the streets.

[applegrove]

2. I think they have a press office in the bad part of town. They know

journalists would be doing stories on the downtown east side so they opened an office there. Perhaps to try to control the message a bit.

I was very impressed with the weight they gave to aboriginal people's culture in the opening ceremony..at least what I've seen so far. I hope it works and they inspire hope and esteem in all the kids who must be watching it.