Street rioting in Vancouver after Canucks lose to Bruins

[Stinky The Clown]

Inexcusable.

Link: http://seattle.sbnation.com/vancouver-canucks/2011/6/15/2226393/vancouver-riots-canucks-bruins-stanley-cup-finals-burning-car

[tridim]

1. Smoke a fatty and please relax Vancouver.

[Suich]

2. They would have rioted if they had won, too. n/t

[provis99]

5. they have rioted in the past, too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_Stanley_Cup_riot

[Rabrrrrrr]

3. Even in a refined and decent culture like Canada, the animalism of the sports fan is uncivilizable.

Sad, really.

I had thought that Canada, at least, would be able to civilize its sports fans. Apparently it's impossible everywhere.

[HFCanMan]

7. Not just impossible, it's unpossible.

Taming and civilising sports fans is the most impossiblest thing possible.

[Rabrrrrrr]

15. LOL. Fucking brilliant!

:rofl:

and so true.

[uppityperson]

18. Are sports used to mimic war, to have a "civilized" way of using those aggressions, or does

it encourage people to continue to think in "us vs them" terms, fight vs cooperate ways?

[Rabrrrrrr]

21. I think it encourages people to continue to think that the world has to be divided into "us and them

and that it's all about winning in a way that always requires a loser, instead of a win-win way of thinking.

Probably why republicans and teabaggers love and enjoy sports so much more than others. Not always, and not totally - certainly and clearly many liberals enjoy the sports as well. But I think it's the rightwingers who get super involved in the emotional, tribalistic, territorial aspects of sports.

[petronius]

4. That's too bad, I thought the fans in the arena at the end were pretty dignified

Wonder if Boston even exists as a city any more... :shrug:

[Old and In the Way]

11. Me too. I was impressed with the crowd.

They appreciate good hockey up there and I think they got a great series.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

19. Boston was fine

We can handle things here.

[HFCanMan]

6. This is one I've the reason I don't bother with any sports.

This is crazy and these people have non of my support or respect.

How many will get hurt or killed in the pointless stupidity? To many.

[RandomThoughts]

8. Not sure about any of that.

However Brew-ins sounds pretty good to me,

Although I am due beer and travel money, so that could be a bias.

Function not data, I haven't watched if there is any hockey games actually being played.

[virgogal]

9. Naaah,Canadians are too polite to riot.

[nosmokes]

10. What's a Canadian riot?

3 guys lighting a match and turning over a bicycle?

[HFCanMan]

12. And melting our Igloos

Someone melted mine last year when they got made at me :(

[Initech]

13. They ran out of poutine.

:evilgrin:

[-..__...]

14. Could have been worse...

at least it wasn't a basketball or soccer loss.

[DBoon]

16. but I thought only sports fans in Los Angeles rioted

you mean ... we aren't the worst city in the world?

[Maru Kitteh]

17. I thought Canada was a utopian paradise of enlightenment. That's it Canada! You're going to have to

give us your universal healthcare, right now! :evilgrin:

[seaglass]

20. Have been following this on Twitter today. One guy's facebook status was all about torching cars

http://yfrog.com/h3d96qhj

it appears he has been arrested.

Also this graphic says it all:

http://yfrog.com/h443sgzj

There were a lot of really embarrassed Vancouverites who volunteered their time to clean up today, on the plywood covering broken windows:

http://twitpic.com/5ciptc