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Originally Posted by Smittie61984
I'm sure most protesters out there couldn't give a shit about whatever it is that the G20 people are doing. They are there to cause trouble or be rebellious. Then report back to their Black and White photography professor that they stood up to the evils of capitalism. Or brag to their coworkers at Urban Outfitters about standing up to "The Man".
I remember the G8 here in Georgia and how they handled hippies. First off they held the event on a privately owned Island (Sea Island) with 1 bridge in and out. So as long as you weren't on that island they really didn't give a shit what you did. If you did step foot on that private property then your "rights" went bye-bye as some 250lb Secret Service guy slams your face into the pavement (which I saw on TV and was so beautiful).
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The whole thing reminded me of the Toronto Rodney King riot, in which a whole bunch of young people, most of them white, decided that an 'injustice' in another country was reason enough to trash Yonge Street and steal stuff from store windows. That'll sure show the government. Which government? Not the Ontario government.
When I came into work, after the G20 weekend, it was to see a bunch of shop windows smashed out. I'm sure that smashing out the windows of American Apparel and stealing a bunch of clothes sure showed The Man that globalization is a bad thing.
The planned location for the event was originally in Muskoka; 2 hours north of Toronto. Unfortunately they didn't have sufficient facilities. Never figured that the $1.0B dollars that they spent on prep and security would have been enough to build them. Still, the MP for that area managed to get a bunch of pork spent on his riding, so he was happy.