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Originally Posted by orange7

what good can protesting now bring?
Money has already been spent setting up this game. The majority of Vancouver's population is in favour of the game. Ppl around the world are here. Hobos have already spread to Richmond by free riding the new skytrain built for the Olympics. The game is already here.

Buddy, you're late for the party. Again. What you're saying has been said before. We get it. It's too late. Just like the HST. It's too late. But protesting, no matter how stupid or useless does bring to light, the issues. There's a chance that in the future, organizers of such events will think more about shit.

It's been how many years since the announcement that the Olympics were coming here? The organizers had enough time to do something creative to address the issues with the homeless. They couldn't come up with much of anything. A lot of these people today may not have expressed their feelings so much if steps were taken to address the issue. Of course, there will always be some who will never be satisfied. But............

BTW, to address another issue some brought up in this thread about security costs to keep these yahoos in check. I don't think billions were spent on security for small time Vancouver protesters. I think they were here for more important reasons. Let's hope the protesters in the DTES are the only things they have to deal with during the games.

Protesters costing us money? We can say the same thing for the fucking retards who fucked up the Stanley Cup Finals with their riots downtown or the dickheads at the rock concert who destroyed GM Place. Spoiled, rich fucktards. Nuff said.......