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Originally posted by metaldemon2000
We only riot over hockey in canada. Vancouver still being fresh in our minds. However I find Canadians don't really fight hard over causes. We constantly get screwed by our govt and our system is extremely socialist. Civil unrest is not so much a big thing here. We are however hardcore about our labour unions. This is.where most if not all all forms of protest are utilized here. Politics really aren't a big deal for most candians. Don't f#@$ with a canadian over a hockey realted matter though.
Originally posted by hypr2011
This has been on my mind along side the debt / small market crash we had, but to the extent of the problems England has been having with riots and some of them being based on racial tension as well as gangs, would it be possible to see riots in Canada and the US based on economic conditions, racial tension etc?
I believe soon there may be, whether it be caused by a market crash or some racial tension but what would cause something as largescale as what happened in England to happen in North America? Is England and Greece a test run?
Originally posted by Aeons
Originally posted by metaldemon2000
We only riot over hockey in canada. Vancouver still being fresh in our minds. However I find Canadians don't really fight hard over causes. We constantly get screwed by our govt and our system is extremely socialist. Civil unrest is not so much a big thing here. We are however hardcore about our labour unions. This is.where most if not all all forms of protest are utilized here. Politics really aren't a big deal for most candians. Don't f#@$ with a canadian over a hockey realted matter though.
That riot wasn't over hockey. That was just a pretext. That riot was going to happen either way. It didn't have a darn thing to do with being poor, or hockey, or some political point. It was pot heads wanting free slurpees, and asses of all races being asses.