Vancouver riots over losing Stanley Cup

[TehWhack]

Re: Vancouver riots over losing Stanley Cup

Woah, people took my post seriously?

Free Marc Emery.

[kommisar]

Re: Vancouver riots over losing Stanley Cup

I'll never understand the identifying-with-a-sports-team mentality but I have an idea of what you mean; football is the same way in Texas. Still though, there's a canyon-wide difference between "I respect these athletes" and "I am going to lose my individuality to a mob and act like a barbaric subhuman while breaking shit and disregarding the lives of others." I have not seen many political riots in the US or Canada get to the level that the Vancouver riots did, which is preposterous as politics matters infinitely more. The world will not change if team X beats team Y but the social landscape of a nation will change if party X is voted in over party Y.

Also, this is mostly irrelevant to the issue-at-large and I don't think you, Chris/Kommisar, are guilty of this, but I can't shake the feeling of hypocrisy from people who think it's okay to get so riled up over a football/hockey/basketball game while simultaneously condemning anyone who invests themselves in an internet-related diversion they disapprove of. Games are games are games. Doesn't matter how much artificial significance people assign to it; they're still diversions.

I do agree with you that sports are but pure entertainment. I was listening to a radio show yesterday discussing this actually. This guy from the Blue Jays sports network was saying how at the end of the day, it doesn't matter who wins the stanley cup. Players will shrug and say "oh well who cares" because it's always a matter of winning, or getting them next year.

Though aside from our human barbaric senses of belonging to a sports team, making the playoffs is incredibly beneficial to the economy of the said city. Vancouver went to game 7 and sold out each game with 100,000 people outside watching from screens. If that isn't stupidly profitable I don't know what is. When the game's over, everyone goes to bars/restaurants around and they're packed to the tits. It gives a reason for people to go out and socialize, all the while profiting the local economy. So hey, maybe it is a dumb game with primitive satisfaction, but it brings back to the city.

[Arch0wl]

Re: Vancouver riots over losing Stanley Cup

Yeah, sporting events here in Texas can be extremely beneficial for the schools that host them, so I understand you there. Though I'd imagine those benefits are crushed when you riot over your loss.

[kommisar]

Re: Vancouver riots over losing Stanley Cup

Also gambling. Forgot to mention that.


A good deal of those guys were drunken douchetards so that's also to take into consideration.