Oh Canada...

[notyoueither]

My point is that I don't believe you need to look for police inciting mobs when there are people who are perfectly willing and able to cause mayhem all by themselves.

We have no idea if police armed with assault weapons were deployed, where they were deployed, or how many of them there may have been. Security for the event has been planned for a long time and with many eventualities considered.

And yes, it is a poorly written article.

[Serb]

Not enough slaughtering of Afghanis for Russian tastes?

Georgians, Asher, Georgians, not Afghanis.

Seriously speaking that was a very boring ceremony. What was the main idea of the show? What was that about?
The last winter Olympics had a simple, understandable and international slogan: "Passion lives here". And the opening ceremony was just about that - about passion that lives there.
And what was your show about? That was meaningless parade of the evil clowns.
Oh wait, the slogan of your Olympics must be "Oh, Canada", right? If so, than the opening ceremony might have a sense. But that makes it the worst opening ceremony I can recall.

[Asher]

Georgians, Asher, Georgians, not Afghanis.

You've also slaughtered Afghanis for years.

Seriously speaking that was a very boring ceremony. What was the main idea of the show? What was that about?

It had something to do with the native people. I don't know. It was an expensive waste of money.

[Drake Tungsten]

The ceremony would've been better if they'd concentrated on showcasing real Canadian culture, like Terrance & Phillip.

[Serb]

You've also slaughtered Afghanis for years.


It had something to do with the native people. I don't know. It was an expensive waste of money.

The Native people you have slaughtered for decades? The same Native people you did your best to destroy their culture and language? That Native people?

[Asher]

The Native people you have slaughtered for decades? The same Native people you did your best to destroy their culture and language? That Native people?

You seem to be confusing Canada with America. We did terrible things to them (like residential schools), but we did not slaughter like the Americans.

Do some research, Serb.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aboriginal_peoples_in_Canada

[Asher]

The ceremony would've been better if they'd concentrated on showcasing real Canadian culture, like Terrance & Phillip.

They really should have just had a beer garden and a massive game of shinny.

[Serb]

You seem to be confusing Canada with America. We did terrible things to them (like residential schools), but we did not slaughter like the Americans.

Do some research, Serb.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aborigi...ples_in_Canada

I've heard the children of Native people were brutally beaten whenever they spoke their native language. It's a great way to preserve their culture and language. Way to go, Canadian assmilation system.

[Ecofarm]

Can we just go back few hundred years and declare every country barbarians?

Yes.

Yes we can.

So?

Some are still barbarians even today! Now that's much more interesting. Like, Russia, for example. And the Slavs.


But hey, keep pointing your finger at history while your part of the world is a piece of **** today.

[Asher]

I've heard the children of Native people were brutally beaten whenever they spoke their native language. It's a great way to preserve their culture and language. Way to go, Canadian assmilation system.

Yes, those were the residential schools. But they were not slaughtered.

FWIW, the Christians are to blame for the Residential Schools. Christians decided to save the Aboriginals by forcing them to become "Eurocentric Christians", and thus the schools. It's a dark period in our history.

It's also probably why in modern-day Canada, we don't let the Christians have anything to do with the government. We learned our lesson that the US is still struggling with.

[Serb]

Can we just go back few hundred years and declare every country barbarians?

Yes.

Yes we can.

So?

Some are still barbarians even today! Now that's much more interesting. Like, Russia, for example. And the Slavs.
You are the perfect example of the modern barbarian, as for me.

But hey, keep pointing your finger at history while your part of the world is a piece of **** today.

I have to repeat my original question: who the f*ck might you be, Sir?

You are the perfect example of the modern barbarian, as for me.

[Asher]

Yes, those were the residential schools. But they were not slaughtered.

FWIW, the Christians are to blame for the Residential Schools. Christians decided to save the Aboriginals by forcing them to become "Eurocentric Christians", and thus the schools. It's a dark period in our history.

It's also probably why in modern-day Canada, we don't let the Christians have anything to do with the government. We learned our lesson that the US is still struggling with.

I should also note that Canada has now gone to the extreme other direction. Canada encourages aboriginals and immigrants to retain their "native" culture and language. They're huge on the idea of a multi-cutural nation, they use the term "mosaic" a lot. It's our shtick.

[Serb]

Sure thing. It's very kind of you to first destroy their culture and language then, when there is none anymore, to proclaim you are doing your best to preserve it.

It's so typical for the western "free world" of agressors and butchers. You may even appologize for your past actions for a greater effect.

[Asher]

Sure thing. It's very kind of you to first destroy their culture and language then, when there is none anymore, to proclaim you are doing your best to preserve it.

It's so typical for the western "free world" of agressors and butchers. You may even appologize for your past actions for a greater effect.

Their culture and language is still very much intact, you fool. Go take a trip to a reservation sometime.

I do love that a Russian is giving this lecture. Your country needlessly slaughters anyone for no particular reason.

If your country had people bright enough to figure out how to sail around the world, you would've had colonies and interacted with the natives and had the same kind of historical baggage. The fact that Russians were too stupid to ever figure out how to do this doesn't mean you are saints.

[Drake Tungsten]

To be fair, the Russians are pretty egalitarian in their needless slaughter. Russians are just as likely to die in the gulags as minority populations.