G20 Police Confiscate LARPing Gear

[HigherTomorrow]

I'm loving all the incredible bias in this thread. There were riots and protests going on. The Royal Bank of Canada was firebombed, vandalism ran rampant, police cruisers were set on fire, and numerous businesses were damaged. If you were outside during these riots and protests and were detained, well then maybe you should've realized the dangerous and violent actions going on (both by the police and the anarchists that claim responsibility for the acts) and stayed in your house.

Sometimes there are prices to pay for freedom, and perhaps not going into a highly-populated area during violent riots and protests should be one of them.

EDIT: I bet half the people in here wouldn't have bothered to even read the article had it not involved LARPing. Not saying everyone in here LARPs, it's just the thought of one of our nerdy brethren being detained pissed us all off.

 

[Moriarty70]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7_a2wa2dd4

One of the two greatest quotes by Trudeau. In his defense his other greatest quote is "The state has no place in the bedrooms of the nation."

Harper could have invoked the War Measures Act as soon as the riot started and then EVERYONE would have had their head's cracked open. I can't believe I'm saying this but Harper could have been worse.

 

[HuntrRose]

Uhm....police freaking out again?

This happened to me and my friends when we went for a kingdom hearts LARP club. I had brought a keyblade made out of metal. We were walking home about 3 minutes after curfue and got caught. They took it from me and brought us downtown.

They freak out too much.

What? Curfew? What the hell? Where do you live??

somewhere close to Chicago

And here I was thinking only dictatorships and warzones had curfews...

 

[Sarah Kerrigan]

Uhm....police freaking out again?

This happened to me and my friends when we went for a kingdom hearts LARP club. I had brought a keyblade made out of metal. We were walking home about 3 minutes after curfue and got caught. They took it from me and brought us downtown.

They freak out too much.

What? Curfew? What the hell? Where do you live??

somewhere close to Chicago

And here I was thinking only dictatorships and warzones had curfews...

we are a dictatorship.....-___________-

 

[NSGrendel]

"so-called "protesters"" - we should just gas anyone who assembles in a public place, to be sure.

 

[HuntrRose]

Uhm....police freaking out again?

This happened to me and my friends when we went for a kingdom hearts LARP club. I had brought a keyblade made out of metal. We were walking home about 3 minutes after curfue and got caught. They took it from me and brought us downtown.

They freak out too much.

What? Curfew? What the hell? Where do you live??

somewhere close to Chicago

And here I was thinking only dictatorships and warzones had curfews...

And yet again I'm DAMN glad I don't live in that so called "Land of the Free". To be honest, it sounds more and more like it should be "Land of the Ass-fucked".

Anyway, may I suggest a move to Europe? Reverse the what the so called "founding fathers" (Stealing bastards is more appropriate, but I digress) did when they imigrated to America and get back here...