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#211 August1991

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Posted 15 June 2011 - 10:19 PM

If I understand properly, the Boston Bruins won the Stanley Cup. Vancouver has lost. (Do I have this right?)

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I have a question for posters on this forum: How many players on the Boston team are Canadian? How many American?

IMV, nationalism/ideology/religion should be treated as we North Americans treat hockey or baseball teams.

In North America, Canadian fans shout for a baseball team (Toronto Blue Jays) filled with American players, and American fans shout for a hockey team (Boston) filled with Canadians. Imagine.

Now, imagine a world where Muslims shout for a team of Christians. Imagine.

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Posted 15 June 2011 - 10:23 PM

Hope that our gladiators finally get their mug back....what's with this new modern hockey? They all have beards and look like Romans?



I think they refuse to shave until Gillette or Aqua Velva gives someone a big endorsement contract like baseball or football players.
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Posted 15 June 2011 - 10:47 PM

Frankly, I found the burning car to be more exciting than Game 7, but I wonder if things would have been any different with Rome playing. OTOH, Luongo still would have sucked! ;)


Oooooo...it's getting much worse. Bringing out the rubber bullets, next, me thinks.

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Posted 15 June 2011 - 10:51 PM

Oooooo...it's getting much worse. Bringing out the rubber bullets, next, me thinks.


Krikey...it looks like a G8/G20 summit meeting out there! Canuck fans rights are being violated! Harper will pay! ;)

I like the chubby woman standing atop "the burnt husk of a car" on Georgia street.

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Posted 15 June 2011 - 10:55 PM

Krikey...it looks like a G8/G20 summit meeting out there! Canuck fans rights are being violated! Harper will pay! ;)


It's the worst yet re: riots for Vancouver. A chum of mine lives right there (20 floors up luckily) and he claims one dead, many injured....but who knows?

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Posted 15 June 2011 - 11:03 PM

It's the worst yet re: riots for Vancouver. A chum of mine lives right there (20 floors up luckily) and he claims one dead, many injured....but who knows?



Damn...no wonder nobody else in Canada was cheering for Vancouver. It looks like Detroit! ;)
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Posted 15 June 2011 - 11:10 PM

Damn...no wonder nobody else in Canada was cheering for Vancouver. It looks like Detroit! ;)


Well, they're looting and fighting and starting fires and throwing rocks/bottles/etc and you name it. Not a proud night for Vancouver.

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Posted 15 June 2011 - 11:11 PM

...and stabbings...just caught that one live.

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Posted 15 June 2011 - 11:14 PM

...and stabbings...just caught that one live.


Stabbings? WTF? This is not your run of the mill Stanley Cup or NBA Finals riot. There must have been some agent provocateurs!
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Posted 15 June 2011 - 11:17 PM

Stabbings? WTF? This is not your run of the mill Stanley Cup or NBA Finals riot. There must have been some agent provocateurs!


There are the usual suspects moving through the crowds. Black bandanna types. But it seems more a grass-roots affair. They're breaking out the rifles right now...

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Posted 15 June 2011 - 11:26 PM

There are the usual suspects moving through the crowds. Black bandanna types. But it seems more a grass-roots affair. They're breaking out the rifles right now...



Cool...in a Beavis-Butthead kinda way. I'm watching the live CTVBC feed. Release the dogs!
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Posted 15 June 2011 - 11:35 PM

Cool...in a Beavis-Butthead kinda way. I'm watching the live CTVBC feed. Release the dogs!


Yes...we're watching CTV here, too.

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Posted 15 June 2011 - 11:37 PM

Yes...we're watching CTV here, too.



Great....I think Tamara is hot! ;)
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Posted 15 June 2011 - 11:39 PM

Great....I think Tamara is hot! ;)


She's very nice. I know her and Jill Krop. :)

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Posted 15 June 2011 - 11:43 PM

She's very nice. I know her and Jill Krop. :)



You lucky devil! Is this worse than what happened in 1994?
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