And why poor Zanzibar got caught in the middle of a political rampage.
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So maybe you personally had nothing to do with the riot. You’re not one of the 412 arrests made this past Saturday afternoon and thus are excused from G20 detention. But can you really hold your head up high and say that you’ve never fantasized about smashing the window of a Starbucks? It’s in our primitive nature to use violence as a form of expression, and the G20 provided the best excuse to do so.
“What we saw yesterday is a bunch of thugs that pretend to have a difference of opinion with policies and instead choose violence to express those so-called differences of opinion,” stated Harper’s chief spokesman, Dimitri Soudas on Sunday. And he’s right. We’re all a bunch of thugs really, it’s just a matter of how and when we choose to act on it.
This past weekend was caused by a bit of a ripple effect – one smashed store front led to many smashed store fronts. We hate to admit it, but we loved every heart-pounding moment – and we’re not the only ones. An anonymous police officer friend was counting down the days until she could let loose on the raging protesters. Violence was on the menu; we were hungry for it. For a brief moment in time, there was no order in Toronto. Just chaos. Simple, justifiable chaos. It’s over now, out of our systems, and soon-to-be out of our minds.
Your thoughts? Are we just a bunch of sick ponies who’ve watched too much Fight Club? Or was this riot long-overdue for the kindhearted citizens of Toronto. Let us know @MushyPony.
– The Cowgirls.
The rioters were not Torontonians… the majority were from Quebec and some international
We hopefully have been socialised since we were kids so why the need for violence to express our views?
Well.. obviously this isn’t logical for everyday solutions! Just sayin… there’s an inner thug in each of us dying to let loose sometimes :)
I heard there was a lone child protester in Huntsville…in a field…holding a sign that read “Children need more cookies”.