Are you familiar with someecards? If not, make sure you have some free time before you visit their site. If you’re easily offended or lack a sense of humour, I recommend not clicking the link and finding something more appropriate to do like watching paint dry.
Every week I received a round up email from someecards and I’ll admit, I don’t always click on the message and it’s lost in the abyss that is my inbox.
But this morning, I opened that email and this is was one of the ecards featured and I can’t even tell you how much I laughed early this morning.
In all seriousness, I was appalled by the riots in Vancouver and was so disappointed to see such unacceptable actions. I watched game seven and was proud when Canucks fans stood up and cheered enthusiastically for their team during the last minute of play when it was obvious the home team wasn’t going to win.
But shortly after that touching moment, news reports started coming out about violent acts, riots and looting occurring in downtown Vancouver. A few days later I heard inn an interview that someone admitted they were part of a group who brought a truck downtown with them with the intent to burn the vehicle if Vancouver lost. I couldn’t believe it.
There are lots of psychologist studies on mob mentality and how the combination of adrenaline, young men and alcohol can be a toxic mixture… but in my opinion there’s also one other explanation: pure stupidity and an absence of common sense.
I wasn’t proud to be Canadian on the morning of June 16 and after all the Stanley Cup hype of “cheering for Canada’s team” the response to the loss was a slap in the face. Maybe some people in our fine country felt that Vancouver was Canada’s team, but the city did a great job of being very unCanadian.
What did you think of the post Stanley Cup “celebrations” in Vancouver?