A quiet riot

Where I live there has been a riot on the street,

after the canucks lost in a seventh game,

if we can even call it that…

a few police cars were tipped over, some people broke a window, some stores looted and a few fights…no one was killed and it was like being in a bar, last call and all the guys who didn’t get a chick wanted to fight…or at least raise a little hell…

since time immemorial…males have always likes to get a little high and howl at the moon…women too…

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who wouldn’t riot…

the goalie who is being paid ten million in fact loses both game six and seven…

soft goals…why is it ok for the rich to make mistakes?

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in web 2.0 which is basic snitch world…

these kids who broke the windows etc. are coming forward and apologizing to the city publicly for their behavior… most are under twenty five…

What is the underlying cause of this mass civil disobedience ?

The official line is a few anarchists incited the crowd and people are generally dissatisfied with the way of the world or

they acted out their displeasure egged on by the urgings of a few troublemakers…

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for many it will be the bravest/freest thing they have ever done…

they will spend the rest of their lives in cubicles, controlled sport, condos and shopping malls,

they will meekly agree with the consumer culture and consume…

they will see no option and will quietly brag

to their grandchildren of the time they set a police car on fire

laugh and have a shot of whiskey…

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Remember: the right wind does not want you to have a memory

small government so the market they control owns public institutions like health, education, housing, justice, etc.

the free hand of the market is only free in the pursuit of profit…criticizing the neo conservatives for not being good at governing or running the country in the best interest of the many is actually giving them A COMPLIMENT.

The conservative invented a war to continue the transfer of public funds into corporate coffers…ie. the war in Iraq had more contractors than soldiers…

that was a corporate war…

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damage

other people being murdered

like people who are not like us,

like brown and poor

pray to a different god

don’t take baths

who?….

Vancouverites are more concerned about the vandalism

after a hockey game than our countries contribution to the deaths

of people in Haiti, Palestine, Iraq and Afghanistan,

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kill the fish on the grand banks

rip up the prairies for tar sands

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Humanities descent into…

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corporatism seems unfriendly

everyone has a camera in 2010 or 2011 …

The neo conservative Francis Fukyama

two great passions are photography and sound recording,

neither one can be considered an art…

too great a passion for control

if accurate it is more real life….

remember what the Indians said about souls and cameras

even partly right we have little left…soul…that is brothers

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the young people who participated in the riots are apologizing

contrite?

or were they scared of the punishment as the city has been almost unanimous in its condemnation of the destruction…jail is not an option

sport with no substance…

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The difference between incarceration and freedom will be high speed internet.

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2600 people die in coal mines every year or every month in china…

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a premise of non renewable resources would indicate a bleak future in an exponential growth economy…it is not too late but it is getting on…the reality on non renewable resources is darker still

…sing along

the corporations are connected to the military

the military is connected to patriotism and dollars …

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the weapons are amazing and have required great ingenuity…

not one of my friends even knows how to do algebra let alone make a bomb…

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instead of publishing like most intellectuals do

I’ll just keep it under wraps and pretend it doesn’t really matter. ..

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young children running around outside will never know what it’s like to own a dog…

most will never sleep under the stars or swim in the sea…

I am told over and over again that the natural world is dying

our economy is unsustainable

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The premise behind the book writing business is if enough truth is brought to light then there will be change…

the decline is subtle like a baby growing as man adds more and more pollution to the environment…we underestimate his need for comfort

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the belief system behind the capitalistic system is unexamined says Moonboots

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grasping we become more scared…

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pensions being nonexistent does not create a mood of safety and security and instead sends everyone scurrying to ensure their survival…

where have all the good times gone…?

come on feel the noise…