G20 "Protesters"

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The G20 Summit was held this past weekend (June 25th-27th, 2010) in Toronto. This rant has nothing to do with it, rather it focuses on the "protesters" that caused mayhem in our city.

While I fully support the right to peaceful protest these self-proclaimed "Anarchists", the Black Bloc, can't dignify calling themselves anything more than common street thugs. Their only agenda was to break windows of hardworking business owners and generally cause trouble.

That really annoyed me as well as many other citizens of our city. We saw news footage of these black clad people going around smashing car and store windows and setting police cars on fire. Some of us wondered why the police didn't step in to stop it. I believe it's because they didn't want to appear too heavy handed. I can understand their point. A lot of police forces worldwide have been accused of abuse in the past.

Now we're hearing reports from the "protesters" of being "abused". To them I say, grow up. You know exactly what you're getting into when you join these violent groups, when you confront police officers trying to keep order. What do you think would happen? That you'd be given gold stars and a pat on the back? If you don't want to be jumped on and restrained stay home. Are you that dumb? You know full well the risks of going into the security zone. It's like going to the zoo and jumping into the tiger pit and trying to pet it. If you're that stupid you deserve to be eaten.

There are others saying that our "freedoms" are being infringed upon. That "our streets", as some of them are chanting on TV, are being closed off to everyday citizens. Boo-hoo, I don't have any sympathy for you either. So certain streets have been closed off to the general public for a few days. Who cares? Do you even go down there anyway? I doubt it. You're just looking for another reason to complain about the government and other authority figures or whatever. Why don't you get a hobby? Perhaps a pottery class will mellow you out. Important political figures are down there discussing business that affect the rest of us. Of course they have to close the streets off. Anyone with half a mind would understand this, why don't you?

If you don't like living in Canada feel free to leave. Thousands upon thousands of people worldwide risk everything (money, life, etc.) to try and gain citizenship to this country. Think about it. Maybe then you'd realize how lucky you really are.