The rioting in Vancouver is likely to be "news" for the next few days. To be clear, it's NOT all of Vancouver that's doing the rioting. Only a small number of worthless pieces of garbage. Look folks, sorry your team lost, but sports are not something to get upset about.
I've been figuring out over the past few years that fans of anything, whether its sports, comics, movies, whatever, need to calm the hell down and have some perspective. Myself included. These things mean absolutely nothing in the long run, they're just little passing elements of the society around us. Now of course you can argue that the arts are expressions of the moment and voice of the human condition. And that's true. And sports are the exploration of human ability and physical and mental excellence. And that is also true. But are these things worth causing terrible damage and hurting people? Fuck no.
So to all the rioters I say; grow the hell up. And to the people of Vancouver, I say; no worries, we know this isn't you. America has a lot of experience when it comes to rioting over nothing. We're here for you.
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