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Thursday 24 June 2010

A Desecrated City - Toronto

On a Thursday night, a lovely warm June night, the streets are deserted, barely a car to be seen, and no people.
There are at least 10 cops to every civilian, the poor policemen seem bored and a bit pathetic in their riot gear when there are no citizens to police, no rioters to scare. They walk around aimlessly, heavy helmets hanging from their belts, or ride in packs of 30-50 blocking the non-existent traffic.
There was one short and not very effective rally on Yonge street in mid day, lined with cops on both side of the streets despite the tame nature of the protesters, mostly young and well mannered.
The whole thing is simply ridiculous.
We should be talking about the earthquake that shook the city yesterday, instead we talk about this worthless summit no one but Fuhrer Harper wanted - to have a little party to entertain his 'best friends' on our expense.
And we let him!

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