# Jesus - REALLY Vancouver? It's a fucking hockey game. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 16, 2011, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-really-vancouver-its-a-fucking-hockey-game/585668 "2011-06-16T06:55:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-really-vancouver-its-a-fucking-hockey-game/585668/1 "2011-06-16T06:55:43Z")
How embarrassing Vancouver - you lost a fucking hockey game and THIS is how you react: > **[Riots erupt in Vancouver after Canucks loss | CBC News](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/riots-erupt-in-vancouver-after-canucks-loss-1.993707)** > > Riot police fired tear gas, pepper spray and flash bombs in Vancouver Wednesday night to try to disperse rioters who set cars on fire, looted and taunted police officers after the Canucks' 4-0 Stanley Cup final loss to the Boston Bruins. Rioting? Looting? Fires? A Boston fan tossed over an overpass??? šŸ˜•šŸ˜•šŸ˜•:mad::mad: WTF?? Thatā€™s fucking fantastic. There are some reports that the Boston fan _DIED_ - I really hope thatā€™s hype and not true. Iā€™m disgusted with the assholes that started this mess, but just as disgusted with the spectators that insist on sticking around to watch it like itā€™s a frigginā€™ block party. Go the fuck home people. Walk if you have to. Stay classy people. Stay classy. ---
**Author:** ![Wallenstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@Wallenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallenstein)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-really-vancouver-its-a-fucking-hockey-game/585668/2 "2011-06-16T07:19:55Z")
Hockey? Thatā€™s where schoolgirls run around a field in short skirts, right? I can see people getting passionate about that. ---
**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-really-vancouver-its-a-fucking-hockey-game/585668/3 "2011-06-16T07:32:45Z")
_disappointed_Oh, Canadaā€¦_disappointed_ ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-really-vancouver-its-a-fucking-hockey-game/585668/4 "2011-06-16T07:56:35Z")
I thought Canadians were peaceful woodland critters who liked to dance around on the ice. ā˜¹ ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-really-vancouver-its-a-fucking-hockey-game/585668/5 "2011-06-16T08:04:51Z")
Sort of violence too often associated with soccer. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Kumquat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gary\_Kumquat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Kumquat)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-really-vancouver-its-a-fucking-hockey-game/585668/6 "2011-06-16T08:25:55Z")
Not a huge surprise though, is it. The same thing happened in 94, the last time they made it to the finals. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-really-vancouver-its-a-fucking-hockey-game/585668/7 "2011-06-16T09:24:19Z")
One guy, and he looked pretty hardcore himself, was trying to stop a crowd from burning a car. He got swarmed, and they burned the car anyway. I donā€™t think it was his car; he was probably just taking a stand, for all the good it did. I canā€™t believe people have so little respect for themselves. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-really-vancouver-its-a-fucking-hockey-game/585668/8 "2011-06-16T10:45:57Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > Sort of violence too often associated with soccer. Well that didnā€™t take long. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-really-vancouver-its-a-fucking-hockey-game/585668/9 "2011-06-16T11:00:03Z")
> [@amanset](#): > > Well that didnā€™t take long. You mean it is not associated with soccer? ---
**Author:** ![elninost0rm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ed655f/32.png) [@elninost0rm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elninost0rm)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-really-vancouver-its-a-fucking-hockey-game/585668/10 "2011-06-16T11:04:14Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > You mean it is not associated with soccer? 764 pages. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-really-vancouver-its-a-fucking-hockey-game/585668/11 "2011-06-16T11:10:19Z")
If the team had shown as much fight as their fans, they might have been the ones hoisting the Cup last night. The 'Nucks not only lost, they embarrassed themselves, and now the city has joined them. ---
**Author:** ![Waxwinged](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c2a13f/32.png) [@Waxwinged](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waxwinged)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-really-vancouver-its-a-fucking-hockey-game/585668/12 "2011-06-16T11:19:29Z")
To be fair, that was a pretty bad game for the Canadians. Not sure if it was riot-worthy, but definitely nothing to write Nanny Smith about. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-really-vancouver-its-a-fucking-hockey-game/585668/13 "2011-06-16T11:29:22Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > You mean it is not associated with soccer? By idiots with an axe to grind it is associated, yes. This is a thread about idiotic hockey fans and it took a whole four replies before someone started going on about soccer. Four. Thatā€™s fucking pathetic on your part. It is a sporting equivalent of someone saying \ isnā€™t bad for doing \ because \< politician z from the opposition party\> did \ All sorts of sports have problems with violence, including sports in the US. My Eagles-loving mate seems to be strangely proud of them having (apparently) had an in-stadium court to deal with such things. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-really-vancouver-its-a-fucking-hockey-game/585668/14 "2011-06-16T11:40:26Z")
> [@amanset](#): > > By idiots with an axe to grind it is associated, yes. This is a thread about idiotic hockey fans and it took a whole four replies before someone started going on about soccer. Four. Thatā€™s fucking pathetic on your part. It is a sporting equivalent of someone saying \ isnā€™t bad for doing \ because \< politician z from the opposition party\> did \ > > All sorts of sports have problems with violence, including sports in the US. My Eagles-loving mate seems to be strangely proud of them having (apparently) had an in-stadium court to deal with such things. I fail to understand your rage. I mentioned such violence was normally ā€œassociatedā€ with soccer- get it? Why is that pathetic? Because soccer is a pet of yours? And please explain how I am excusing hockey for soccer violence? It is not in my post. I wish you could read my posts as well as you seem able to read my fucking mind. ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-really-vancouver-its-a-fucking-hockey-game/585668/15 "2011-06-16T11:44:34Z")
Do canuck fans get in their cars, drive to the city whose team beat them and trash the place? No, Bostonā€™s too far. So they destroy their own town. What a bunch of fucked up hoodlums. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-really-vancouver-its-a-fucking-hockey-game/585668/16 "2011-06-16T11:49:02Z")
Silly canadians. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-really-vancouver-its-a-fucking-hockey-game/585668/17 "2011-06-16T11:52:28Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > I fail to understand your rage. I mentioned such violence was normally ā€œassociatedā€ with soccer- get it? > > Why is that pathetic? Because soccer is a pet of yours? > > And please explain how I am excusing hockey for soccer violence? It is not in my post. > > I wish you could read my posts as well as you seem able to read my fucking mind. Because I am fed up of the first thing that happens whenever violence happens regarding a sporting event is that some idiot goes on about soccer. Which is where you come in. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-really-vancouver-its-a-fucking-hockey-game/585668/18 "2011-06-16T11:57:05Z")
> [@amanset](#): > > Because I am fed up of the first thing that happens whenever violence happens regarding a sporting event is that some idiot goes on about soccer. > > Which is where you come in. Watch out guys! Soccer riot brewing on the SDMB! ---
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-really-vancouver-its-a-fucking-hockey-game/585668/19 "2011-06-16T11:57:51Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > Sort of violence too often associated with soccer. To everyone else, read these eight words while asking the question, ā€œWhat is the writer trying to say here?ā€ What point is this post trying to make? It offers no commentary on the incidents described in the OP. It makes no point regarding the actual game or sport that prompted the violence. It mentions not at all the people or places involved in the incidents. On the face of it this post makes no sense whatsoever. It reads as the sort of post a drooling retard would mash out as he vainly tries to pretends he is part of a discussion, all while his fuzzy little mind struggles to understand what is actually going on. What other explanation could there be? A bunch of words with no real relevance to the thread, why would it be there? Then you realise you are on the Straight Dope, and it is just another silly little man trolling for reactions. ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-really-vancouver-its-a-fucking-hockey-game/585668/20 "2011-06-16T12:15:51Z")
I went to a riot the other day and a soccer game broke out! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-really-vancouver-its-a-fucking-hockey-game/585668.md?page=2)