# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-really-vancouver-its-a-fucking-hockey-game/585668/101 "2011-06-17T00:23:32Z")
> [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](#): > > What next? Rioting over curling? At least when curlers riot the city is actually cleaner than when they started. ---
**Author:** ![Suil\_Dubh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85f322/32.png) [@Suil\_Dubh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suil_Dubh)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-really-vancouver-its-a-fucking-hockey-game/585668/102 "2011-06-17T00:37:57Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > At least when curlers riot the city is actually cleaner than when they started. _golf clap_ ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-really-vancouver-its-a-fucking-hockey-game/585668/103 "2011-06-17T01:26:37Z")
> [@Hbns](#): > > Except in the parts of the US that are a frozen wasteland for 9 months of the year. 😃 True. But not all of us live in a such a wasteland. Actually, I grew up in New England, and while we have a milder climate than Canada, we loved playing hockey on the frozen ponds in winter. Of course, kids these days have their indoor ice rinks and all that nonsense. We had to risk freezing to death if we fell through the ice if we wanted to play hockey! ---
**Author:** ![DxZero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@DxZero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DxZero)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-really-vancouver-its-a-fucking-hockey-game/585668/104 "2011-06-17T01:53:14Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Every network executive in the US would kill his own children to get 80% of any population watching anything. I can get 80% of the goldfish population of my house to watch my Saturday night one man performance of **Lady Windermere’s Fan** and you don’t see me bragging about it. Though I should. Its breathtaking. ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-really-vancouver-its-a-fucking-hockey-game/585668/105 "2011-06-17T01:56:11Z")
> [@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. Well, you must admit, soccer has the worst fans of any sport. True low lifes who think that fighting after the game is part of the event. Do you deny this? ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-really-vancouver-its-a-fucking-hockey-game/585668/106 "2011-06-17T02:05:37Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > Well, you must admit, soccer has the worst fans of any sport. True low lifes who think that fighting after the game is part of the event. Do you deny this? Obvious troll is obvious. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-really-vancouver-its-a-fucking-hockey-game/585668/107 "2011-06-17T02:44:12Z")
> [@amanset](#): > > Why can’t I be annoyed at both? You can of course but you won’t be winning any converts - you’ll just come off looking dumb. > [@Cicero](#): > > Sort of violence too often associated with soccer. First of all, it’s true. Second, he says, “too often”. Sorry your sport of choice has some asshole fans associated with it but you need to comes to grips with the fact that it’s a widely know fact around the globe. You’ll do yourself and your sport a bigger favor by showing you’re not one of those reactionaries - nor are a majority of fans - than by railing against those who notice that real violence exists. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-really-vancouver-its-a-fucking-hockey-game/585668/108 "2011-06-17T03:39:09Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > In all fairness, we love weed, too. Well ya, because we have the best weed in B.C. Bud. ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-really-vancouver-its-a-fucking-hockey-game/585668/109 "2011-06-17T04:36:37Z")
Vancouver, why the Luongo face? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-really-vancouver-its-a-fucking-hockey-game/585668/110 "2011-06-17T05:12:12Z")
I keep wondering if there were riot-instigators from outside of Vancouver in that crowd. Do you suppose there’s any truth to that? Also, I wonder why Vancouver rioted but Calgary didn’t. The circumstances were very similar, with such different results. ---
**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 17, 2011, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-really-vancouver-its-a-fucking-hockey-game/585668/111 "2011-06-17T06:02:10Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I keep wondering if there were riot-instigators from outside of Vancouver in that crowd. Do you suppose there’s any truth to that? > > Also, I wonder why Vancouver rioted but Calgary didn’t. The circumstances were very similar, with such different results. Let’s not play the blame game. You vicious, violent Canadians need to take responsibility for your barbarism. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-really-vancouver-its-a-fucking-hockey-game/585668/112 "2011-06-17T08:16:52Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > Well, you must admit, soccer has the worst fans of any sport. True low lifes who think that fighting after the game is part of the event. Do you deny this? Soccer has a small minority of fans that are complete idiots. Other sports seem to have a small minority of fans that seem to not only be able to ignore the problems their own fans have but also apparently think that all soccer fans are violent thugs. Either that or your choice of words “has the worst fans of any sport”, not “some of soccer fans are the worst fans of any sport,” were extremely poorly chosen or, frankly as someone else has said, pure trolling. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-really-vancouver-its-a-fucking-hockey-game/585668/113 "2011-06-17T08:23:41Z")
> [@PlainJain](#): > > You can of course but you won’t be winning any converts - you’ll just come off looking dumb. Why would I? The violent thugs in Hysel in 1985, that got all English clubs banned from Europe in the late 80s, saw my team (Coventry City) unable to play in Europe the one and only time in my lifetime that they have qualified (1987, for winning the FA Cup). As football fan with an English accent I have been the target of abuse on many occasion, with people (as has been seen in this thread) assuming the worst of me from the off. The violent thugs irritate the shit out of me and I wish they would all just fuck off. However, at the same time, those that assume the worst of football fans, especially fans of England and English clubs, and ignore the facts that there have been huge improvements and that it was only ever a very small minority annoy the shit out of me as well. I have been to many a football match in my life. The only time I have seen any trouble was at a Hammarby-Malmö match in Sweden a couple of years or so ago, where someone threw a bottle at a linesman. Speaking to, generally, Americans on places like here, you’d think every match day saw a riot. And yes, that attitude irritates me. ---
**Author:** ![Rune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e68b1a/32.png) [@Rune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rune)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-really-vancouver-its-a-fucking-hockey-game/585668/114 "2011-06-17T08:54:11Z")
> [@amanset](#): > > my team (Coventry City) unable to play in Europe the one and only time in my lifetime that they have qualified (1987, for winning the FA Cup). Your club sucks. Coventry hooligans probably also suck. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-really-vancouver-its-a-fucking-hockey-game/585668/115 "2011-06-17T08:55:33Z")
“What’s next” turned out to be even more ridiculous than a curling riot: [Brawl at Ascot on Ladies Day](http://www.metro.co.uk/news/866631-ascot-fight-on-ladies-day-stuns-horse-racing-fans) ---
**Author:** ![Pixiesnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-really-vancouver-its-a-fucking-hockey-game/585668/116 "2011-06-17T09:01:43Z")
They should stop letting Cockney flower girls in to those events. ---
**Author:** ![Double\_Foolscap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@Double\_Foolscap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Double_Foolscap)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-really-vancouver-its-a-fucking-hockey-game/585668/117 "2011-06-17T10:09:37Z")
This is the type of brawling too often associated with polo. ---
**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 17, 2011, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-really-vancouver-its-a-fucking-hockey-game/585668/118 "2011-06-17T10:23:17Z")
> [@bucketybuck](#): > > To everyone else, read these eight words while asking the question, “What is the writer trying to say here?” > > 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. I used to have some time for your posts. Until you managed to read this much into a pretty “day at the beach post”. Another soccer tragic I suspect. ---
**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-really-vancouver-its-a-fucking-hockey-game/585668/119 "2011-06-17T10:33:41Z")
> [@An\_Arky](#): > > If they had just tossed Luongo off the overpass a week ago, perhaps this whole unfortunate episode could’ve been averted. > > I keed, I keed! Hardly. Vancouver scored 8 goals in 7 games. ---
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-really-vancouver-its-a-fucking-hockey-game/585668/120 "2011-06-17T11:24:51Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > I used to have some time for your posts. I doubt this very much. And I am GAA tragic thank you very much. This is the type of inaccuracy too often associated with Australians. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-really-vancouver-its-a-fucking-hockey-game/585668.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-really-vancouver-its-a-fucking-hockey-game/585668.md?page=7)