Comments on: People Protesting Peacefully at the G20

By: Arik Hanson

Arik Hanson — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 00:37:58 +0000

Idea: Buy one of those hats with the beer feeder (you know, the ones Packer fans wear?) and attach a Flip to it. Potential for extreme close-up, but it could work. I had the exact same conversation with a few friends last year about how to do a video post while running a 5K. Either that or hire a 100K film crew to follow you using one of those cameras on wheels you see in the movies. Given your success, I’d probably go for that option. Yeah, definitely option #2.

Re: vacation blogging, I actually asked a few folks to guest blog at my place while I was in St. John last year. My strategy was approach a few people who didn’t have a current blog and give them a platform and a voice. Each one of them accepted and went on to write a great post. Turned out to be a great community-building strategy!

@arikhanson

By: Daniel Hindin (@danielhindin)

Daniel Hindin (@danielhindin) — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 13:57:28 +0000

Ljuba, I LOVE the “Slapshot” reference! Love it!

By: Pilar Iglesias

Pilar Iglesias — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 12:56:39 +0000

I have to admit, when I first saw this video I too was perplexed. I do believe that the G20 was a no-win situation for the police. No matter what they did or how they reacted (or didn’t react), they would undergo intense scrutiny. For what it’s worth – being here in the middle of it all – I don’t think it was too bad in the end.

By: Gini Dietrich

Gini Dietrich — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 12:45:18 +0000

HAHAHA TStone! We talked about the fake lake on the podcast! And Gwen, you’re absolutely right…I just think it’s pretty funny that they show their patriotism before they move people out of the street.

By: Ljuba

Ljuba — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 03:27:18 +0000

They sure did wait until the end of the National Anthem. If you’ve ever watched Slapshot you’d understand. While we may know the snot balls out of each other before and after O Canada, while the anthem is being played or sung all else stops out of respect for this great country we live in.

I am pretty sure this video was shot on Sunday, after the riots and destruction of Saturday. The police would have warned this crowd to move on. They chose not to and even decided that it was a good idea to sit in on the street. They got moved, no one was hurt and nothing was damaged.

You should talk to nenabog, she was a marshall for the protest on Saturday and was there when the well organzied anarchists (if that isn’t an oxymoron then I have no idea what is)decided it was time to show their faces. Sorry, I stand corrected, they didn’t show their faces and used the very large crowd of peaceful protestors to hide among. While I can’t quite put my finger on it, I know I have seen this tact somewhere before.

If anyone is itching to get up to the Muskokas but can’t, the fake lake might still be open to vistors in Toronto… Only in Canada!!!

By: Dallas Kincaid

Dallas Kincaid — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 01:57:37 +0000

They are Canadian. Probably high on moose meat and Molsons.

By: Gwyn Teatro

Gwyn Teatro — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 23:27:43 +0000

It seems to me that the Police, no matter what they do (or don’t do) are subject to criticism. Some of it is legitimate and a lot of it is unfounded and often unfair.
Heaven forbid that the police be accused of being unpatriotic along with all the other accusations that tend to go their way. So, my hunch is that they waited until the National Anthem was finished to eliminate at least one negative thing that could potentially be thrown at them…Just a thought.

By: Gini Dietrich

Gini Dietrich — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 21:42:59 +0000

Hey Eric! You’re welcome…and thanks for the perspective. I think the reason I’m so perplexed is not because they were ushered out of the streets, but because the police made no movement until after the protestors finished singing the national anthem!

By: Eric Portelance

Eric Portelance — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 20:17:47 +0000

BTW – I showed this to a friend of mine who is a police officer. For what it’s worth, his interpretation is that it’s obvious the crowd was warned to get off the street and didn’t listen. In his words:

“It is totally obvious that the group has been told to clear the street. This by the way a few of the group walk forward, then sit down with their backs turned to the police. This shows they were asked, and they are showing their refusal.

The police “charge” forward on the protestors (patriotic vocalists), and clear the street without even one single anthem singer hurt in the process! Did you see anyone hurt??

It looks like great journalism to show the police charging forward, but if you look at the detail, they did their job without anyone getting hurt. What more could you ask for???”

Definitely two sides to the story, it seems.

By: Eric Portelance

Eric Portelance — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 20:15:11 +0000

Thanks for the link to my Tumblr, Gini!