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Vancouver Canucks Riot: Twitter Captures Anger, Shame Over Rioting After Stanley Cup Loss

The Huffington Post Canada   First Posted: 06/16/11 02:33 AM ET   Updated: 08/15/11 06:12 AM ET

The condemnation was fast and furious.

Twitter lit up faster than a car outside Rogers Arena, where furious hockey fans set fire to cars and garbage cans, tossed beer bottles at giant TV screens and ran rampant through downtown Vancouver streets Wednesday after the Canucks lost 4-0 to the Boston Bruins in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup final.

Canadians on Twitter reacted with a mix of outrage, shame and disgust.

Below is a collection of Tweets made during the heat of the clashes and after.

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The condemnation was fast and furious. Twitter lit up faster than a car outside Rogers Arena, where furious hockey fans set fire to cars and garbage cans, tossed beer bottles at giant TV screens an...
The condemnation was fast and furious. Twitter lit up faster than a car outside Rogers Arena, where furious hockey fans set fire to cars and garbage cans, tossed beer bottles at giant TV screens an...
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International TV will soon move onto far bigger riots picked from today's turbulent world, where young people are legitimately fighting for human rights, food, democracy or maybe an end to their local tyrant. Vancouver's riot won't be remembered with such gravitas.

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Matchmate Matchmate Ca
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03:14 AM on 06/20/2011
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sulli ca
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02:44 PM on 06/16/2011
It's interesting to see how social networks affected these events as they unfolded. My take on the impact of Twitter and Facebook during these riots: http://www.sulli.ca/the-social-net-changes-everything-even-riots/
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templeofdoom
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12:20 PM on 06/16/2011
Huffingtonpost loves to boost social media, it seems. And I have to agree--I'm glad and impressed by Canadians abilities to really make a difference during the riots by making sure to post their disapproval on twitter. Thank god for social media. What would have happened if people hadn't been brave enough to tweet, I don't know... It could have really gotten out of hand.
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caroline gray
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07:57 AM on 06/16/2011
good to know it's not just football !!! the game where you REALLY kick a ball with your foot, not the pansy version of rugby (hehehehe) ; )
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hookjamweasel
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08:16 AM on 06/16/2011
So what should we call hockey? Stickpuck?

More points are scored in American Football in a single game by a "foot" kicking a "ball" than what most soccer teams score in a season.

And besides, soccer players use both feet to kick the ball in their sport, so it really should be called "Feetball."

Lastly, who is the defending Olympic Gold Medal Champions of Rugby?

That's right. The good ol' US of A!
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Colette SullivanLedoux
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07:42 AM on 06/16/2011
This much pent up anger over the loss of a "game". Shameful these young Canadians feel so patriotic, because I for one would love to strip them of citizenship, banishing them forever with a one way ticket. These half-baked dimwits certainly wouldn't cause a "brain drain", and I'm sure they'd find some dusty old country still under archaic rule, who would put their "pack mentality" and combined I.Q. of a drunken gnat to good use. True Canadians they are not, and no amount of maturing or repentance will change this. Disgusting beyond words!
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AmigaMan
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06:38 AM on 06/16/2011
I wonder what Winnipeggers will do when the new team loses games. :/
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hookjamweasel
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05:13 AM on 06/16/2011
So much for the myth that pot doesn't make people violent...
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usrnmna
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06:08 AM on 06/16/2011
So much for the myth that pot doesn't make people violent...

A Myth? I'll bet you've never smoked weed in your life. Have I somehow been missing all the news and reports about people high on weed committing violent acts and crime? If you really think about it, your post makes absolutely no sense.

I've got news for you, pot had nothing to do this, but I'll bet you a million bucks what did: It's called the Mob Mentality! Get a grip.
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usrnmna
I like to bake.
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06:21 AM on 06/16/2011
Did you read even read any of the articles. Did you missed the part about drunken fans, which, is the obvious cause besides the mob mentality. Please refrain from making comments like this, it makes you seem like an unthinking person with a serious lack of I. Q.

Have a nice day.
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hookjamweasel
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08:10 AM on 06/16/2011
Well, all I know is that Luongo got lit up like a joint...
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marfluckiger
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03:33 AM on 06/16/2011
Riots...really?!!!
Who are the losers now?
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Cascadienne
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03:19 AM on 06/16/2011
Facebook event: Clean up the city: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=219286898091948

Post pix of rioters: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Report-Canuck-RIOT-Morons/218307958191810?sk=wall

REPOST!!
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PeaceG
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01:48 AM on 06/16/2011
Vancouver should lose its franchise.
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Cameron Hodge
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02:00 AM on 06/16/2011
Get a grip. Those aren't even hockey fans, they're riot fans. Most of the worst even came with their ski masks...
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caroline gray
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07:58 AM on 06/16/2011
it's just like when a bill gets passed in france to increase a pension age! oof...
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