Olympics

5 Ring Circus

Screening tonight, which unfortunately I'll miss.

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Seeing the 2010 Olympics through the third eye
"To love is to see a three-dimensional world of colour where others can only see two dimensions in shades of black and white."
Convergence February 2010

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Submitted by sillygwailo on Wed 2010-03-03 12:11 #

A cropped and zoomed version of this photo appears on Sport Illustrated's coverage of Olympic protest art.

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Drive 'Em Out!

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Submitted by NowPublic on Wed 2007-05-09 17:05 #

Thank you for sharing your photo!This photograph appears in a NowPublic news story: Vancouver Sun - three years late and a million + short..

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Project Civil City

Does being civil mean supporting the Olympics? Why have the flag in the poster without mentioning it in the text?

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Submitted by counti8 on Thu 2007-04-26 08:35 #

Maybe stopping people from throwing rocks at the clock is part of what they want to "stop."

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Submitted by Vancouver Public Space Network (VPSN) on Sat 2007-04-28 23:38 #

Actually we did it to be a bit ambiguous. We could have mentioned "the olympics" specifically, but referenced it by talking about "2010." This is similar to the Project Civil City document itself, which talks about cutting homelessness, reducing the open drug market, etc. etc. 'by 2010.' (So while it's not overtly an Olympic document, there are a lot of Olympic-related language and assumptions in its pages.)

The other thing that makes the flag itself (vs the olympics) a good image for the civility/un-civility debate in that it has itself been a flash point since it was first raised... both because it was stolen, then because of the protest at the flag-raising, and then because this issue was used to justify further action against groups that protest - e.g. the cutting of the DERA grant by City Council because of their association with the APC, etc...

(In that sense, yes, there are folks who equate civility with a lack of protest...).

Hope to see you May 1. For more info: www.civilcity.ca

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Submitted by sillygwailo on Tue 2007-05-01 12:49 #

Thanks for commenting. I'm actually a little impressed that you went through the effort to create an account to leave a comment (excuse my presumptuousness if that's not why you created the account).

I'm not able to attend, but I'm hoping that someone will document the event. I posted a listing to Urban Vancouver, a community site for Vancouverites. I'll make a blog post on the front page calling attention to the event as well as your comment. It's not often that I get an explanation as to the use of graphics on their posters.

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Submitted by sillygwailo on Tue 2007-05-01 13:04 #

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Should VANOC be allowed to trademark "Vancouver" or "winter"?
I don't find it understandable that Olympic organizers want to maximize the marketing potential of the games, an amateur sporting event. Which, by the way, is why I opposed the Olympics here.
Canadian government moves to protect the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games brand
The legislation ... will enable VANOC to maximize sponsorship opportunities by strengthening existing trade-mark protection over Olympic and Paralympic marks and by preventing non-sponsors from advertising in a manner that falsely suggests a business connection with the Games (known as "ambush marketing").
It's Possible to Break the Police

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Submitted by citizen vancouver on Fri 2007-04-20 10:01 #

Wow, this is a great cartoon.

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Citizen Vancouver, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

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Submitted by getinhangonandshutup on Tue 2007-05-08 13:23 #

Maybe if you didn't smoke crack, steal other people's shit and bother people just trying to live their lives you wouldn't have to fear the police. In the battle for who will take control of the Downtown East Side streets I'm betting on law abiding citizens back by the Vancouver Police. Get used to jail, losers, you gonna be spending some time there!

Submitted by deleted on Sun 2007-12-23 11:42 #

That's actually a pretty good one! :) This is good too!
Naruto Fusion

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