don't judge the entire city by the few. I was in the middle of it last night, and there were maybe 50 - 100 people embarrassing our city, out of the hundreds of thousands of people watching in bars, on the streets, at the game, etc.
It was very unfortunate, but there were over 12,000 volunteers coming on to the streets of downtown vancouver in the wee hours of this morning cleaning up the city.
Every city has its ugly side. Just when there is an excuse to gather them all together, this happens. I know you guys make fun of it on the internet, but I was actually there. It was not funny at all. I saw 10 guys flipping a car over right in front of me with the owner (a girl) crying on the side, and I had to walk through tear gas to get home and that thing really stings your respiratory system. It was ugly and embarrassing, yes, but to fix it all back up for people to continue on with their work lives this morning, showed a lot of what this city is about.
At the game, everyone were booing Gary Bettman (as usual) when he first walked out after the game onto the ice, but when focus shifted back to the Bruins, everyone were paying respect and clapping and congratulating them for a well played series. It was actually very classy and I'm proud of that.
Again, don't let the relative few hooligans and idiots ruin your perception of one of the most beautiful cities in the world.
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