Last night my wife Joyce, two of my grandsons Malcolm and Evan went to Fort and Pemberton, in Victoria to watch our good friend Daphne run her leg of the torch relay. all went well with pictures being taken and lots of friendly greeters cheering on the runners.
The event was eventually marred and temporarily stopped by the police who moved the torch bearers, for their safety, to another location to avoid confrontation by the idiotic protesters. Some of the torch bearers were denied the opportunity of running in front of their family and friends, who had come out to watch them.
Some these protesters had apparently been brought in as instigators. Earlier in the day they threw marbles at police horses, both at their feet and on the ground in hopes, I assume that they would fall. Horses falling from that type of senseless act could have been injured, their riders injured or even worse could result in the death of the horse along with it’s rider. There were also apparently people who claimed they represented PETA that were stopped by police and had their backpacks checked out, only to find out they contained rocks that they were going to be thrown at the horses.
I have no problem with peaceful organized protests as long as no person or animal gets hurt or wilful damage is done.
If we can’t stop these protesters, due to their civil rights why can’t we at least make them accountable for their actions. Particularly those who choose to hide behind masks and face paint, they probably wouldn’t be so brave if their identity was not covered. Maybe this could have been stopped if they had to apply for a permit to protest, there again, these types of jerks would still try dumb things just to agitate the public and the police. One way to maybe stop this happening is to not show any of the actions they caused on TV but rather just report about it. Public viewing would surely stop these a------s from doing these dumb acts if they didn’t get the publicity.
