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

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counti8 says:

Maybe stopping people from throwing rocks at the clock is part of what they want to "stop."
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

Vancouver Public Space Network (VPSN) says:

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
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

sillygwailo says:

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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sillygwailo says:

Blog post at www.urbanvancouver.com/node/4981
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

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