A vast network of surveillance cameras of public spaces has been installed, and barbed wire fences and other barriers are going up all over the region to keep protesters and the non-ticket holding public away from Games venues. Police have stepped up harassment and intimidation of anti-Olympics organizers across Canada, in some cases visiting homes and workplaces to interrogate not only Games’ critics but also their acquaintances.
The rationale for the overwhelming display of military and police power is the same as that used to justify the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine – that behind every corner lurks a potential “terrorist threat” and the only way to combat that threat is to wage war. Police have warned they will arrest anyone who attempts to stage protests of the Games near venues or along key transportation routes.'
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Unless Jack Frost and Mother Nature gatecrash the joint with a record winter bashing as Snowzilla and Climator, which journalist James Delingpole dubbed her in an article, l'm not interested in veiwing another Olympics herd all squat around another playground watching from outside of a stadiums ring.
ReplyDeletel can't even recall where the last one was held l was that excited with interest.