I think it is an outrage that activists and protesters are not directing some of their ire at the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games, what with the Paralympics sharing the same venues on stolen Native land, the same oppressive corporate sponsors, and the same consumerist merchandising. We cannot afford to allow our total regard for disability rights to obscure our righteous moral indignation--let March 12 to March 21 also be our days of rage, and inclusion!!  

Nice to see that this crap is put on all the public area that taxpayers will have to pay to remove. I'm all for the right to protest and putting up signs on your own property. When protesters complain about money being wasted, they're just helping spend more money on removing their graffiti that they place everywhere. Dumb people who want money are just wasting it themselves. 

freedom is an AK47 

I think all the graffiti and stickers are awesome. Let the people express and be heard no matter what it is. If it needs to be covered up/painted over I'm sure the money spent wont result in future educational budget cuts that will possibly affect generations of kids. The bottom line is there are millions of public dollars being spent on propaganda to represent the Olympics as a good thing. There is no public money being spent to show any of the negatives, because there are no corporations profiting off the negative aspects. That difficult job is up to the people. Let the people speak. Try listening. You might learn something.
 

Where are all the photos of "Penis 2010" graffiti? I can't find any - maybe it was removed quickly, since it touched some sensitive nerves within VANOC. 

Just think of the cost of the markers, posters, stickers, spray paint and then the cleanup. Don't you think if these people wanted to make a difference they would donate the money wasted on this vandalism directly to the people that they feel are being 'wronged' by the Olympics?

It appears everyone is into overspending and wasting money.

Hypocrites!! 

Let the protest signs be there...there is nothing worse than losing your right to protest in a democratic society!. If you do..you loose eventually your land.
 

What is Penis 2010? 

"...there is nothing worse than losing your right to protest in a democratic society!. If you do..you loose eventually your land."

Yes, well, I don't suppose they teach y'all over there in B.C. that Canadians do not have property rights. Sad, but true. That whole Charter thing? Wasn't meant for the common folk, unfortunately.

As for free speech, the Canadian Human Rights Commission is working hard trying to stifle that whole concept, so I guess we're out of luck there, too.

And then there's Sean's observation that freedom is an AK47. Too bad they took away our guns, so there you have it. We're basically defenseless and pretty much screwed. Just the way our government wants us.
 

Enough with the protesting ... many of you are just lazy.. and are searching for some group affirmation for your apathetic state of mind . Anywhere else in the world your spoiled - whiny behavior would not be tolerated.
B.C has everything a person could want to create a beautiful successful life.. try living somewhere else if you cant handle this society that pays for all your welfare. Unless you are disabled I have no sympathy for your causes. Plus the stickers cost us all money to remove and serve no purpose to the big picture of your slow paced/ underachieving life. 

I agree with Not Lazy ... you hit the nail on the head .. but the truth hurts.. I guess it's time to live in the NOW instead of constantly being chined by our negative thoughts about the future and our remorse for the past .

Just watch what your fellow persons do -when you become concious and head off on your own direction and not associate with a collective repressed identity.... Your decisive strength scares them and they will do what they can to keep you where you are... because your part of their lazy identity and you affirm their lack of goals. Only follow your conciousness not the collective . Hey protesters....Try and think of nothing and observe how many of your thoughts rooted in the past and future ...and they are all mostly negative and constraining... live in the NOW and nothing is overwhelming. After all, the present moment is really the only thing that exists in whiich change can be made . So walk in a different direction and watch yourself think for today instead of posting a sticker with the collective thought of others as the glue. Try it . 

I totally agree with the 2 positive comments above me. "Days of rage"?! Try to relax and have a good time instead of being pissed off for 3 weeks. It's happening and nothing's going to change that. 

hooped hooped hurray. I hope we win the winter golden homeless location of Canada. 

The first photo really sums it all up. The sticker should read "No Parking on Stolen Native Land" and they should be posting them on every parking meter in town, all the time. Otherwise people might assume the "protests" are really just sour grapes over losing the plebicite...  

Who has the RIGHT to do all of this crap none of you do so back off  

Who has the RIGHT to stop me? 

ParaOutrageous, some of us are doing exactly that. id hardly say this: "We cannot afford to allow our total regard for disability rights to obscure our righteous moral indignation" is the problem!