Comments on: Deep Inside the Vancouver Riots

By: Joseph Smith

Joseph Smith — Fri, 22 Oct 2021 07:40:39 +0000

These photographs are just stunning! I was completely unaware! Thank you very much for letting us know about this!

By: My Favorite Travel Gear of 2014

My Favorite Travel Gear of 2014 — Wed, 31 Dec 2014 23:58:54 +0000

[…] I’ve done a lot of outdoors photography in various conditions. I’m personally not a big fan of backpacks for photography. They’re cumbersome and you normally have to take them off and set them on the ground to get to your gear, which is a problem if you are snowboarding, in a soaking wet jungle, or in the middle of a riot trying to change lenses while the police line advances toward you (that really happened, true story). […]

By: Anna

Anna — Wed, 17 Jul 2013 13:56:15 +0000

I agree with the mass stupidity comment! How embarrassing for them! I photographed and participated in Occupy LA a lot but it NEVER got crazy violent like that. Your photos are amazing! I watched the video too and it really captures the sickening attitude people have while posing for photos with the destruction they’ve caused. Thanks for sharing!

By: Matt Gibson

Matt Gibson — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 22:28:49 +0000

Nope, the Canucks lost. That’s part of the reason for the riot. There were a lot of troublemakers planning to riot even before the game (Vancouver has a reputation for rioting about stupid things — like cancelled Guns n’ Roses concerts) so they probably would have rioted even if they’d won.

By: Chasing the Donkey

Chasing the Donkey — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 22:20:41 +0000

Wait…. the people rioting were from the winning team? What am I missing here?
Damn great photos – it’s like I was there. Just without the arrest.

By: Matt Gibson

Matt Gibson — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 16:06:22 +0000

They lost the game. Not that it makes it any more acceptable. It was pretty ridiculous.

By: Jeff @ Go Travelzing

Jeff @ Go Travelzing — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 16:00:03 +0000

Wow. That is crazy stuff. The girls shirt should have said “Free hugs and head bashing with a baseball bat.” Why do these riots happen when people teams win. The should be happy and not destroying stuff.

By: Wandering Educators

Wandering Educators — Fri, 04 May 2012 03:07:11 +0000

that IS completely asinine, and indeed mass stupidity. it amazes me what humans are capable of. sigh.

By: Matt Gibson

Matt Gibson — Fri, 04 May 2012 01:14:50 +0000

In reply to sean cooper. Thanks Sean! No, I don't feel bad about it. That article is one of the best things I've written. After a couple of days of replying to the comments on it, I adopted the philosophy of Andy Warhol, "Don't read what they write about you. Just measure it in inches."

By: Matt Gibson

Matt Gibson — Fri, 04 May 2012 01:13:13 +0000

In reply to Wandering Educators. Yes, our ability to achieve is equalled only by our ability to engage in acts of mass stupidity.