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or sharing single-room hotels
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How exactly do they intend to police this
? I don't really see a problem with it...
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"Someone can make a lot of money selling advertising for five days during the Games," said Coun. Geoff Meggs.
"We want to make sure they won't profit."
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Because God forbid someone try to profit on the back of the Olympics?
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Twenty rickshaws would also be allowed on pedestrian corridors as an "additional sustainable transportation option," complementing 60 pedicabs.
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Sustainable until the poor guys knee gives out from carting tubby tourists around.
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"What we're concerned about is the ability of people to hold signs and chant," he said. "The Olympics are like any other day in Vancouver."
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Because God forbid somebody try to use free speech?
I don't know, this is one where I'll semi-agree with the protesters that they are taking the police state a bit far.
What will they do when someone hangs a large anti-Olympic banner off of the balcony of their own condo? Burst in, jail them, and remove the banner?