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3 hours ago, Gawdzukes said:
Are you going to re-brand your playing cards?
all the newer ones are "LOWER DECK" anyways. (won't redo the old ones)
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6 hours ago, Odd. said:A statue of controversial early Vancouver figure Gassy Jack Deighton was pulled down and splashed with red paint on Monday by people participating in a Valentine’s Day march to memorialize missing and murdered women.
The march in the Downtown Eastside has been held annually for three decades to highlight the women, many of whom were Indigenous and vulnerable.
Gassy Jack statue at Carrall and Water Streets in Vancouver on Feb. 14, 2022, after it was pulled down and vandalized during the Women’s Memorial March. PHOTO BY MIKE BELL /PNG
The statue of Gassy Jack at Maple Tree Square in Gastown depicts the saloon keeper — the namesake for the Gastown neighbourhood — who, at age 40, married a 12-year-old Indigenous girl. She ran away at 15 after giving birth to a son.
Images and videos posted to Twitter on Monday showed a group cheering and drumming as the statue, with ropes around its neck, was toppled off its pedestal.
The crowd was chanting “No more colonists. No more pedophiles.”
The City of Vancouver has been in consultations with Squamish Nation on the right way to remove the Gassy Jack statue and recognize the truth of John Deighton’s harmful legacy,” said Stewart on Twitter.
“Today’s actions were dangerous and undermines ongoing work with Squamish to guide steps to reconciliation.”
Vancouver police said they are investigating. Sgt. Steve Addison said no arrests had been made and no one was injured.
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In a statement, Squamish Nation spokesperson Wilson Williams confirmed the First Nation and the city had come to an agreement to remove the statue in a “culturally safe and respectful way.”
Willams said Gassy Jack’s former wife – Madeline – had many descendants alive in the community.
“We are concerned about unsafe actions that risk people’s personal safety and remain focused on supporting justice for missing and murdered Indigenous women,” Williams said.
Jackie Haliburton, who owns Angel Hand Painted Fashions in Gastown, said she didn’t particularly like the statue, but also doesn’t condone the “violence” in bringing it down.
“The city, the people of Gastown, Indigenous people, they should discuss what to do about it now and come to some kind of consensus,” said Haliburton.
She thought a more appropriate approach would have been more plaques at the site to explain the context and to reflect the “different values” of that time in history.
“History, even bad history, has to be preserved,” she said. “Why can’t we (discuss a solution) in a peaceful manner?”
The debate over statues of controversial figures from Canada’s early days has spread from coast to coast in recent months, an echo of similar efforts to remove monuments from the colonial and slave trade era in the U.S.
6 hours ago, Roberts said:Well.... I wish I'd known that before I picked my (now former) Username.
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Shouldn't have tripped Demko...
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[PGT] Seattle Kraken at Vancouver Canucks | Feb. 21, 2022
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