FATHER'S DAY 2011 / 548

Jason Payne/Postmedia News Service

Journalists have described the disgrace in downtown Vancouver following Game Seven of the Stanley Cup. They are unanimously at a loss to explain why a segment of the large group of hockey fans broke down steel fences, broke commercial windows, overturned and burned vehicles, taunted and fought with police, posed for photos in the midst of the mayhem and disregarded law and responsibility. But city officials and law enforcement must understand and explain it in order to avert it in the future, since this is the second time that such humiliation has smeared the city’s history. The last time being the Seventh Game in 1994. Immediate explanations have been that criminals and anarchists came intentionally to use the occasion to break the law and to create a war zone.

But what kind of people are these? What has created the kind of person who can parade such disregard for what is right and good? Religious people will certainly have an explanation. Others do too.

BELIEVE / 546

The Canucks are on the verge of celebrating a Game Seven Stanley Cup Victory.
Or, the Canucks are on the edge of the greatest disappointment in the 40 year history of this franchise.

Stay with me now. There’s a child welfare application here somewhere.

Some fans would challenge me right there. How dare I even suggest the possibility that the Canucks might lose tonight’s game. They might even revoke my fan credential and criticize my lack of faith. Please understand that I do not lack the confidence that the Canuck Team has a roster of players that can beat any other team in the league on any given day. They were the team that finished the regular season with the best win/loss record. Tops!