Vancouverites, Stanley Cup, and Solidarity

Although it's really nice that people are able to band together on certain days, it's also revealing of a sad side of Vancouver. This just proves that Vancouver is so superficial and ephemeral, lacking in any substance whatsoever.

Why is it that for some reason Vancouver can only unite during the olympics or the Stanley CUp? We should be seeing people high-fiving each other on a daily basis because life is good, and we need to show each other some support. Like my favorite African American Rapper John Lennon of the Butterflies once said, "Make Love, Not War."

But really though, let's take a look at daily life in Vancouver sans the Stanley Cup and other big events. Crimes, segregated populations, people looking after their own little interests. Of course there is the great scenery and flora, but what happened to the spirit of this society? This place seems so dead.

Whenever people visit Vancouver, they comment on how beautiful this place is. It is beautiful, but when the groups of people in Vancouver can't communicate with each other, what's the use? We need to enjoy beauty together, and not just pluck a flower and hide in the corner.

After the Stanley Cup, we'll all go back to our lives of recluse, having lived a transitory moment of beauty. Why can't Vancouverites just come together for the sake of coming together? I mean, if you go to California, people are all so happy and cheerful. You rarely see instances of people demeaning others. I mean, I was pretty horrified when I saw a bus driver yelling at an Asian driver, "Go back to your own country!" This doesn't seem like a place I would want to live in for too long.

This transitory unity is merely a superficial cover-up of a city festered with ages-old resentment against immigrants and minorities. If we cannot identify with each other, and accept each other, we will never, and I repeat, NEVER, become united.