Will The Real Vancouver Stand Up And The Fake One Sit Down?

I don't get all this "that wasn't the real Vancouver" stuff. It's about as real as you can get, no?

Is Vancouver's drug gang and increasing violent streak "real" enough? 

From The Economist linked above:

"Canada remains one of the world’s safest countries but in recent years Vancouver, BC’s largest city, has gained notoriety for gun crime, especially among drug gangs. Since 1997 nearly 450 gangsters have been killed there. The surge in shootings is “directly related” to a crackdown on gangs in Mexico and the United States, says Pat Fogarty, a senior officer in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. 

Recent arrests by the three countries’ police forces have disrupted a Mexican-run cocaine distribution chain, leaving Vancouver’s street dealers fighting to secure their supplies. “The price goes up and the guns come out,” says Mr Fogarty.

Vancouver has become a distribution hub in a global drugs trade stretching to Asia and Europe. Local gangs ship out cannabis, amphetamines and ecstasy made in BC, importing cocaine, heroin and guns for the Canadian market. Around 135 gangs are thought to be fighting over a business worth an estimated C$7 billion ($6.2 billion) a year." 

Let's see what kind of sentences the perps get.

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Know what the sad thing is? One of the rioters was to represent Canada at the Olympics in water polo!

I'm assuming the Canadian Olympic Association will do the right thing and cut him. One mistake or not, you can't represent this nation.