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NEWS: Two Cosplayers Fined for Fake Weapons Near Canada's G-Anime Convention


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Kaon



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 6:30 pm Reply with quote
... My countrymen.. you're letting me down :S

That last statement though... :S
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Setsura1



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 6:38 pm Reply with quote
Kaon wrote:
That last statement though... :S


It's true, if they were in the states they would be dead. Gotta love us 'Muricans -.-
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BigHeadClan



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 6:52 pm Reply with quote
Tsk, some people just lack common sense. Well at least they are still breathing, even in Canada this could have turned out very differently.
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ZetaZaku



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 7:02 pm Reply with quote
That comment at the end reminds me of that recent incident in Utah, where police shot a black kid doing a Samurai Champloo cosplay, claiming he attacked them with a sword.
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Kadmos1



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 7:03 pm Reply with quote
This is a reason I don't cosplay.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 7:08 pm Reply with quote
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Rob Spittall, owner of The Comic Book Shoppe in Ottawa, witnessed the arrest. “Considering how the world has changed in the past year, I'm thankful we're not the States. Realistically, if we were in the States, those kids would be dead,” he said.

It would all depend upon the ethnicity of the victims.
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SpeckTech



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 7:08 pm Reply with quote
No doubt they'd be dead if they were in America.
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Megiddo



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 7:12 pm Reply with quote
SpeckTech wrote:
No doubt they'd be dead if they were in America.

If they had dark skin, yes.
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Mr. sickVisionz



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 7:15 pm Reply with quote
nbahn wrote:
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Rob Spittall, owner of The Comic Book Shoppe in Ottawa, witnessed the arrest. “Considering how the world has changed in the past year, I'm thankful we're not the States. Realistically, if we were in the States, those kids would be dead,” he said.

It would all depend upon the ethnicity of the victims.


Beat me to it. These kids would have had a full clip emptied into them. But at least they were dressed up and masked like arm militia men. I can at least understand how that would end horribly.
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Lusbox



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 7:17 pm Reply with quote
Lol, such ominous music to put over a video of them walking to the car.
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enurtsol



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 7:19 pm Reply with quote
It's a whole new world running around lone wolf
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nobahn
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 7:21 pm Reply with quote
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May I trouble you to elaborate?
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vangelionite88



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 8:02 pm Reply with quote
Kadmos1 wrote:
This is a reason I don't cosplay.


because two guys got fined for having fake weapons? mmmmk.
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Mr. Oshawott



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 8:14 pm Reply with quote
As bad as the gun confiscation is, I have a foreboding feeling that this predicament could've been much worse if these cosplayers were encountered in the U.S, if Darrien Hunt's fatal encounter with the police is anything to go by...
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Evaunit02berserk



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 8:19 pm Reply with quote
I see the comments in this article, then I look at the resulting thread and then I realize why cops are shooting. With the entitled attitude of people nowadays, I would be nervous too. Course we all forget the incident with the cop that had a body camera where the guy was acting normal and then suddenly pulled a gun out of his pocket for no bloody reason and shot the cop dead.

Murica, its okay to attack police officers, but when the cops retaliate in defense, OMG VICTIM SAVE ME I'M OPPRESSED!

None of you know oppression, none of you. Go sit on a mountain surrounded by ISIS trips and call me then.


Edit: Also, notice something about those rifles? NO ORANGE TIP! If they got shot, they deserved it

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