The underlying message that came at the end of this documentary was essentially "Did you ever do anything wrong?" It's a good question to say the least, for no person is ever living in a glass house. But it was the way the question was kind of asked that seemed rather gross. Yes, I have done bad things, but participating in a riot isn't one of them.
In all honesty, I don't get the angle of this documentary. While the directors clearly state what they wanted to convey, that we as a society need to treat social media as a potentially revealing tool, it's hard to see that from those that participated. If anything, there is a documentary subject in this film, but the Canucks riot should have only been a piece of the puzzle, not the only angle. I think this could have been a tremendous look at how technology has allowed us to see thousands of angles at once, possibly starting with 9/11 as a jumping off point (since I am American). It would have revelatory to think that 13 years ago this happened, and now we have people claiming everything is a false flag with crisis actors, even with the technology in front of us pointing out the obvious.
One thing is for certain, that typical Canadian smugness many don't talk about was in full force, especially from the so-called good guys. It was a strange juxtaposition against the weirdly remorseful but "remorseful I got caught people" who were interviewed. Unfortunately, such is the state of social media. It is the new mob, and it is more powerful than most can believe. We are truly never responsible for what we do.
Also, go Kraken!
In all honesty, I don't get the angle of this documentary. While the directors clearly state what they wanted to convey, that we as a society need to treat social media as a potentially revealing tool, it's hard to see that from those that participated. If anything, there is a documentary subject in this film, but the Canucks riot should have only been a piece of the puzzle, not the only angle. I think this could have been a tremendous look at how technology has allowed us to see thousands of angles at once, possibly starting with 9/11 as a jumping off point (since I am American). It would have revelatory to think that 13 years ago this happened, and now we have people claiming everything is a false flag with crisis actors, even with the technology in front of us pointing out the obvious.
One thing is for certain, that typical Canadian smugness many don't talk about was in full force, especially from the so-called good guys. It was a strange juxtaposition against the weirdly remorseful but "remorseful I got caught people" who were interviewed. Unfortunately, such is the state of social media. It is the new mob, and it is more powerful than most can believe. We are truly never responsible for what we do.
Also, go Kraken!
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