Buzzfeed's 45 Most Powerful Photos of 2011

[deckeda]

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/the-most-...os-of-2011

I didn't get the significance of # 41, the phone receiver dangling at a Wall Street trading room.

[miK.]

Wow... some pretty moving stuff. Thanks for the link!

[rankandfile]

What a year.

Thanks!

[Rick-o]

Nice collection. Thanks!

# 37 kind of made me laugh, not because of what happened, but the look on that kids face.

[hal]

I think these two are more representative of the Vancouver riots than the one they chose...

this kid WAS a waterpolo olympic hopeful before he became an idiot...


and this one just says it all:

[deckeda]

I realize Canadians are nutty about their hockey, but what was behind the rioting? Was there some outcry of unfairness or some other aspect that would cause such stupidity about a sport? Everything else in their lives all buttoned-up, leaving only violent outbursts left to complete the day's To Do list?

Sorry if you're Canadian and this comes off as callous.

[hal]

"I realize Canadians are nutty about their hockey, but what was behind the rioting?"

several 100,000 people drunk, unhappy and in a confined space with a couple of 100 police to take care of things...

such things have happened all over the world and in the US many times - all just about a sport

[bazookaman]

deckeda wrote:
I realize Canadians are nutty about their hockey, but what was behind the rioting?

Maybe the ref called one of the players for illegally taunting the other team.

[SDGuy]

I dunno...are you allowed to make a celebratory gesture like this? Seems pretty insensitive and possibly taunting...