Blatch: G-20 martyrs: "Mostly white kids with good teeth!"
"From the glimpses gained on the video screen and hallway conversations, the G17 for the most part appear to be the middle-class progeny of the middle-aged urban professional class of this country. They are, in other words, reasonably affluent, lucky, mostly white kids with good teeth.",
"Some are university students. Some still drive their parents’ cars. Some of their parents have cottages."
Two young women, for instance, were aghast when a Toronto Star reporter wouldn’t give up his seat so they could sit together. “I’ve got to do my job,” the reporter said. “Your job? Your job?” one of the young women said. “There are people here whose friends are in jail!”
"She was actually hyperventilating, and red in the face, she was so fraught."
"Fortunately, someone else did give up their seat, and the two women were able to sit together, though frankly, it looked as though what they really wanted was a room; they were constantly stroking each other’s hair, doing deep-breathing and clucking softly."
"Imagine: In this country, a kid rousted in a riot and facing a mischief charge is deemed a freedom fighter akin to Nelson Mandela.
Interesting little bit at the end:
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