Vancouver orders removal of anti-Olympic mural
Found on The Globe and Mail on Sunday, 13 December 2009
The city of Vancouver has ordered the removal of a mural hanging outside a Downtown Eastside gallery depicting the Olympic rings as four sad faces and one smiley face.
While this removal was ordered under the city's graffiti by-law, a sign bylaw in Vancouver has faced heavy criticism. First passed in July, it was accused of stifling debate by giving police and city officials broad power to seize signs and placards, with one civil libertarian saying the city was at risk of becoming "Beijing 2.0."
You can be really grateful if the Olympics don't come to a place near you. The TV you can at least turn off.