The G20 summit occurred a while ago. Why am I talking about it now? Well it’s because I refuse to do news and well I’m just bored. Anyways, there were many complaints and criticisms. Here is a response to some of those criticisms.

The bulk of the criticism can be summed up as, “You could have fed millions of starving children with the $933 million spent on security”. But, before we get to that we have to explain why security cost so much. This leads perfectly into another criticism of the summit which goes like this: “Why did they have to do it in Toronto? They’re just trying to provoke us.”

However, this is not the case. The goal of the government is not to ‘provoke’ people. That just doesn’t make sense. The real explanation for why it was held in Toronto can be easily found if you take a look at the previous cities that the G20 was held in. Washington D.C. London. Pittsburgh. Do you really think it would make Canada look good if the G20 was held in Muskoka or Sudbury? And would people be making such a complaint if it was held in such small towns? You’re damn right they would.

There is another complaint that could be made if the G20 summit was held in a small and remote town. It would be criticized as being too secretive much like the meetings of the Bilderberg Group. A more open summit meant that it would be held in a larger city. But, herein lies the predicament. In a large city you are inevitably going to ‘provoke’ some people and that means there must be security. And this security costs money. This is the catch-22. In some way or another you are going to ‘provoke’ some people. You just can’t please everybody.

Now, I will deal with some smaller issues. Did the police ‘allow’ their cruisers to get burned? Yes. Were there agents provocateurs dressed up as black bloc? I find it unlikely. I think the incident in Quebec put an end to that tactic.

Was there police brutality? Yes. But, I don’t think it was done out of malice or the desire to beat people up. I think it was more because of police ‘incompetence’. If they knew how to set up a proper perimeter and could control the movement of protesters better then I doubt there would be any need to beat people up (or charge them with horses). But, alas they were only police and did not have the brains of military strategists.

If you are reading this I hope you don’t see it as a dedicated praise of the government, the system, big brother, or whatever you like to call it. In fact, I have a better solution. In this day and age it is very easy to connect with people from across the world. There is really no need to fly across the world if you just want to talk with them. The world leaders of G20 could have just done a video conference which would be broadcasted on the radio, TV and internet. That way you can have a very transparent meeting that costs much less money. So maybe you can please everybody. Never mind, the politicians would never agree to this. They enjoy the pomp and splendour.

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