Canada 'not friendly', Cheney cancels T.O. talk

[Swede]

Former U.S. vice-president Dick Cheney has cancelled a speaking engagement in Toronto, citing security concerns related to violent protesters at a Vancouver event last year, the promoter said Monday.

Protesters blocked the entrance to the private downtown Vancouver Club on Sept. 26 and prevented Cheney from leaving for seven hours until the violence ceased, a statement from Toronto-based promoter Spectre Live said.

"On the advice of security, they were worried that quite simply Canada is just not a friendly country to them," said Ryan Ruppert, president of Spectre Live.

http://www.torontosun.com/2012/03/12/canada-not-friendly-cheney-cancels-to-talk

[lob1]

1. Cheney is afraid of having a heart pump attack.

[niyad]

2. violence? what, cheney shot someone in the face again?

probably afraid he will be renditioned to the ICC for war crimes and crimes against humanity

[grasswire]

3. "Spectre Live"? This must be a parody.

Really?

Spectre Live?

[Ichingcarpenter]

4. Led by evil genius and supervillain Ernst Stavro Blofeld

yeah that caught my attention too.

[dmosh42]

5. Worried about war criminal charges and world court!

[tanyev]

6. Demonstrating the high standard of bravery that he set during the Vietnam War.