A few corrections: We don't have states in Canada, we have provinces and the games are being hosted by Vancouver which is a city. The games are not used to protest things, they are the cause of protests. We are protesting the games because they are going to cost us 6 billion dollars and we feel business has already enjoyed enough prosperity at our expense. We are protesting because the games are not about sport but about corporate schmoozing at tax payers' expense. We are protesting because we've had enough of the greedy few stealing out of the mouths of the hardworking many. We're mad and we're not going to take it anymore!