02-23-2018, 12:04 PM
(02-23-2018, 11:16 AM)urbd Wrote: Terrible terrible terrible approach... this will just lead to a clash between students and police. Banning a celebration that students love is never a good idea. They just need to be present but not overbearing and let the students have fun...
Considering the city spends six figures to unsuccessfully police it, Laurier spends another five figures to police it, the city spends another six figures to try to offer alternative events, and still we wind up with massive property damage (I recall hearing that one building's elevator was rendered inoperable), this isn't trending in the right direction. The "speak softly" policing approach hasn't worked, and so the "carry a big stick" version is completely understandable. Anyone obeying laws has nothing to fear; I don't think we should suspend our laws because a bunch of people don't want to follow them.