03-03-2018, 02:12 PM
I'm not sure I'd advocate for Oktoberfest to be the model, and I can't say I have a perfect solution to the concerns people have about the St. Patty's celebration, but if we take Oktoberfest as the comparison, the hypocrisy is pretty clear. Right now they're worried about youths getting drunk and bussing in from out of town, at the same time the Oktoberfest planners are strategizing how to draw in more youth and out-of-town party-goers. This all strikes me as typical of a prevalent attitude in Waterloo that students are rude interlopers who should pay their tuition money and be grateful we allow them to live here, rather than one of the main pillars of the region's prosperity. I expect the annual Hell's Angel party near Laurelwood will go ahead as it always does. I wonder if the property owners will have a visit from the police to remind them of community standards?