03-10-2018, 10:05 PM
(03-07-2018, 12:29 PM)jgsz Wrote: I think this event grew in popularity because it is illegal. It is exhilarating to drink unlawfully in public along with thousands of others. It's a bit like a riot or a mob. People do things they wouldn't do by themselves. Normalizing this event would attract very few people. They already have the choice to go to a bar or pub to drink green beer and some people do that. But nobody gets bused in to Waterloo to go to a pup or to drink in a sanctioned beer tent. That's not the point! Besides, most of the time the 17th falls on a school day and it's not something the student union or administration would favour.
This, plus the main downfall of the official events is that Ezra allows underage drinking - nothing legally hosted would.