04-05-2018, 09:18 PM
(04-05-2018, 06:53 PM)jeffster Wrote:(03-29-2018, 08:12 AM)panamaniac Wrote: Not going to happen. The City and WRPS need to devise means to start ratcheting the thing down.
I agree...however, this thing isn't going to ratchet down. The region needs to be totally hands off on this. We can't be tying up our resources for an illegal party hosted by selfish self-centred 18-21 year olds getting drunk. Either the universities hire police and ambulance services from outside the region, open up a emergency unit in one of the mess halls, or let it goes as is until something tragic happens, then it will shut itself down.
I predict though, that something bad is going to happen in 2019. The police in this region have zero control of this party, and the City of Waterloo has zero interest in getting involved. 2019 could be the breaking point.
Why would it shut itself down?
What would actually happen if something tragic happened is people would look at every possibly-relevant government agency and ask why they didn’t do anything to prevent it. Then they would have to do something, probably a lot, the next year.
I’m not sure why you think something bad will happen specifically next year. From what I heard it actually went fairly well this year — I mean, sure, the street (avenue!) didn’t remain passable to traffic, but there wasn’t a riot, there wasn’t extensive property damage or many injuries — so personally I predict it will stay similar to this year, at least if the police do the same next year as they did this year. Do we have a reason to believe more out-of-towners will come next year?