11-28-2018, 11:08 AM
(11-28-2018, 10:49 AM)danbrotherston Wrote:(11-28-2018, 10:44 AM)robdrimmie Wrote: Minor point: It has been tried, though poorly. Details are scattered throughout this thread and I can't find good external sourcing after a few minutes of lazy googling, but the general gist is that a tent went up somewhere on Seagram's Drive.
The first mention here is: http://www.waterlooregionconnected.com/s...5#pid49655
I don't think that detracts from your actual point about treating students like actual humans though. And it certainly hasn't been tried in memory of the students who are participating in the celebrations.
I definitely know about the tent, and, I think its a debatable point to be sure, but I'd argue that this 'tent' wasn't a real attempt at an event. For one, it had nothing except drinking, no food, no entertainment, it is entirely unlike any other event in the region, even Octoberfest which is entirely focused on drinking. And second, as you mentioned it wasn't located on Ezra St. where the event occurs. It was perhaps worth a try, but I wouldn't consider it an actual event attempt, it was merely an attempt to relocate and make official the drinking. Like I said though, debatable, it might be unfair to say the city has never tried anything except suppressing the event, but those two things are why I think it wouldn't have succeeded.
But isn't that what the St Patrick's Day and Homecoming parties are? It's not like the students are just drinking and partying because they wish there was something else to do. That's what these parties are. Does adding food and entertainment really change that?