11-29-2018, 08:18 AM
(11-28-2018, 11:06 PM)Spokes Wrote:(11-28-2018, 07:06 PM)jeffster Wrote: No sense of arguing the legality of this.
However, I will say that the event is popular because: 1) you can get shit-faced intoxicated 2) you can be 18 and still drink 3) $20 (or even free) can get you a lot of booze 4) it's a Laurier thing 5) the cops turn a blind eye to drinking on a city owned street.
I think the city knows a sanctioned event would fall flat on its face (in the context of a successful event for Laurier students). They'll limit alcohol to prevent people from getting drunk, they'll refuse to serve under 19 year olds, $20 gets you 2 drinks -- if you're lucky, and it would be inclusive, which means rift-raft from everywhere would be interested in attending, including 30-50 year old creepers gawking at the young females and if you step out of line, the cops will haul your sorry ass to the drunk tank in DT Kitchener, along with a knuckle sandwich as a parting gift from the rookie officer.
This. All kinds of THIS.
The city/universities could certainly put on a sanctioned event. But it would NEVER be as popular as what's there now. I can't prove that with any evidence, but I believe it wholeheartedly.
Well, this basically means it's not worth discussing further--that being said we cannot ''prove' it but the city could easily.