St. Patrick's celebrations

[danbrotherston]

I got the impression suppression was pretty successful in previous years. Although in 2020 Covid was new and everything had just shut down so most people might have just not come regardless.

Wait, it went to Marshall St., not the parallel Bricker Ave.? Interesting.

I really would like to see a more historical view on this. I distinctly remember Ezra Ave. parties/riots being an issue in the ’90s; then it disappeared for a while, then it was an issue again a few years ago when they tried the beer tent, then I thought it disappeared again, then now they are again trying a fairly severe suppression strategy.

Of course, in the ’90s it was still mostly houses; the larger apartment buildings are mostly more recent than that.

Yeah. There's a megathread on the Waterloo subreddit with a few updates. Apparently you can see it all on a Snapchat map, though since I don't use that app I don't know what it looks like. Here's the link to the thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/waterloo/commen...egathread/

It's interesting seeing the various public reactions to this. Some people think it's going to be a Covid-19 disaster. Some think the police should be out there in riot gear and tanks. Meanwhile the kids just want to let loose and I don't blame them after being isolated for two years.

Apart from like 1 death a couple years ago and some assaults, I don't get why people freak out about this. We're a university city and kids are going to party. On average, the worst that happens is some hangovers or a night in the drunk tank or ER from a bad fall. It's stupid as hell but meh...early 20s, 2 universities and a college. It's mostly just harmless fun with some headaches the next day. Canadians have burned down cities and rioted just because they won a sports game before haha so it could be much worse.

I am absolutely furious about the fact that police are more oppressive to students here than literal actual fucking Nazi's. I used to be a little annoyed by Ezra but felt the police response was ridiculously excessive.

Now I believe the police are actively, overly, intentionally oppressive. The police this year, in general, specifically in Ottawa and Calgary, but all around, have really done a great deal to undermine their credibility.

But St. Patricks day has always bugged the shit out of me.

This is my year of radicalization.