21pro said:
if an organization is going to make it accessible to allow public drunkenness beit in the streets, the harbourfront or beaches, then public security is a must. they damn well should be more responsible.
i would consider this to even be a legal liability issue.
every weekend at wasaga beach, the shorelines are patrolled by opp with night vision generation 4 binoculars (US military grade)... even though there is NO public organization holding a drunkfest- the town is responsible enough to know from years of incidents, that things happen when people are drunk in public.
Only difference here tho is that it isn't the city holding the event, it is a private enterprise that does get some city funding.
In fact, the organizers aren't the ones that sold him alcohol right? They arrange the parade and festivities. If there is any lawsuit to be filed it should be against the ones who sold him the alcohol, NOT the people who's event he attended while under the influence of said alcohol.
As for wasaga beach: there is a fear of drowning which is probably why they patrol it. Now if the city erected fences all along the shore to prevent anyone from accessing the beach at night, instead of having so many cops, then that would be a similar situation.
I say shut caribana down because there always will be someone doing something stupid.
While we're at it:
Shut down the CNE because people drink and smoke up there
Shut down all bridges everywhere because someone might jump off
Shut down all bars because hey, somene might drink too much and do something stupid
Shut down every community event because someone might drink too much
SHut down every concert venue and every concert because someone might decide to jump off the tier 2 seats
SHit, people have to be trusted to have 1 iota of common sense.....this SO reminds me of that idiot (was it last year?) who was on one of the upper decks at skydome and reached out for a fly ball and fell over.
They didn't erect barriers (aka fences) along all upper decks because hey, it's the asshole's fault for doing something stupid.
While we are at it, did you notice that all office buildings still have windows? Even after that idiot stock broker was showing off by running at one full tilt boogie in the TD Centre and went through (20 stories up).....
