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There was a time, when asked about which korporatsioon (male OR female) one belonged to was an honor to respond. Now due to SJW mandates this is an inappropriate invasion of privacy. Perhaps I should have been more polite and asked IF he belonged to one.
As to why I dared to pry into Hr. Meiusi's private life for the relevance concern, Tartu College has been a gathering point for fellowship and comradery since Tartu College was built. People would drive from Hamilton, London, Ottawa, Montreal, even from the USA. If he belonged to a korp he might have a better understanding and appreciation of the surroundings.
As for my “No I really don't think you understand the relevance. But you seem to have no problem smearing or insinuating Estonian fraternities with all the bad apples of the North American variety.”
These comments were in rebuttal to “Tartu College has made a business of servicing university students for nearly 50 years and through that history there have fortunately been very few bad actors and incidents that have impacted the residence negatively; at least in public forums. The same cannot be said of University of Toronto student populated fraternity houses that have inhabited the Annex over the decades.”
Why does Hr. Meiusi need to bring up a frat house whose current problems are garbage removal related. I don't get it so if you could “Rahamees” please explain how this is more important than the financial, structural and mechanical well being of the current Eesti Maja?
And my goodness there are current crime concerns!! Aren't there always crime concerns in any large metropolitan city in the world. Show me a similar sized city that has a crime rate LOWER than Toronto.
As for the Broadview location isn't exactly exempt from just as if not more violent crime. Please review the following,
http://www.torontosun.com/2015....
Now gentle readers “Rahamees” and “lugeja”, please indulge me when I ask some personal and private observations that you should answer to yourself or publicly as you prefer to hide behind anonymity.
I am truly hopeful that you have frequently visited JK, KJ, Seedrioru in the last years, if you had, did you ever find the parking to be atrocious or even bad? How about visiting Lakewood, Long Island, Chicago Eesti Majad? How bad is the parking at those locations? So why are attendance numbers at these venues down so greatly? If not the parking, what could it be? Bad location?
Guess what??
The parking and location of Toronto Eesti Maja haven't changed!
Unfortunately attendance numbers are also down. And getting there from the west end of the GTA and beyond is no better or worse than getting to Tartu College.... at least in my humble opinion. How many people won't go to the Eesti Maja when there are road closures or even bad weather? Why won't they take public transit instead?
So what is the problem with moving from 858 Broadview to Madison and Bloor? The parking is just as good/bad as it's current location. The same goes for the crime rate. Okay so the new building is going to be over and immediately adjacent to the TTC. How many buildings in Toronto share that same concern? Many condos and business towers actually brag about their proximity to the TTC, yet for the many naysayers of the move, as far as this possible development project is concerned it's a deterrent?
Additionally, gentle readers “Rahamees” and “lugeja”, I apologize for violating your codes of conduct. Hopefully I have addressed your concerns for my postings.
IF my postings have an “anti-Meuisi” slant, I must ask, why may I not express them if I find Hr. Meiusi's postings to be questionable or even “fake news”? Who are YOU to determine what may posted?
It would seem that there was a similar community feeling about Hr. Meiusi's postings when there was that brouhaha a few years back.
So then is the statement which I feel is obviously fear mongering and insulting by Hr. Meiusi.
“The Madison Project may have to look at the requirement for security and the recurring cost to support those measures, particularly in regard to students and other youth programs using the proposed new centre.”
I also wish to address the posts of one “Bluto” and “Madison Scene Reality Check”. One is an obvious post (as in thanks Captain Obvious). Drunk and disorderly are unfortunately rites of passage whether it be here next to Tartu College, Faber University or back in Eesti at Tartu Ülikool. As for public defecation and general unruliness I guess you haven't walked around Eaton's Centre or any-other to a major North American and the freshness of their “outdoor spaces”.
The flip-side of your observations is that either your parents didn't warn you of the problems around fraternity row AND/OR you didn't even bother to Google the area you decided to stay in.
There was a time, when asked about which korporatsioon (male OR female) one belonged to was an honor to respond. Now due to SJW mandates this is an inappropriate invasion of privacy. Perhaps I should have been more polite and asked IF he belonged to one.
As to why I dared to pry into Hr. Meiusi's private life for the relevance concern, Tartu College has been a gathering point for fellowship and comradery since Tartu College was built. People would drive from Hamilton, London, Ottawa, Montreal, even from the USA. If he belonged to a korp he might have a better understanding and appreciation of the surroundings.
As for my “No I really don't think you understand the relevance. But you seem to have no problem smearing or insinuating Estonian fraternities with all the bad apples of the North American variety.”
These comments were in rebuttal to “Tartu College has made a business of servicing university students for nearly 50 years and through that history there have fortunately been very few bad actors and incidents that have impacted the residence negatively; at least in public forums. The same cannot be said of University of Toronto student populated fraternity houses that have inhabited the Annex over the decades.”
Why does Hr. Meiusi need to bring up a frat house whose current problems are garbage removal related. I don't get it so if you could “Rahamees” please explain how this is more important than the financial, structural and mechanical well being of the current Eesti Maja?
And my goodness there are current crime concerns!! Aren't there always crime concerns in any large metropolitan city in the world. Show me a similar sized city that has a crime rate LOWER than Toronto.
As for the Broadview location isn't exactly exempt from just as if not more violent crime. Please review the following,
http://www.torontosun.com/2015....
Now gentle readers “Rahamees” and “lugeja”, please indulge me when I ask some personal and private observations that you should answer to yourself or publicly as you prefer to hide behind anonymity.
I am truly hopeful that you have frequently visited JK, KJ, Seedrioru in the last years, if you had, did you ever find the parking to be atrocious or even bad? How about visiting Lakewood, Long Island, Chicago Eesti Majad? How bad is the parking at those locations? So why are attendance numbers at these venues down so greatly? If not the parking, what could it be? Bad location?
Guess what??
The parking and location of Toronto Eesti Maja haven't changed!
Unfortunately attendance numbers are also down. And getting there from the west end of the GTA and beyond is no better or worse than getting to Tartu College.... at least in my humble opinion. How many people won't go to the Eesti Maja when there are road closures or even bad weather? Why won't they take public transit instead?
So what is the problem with moving from 858 Broadview to Madison and Bloor? The parking is just as good/bad as it's current location. The same goes for the crime rate. Okay so the new building is going to be over and immediately adjacent to the TTC. How many buildings in Toronto share that same concern? Many condos and business towers actually brag about their proximity to the TTC, yet for the many naysayers of the move, as far as this possible development project is concerned it's a deterrent?
Additionally, gentle readers “Rahamees” and “lugeja”, I apologize for violating your codes of conduct. Hopefully I have addressed your concerns for my postings.
IF my postings have an “anti-Meuisi” slant, I must ask, why may I not express them if I find Hr. Meiusi's postings to be questionable or even “fake news”? Who are YOU to determine what may posted?
It would seem that there was a similar community feeling about Hr. Meiusi's postings when there was that brouhaha a few years back.
So then is the statement which I feel is obviously fear mongering and insulting by Hr. Meiusi.
“The Madison Project may have to look at the requirement for security and the recurring cost to support those measures, particularly in regard to students and other youth programs using the proposed new centre.”
I also wish to address the posts of one “Bluto” and “Madison Scene Reality Check”. One is an obvious post (as in thanks Captain Obvious). Drunk and disorderly are unfortunately rites of passage whether it be here next to Tartu College, Faber University or back in Eesti at Tartu Ülikool. As for public defecation and general unruliness I guess you haven't walked around Eaton's Centre or any-other to a major North American and the freshness of their “outdoor spaces”.
The flip-side of your observations is that either your parents didn't warn you of the problems around fraternity row AND/OR you didn't even bother to Google the area you decided to stay in.
