Privateer
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I know a bit of necro-posting (and I realize one of the posters in this thread is banned), but I just stumbled across, and as a former member of one the tenants of Moss Park, I find alot of these comments amusing.
1) that the park isn't used. Of course it is, when the whether is nice people are there all the time (Cept when David Miller used it as a dump site). Sometimes parks are just that, open space, why do they need to have sculptures and the like? What's wrong with a decent sports field?
2) The only time us military folks used the park is for sports, like all the other area residents.
3)For people suggesting in should be moved, no one has really brought up one real legitimate reason for doing so. The most common refrain is that it looks ugly. So what, blame the people who designed it in the 60's. It's
purpose is to provide a staging/training area for the city's reserve members, and the current mission of the reserves is to provide support to local authorities in times of emergency, natural or man made. Despite all the media attention of Mayor Mel calling in the army for the snow storm, most of those army members were in fact reservists.
4) Two of the units in the armoury, The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, and The 48th Highlanders of Canada (my former unit), have histories dating back to the 1800's, and have more in connection with Toronto's history, than then councillor's like McConnell. This city has a very long and deep military connection whether people like to admit it or not. Why should they move?
5) Suggestion of co-using for community stuff??? That's funny. It may not look like a hive of activity on most day's but it is a functioning military installation, and you may want to look up the definition of armoury. That should give a clue as to why, access to the building is restricted and controlled. When outside groups do use the space, there is always military staff on hand to make sure people don't go wandering.
1) that the park isn't used. Of course it is, when the whether is nice people are there all the time (Cept when David Miller used it as a dump site). Sometimes parks are just that, open space, why do they need to have sculptures and the like? What's wrong with a decent sports field?
2) The only time us military folks used the park is for sports, like all the other area residents.
3)For people suggesting in should be moved, no one has really brought up one real legitimate reason for doing so. The most common refrain is that it looks ugly. So what, blame the people who designed it in the 60's. It's
purpose is to provide a staging/training area for the city's reserve members, and the current mission of the reserves is to provide support to local authorities in times of emergency, natural or man made. Despite all the media attention of Mayor Mel calling in the army for the snow storm, most of those army members were in fact reservists.
4) Two of the units in the armoury, The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, and The 48th Highlanders of Canada (my former unit), have histories dating back to the 1800's, and have more in connection with Toronto's history, than then councillor's like McConnell. This city has a very long and deep military connection whether people like to admit it or not. Why should they move?
5) Suggestion of co-using for community stuff??? That's funny. It may not look like a hive of activity on most day's but it is a functioning military installation, and you may want to look up the definition of armoury. That should give a clue as to why, access to the building is restricted and controlled. When outside groups do use the space, there is always military staff on hand to make sure people don't go wandering.