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Comment on Section 98 – Open Source Entry #7 – Harbourfront Centre Tech Day in 2 Minutes or Less by Buddy J

Buddy J — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:24:06 +0000

I pretty much never go to the theatre even though I usually enjoy myself when I do. I’m just unaware of what’s currently out there unless I make an effort…as opposed to movies where it’s nearly impossible to not know what’s playing. Since I don’t follow theatre, it seems more of a crapshoot and the thought of sitting through bad theatre is worse than sitting through a bad movie — wait, actually that could be entertaining in its own way. I guess in the end, I’m just lazy…

Comment on Section 98 – Open Source Entry #7 – Harbourfront Centre Tech Day in 2 Minutes or Less by Michael

Michael — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:32:57 +0000

Thanks for everyone’s responses!

We still have a few more comps left for this initiative, so spread the word to any of your potential guests that they too can have a ticket waiting at the door if they don’t regularly make it to theatre and tell us why here.

Yev – your answer DOES count. Also, you should contact theatres you like about ushering opportunities. Show up 45 minutes early, hand out some programs, see the show for free.

Comment on Section 98 – Open Source Entry #6 – A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Harbourfront Centre by Michael

Michael — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:20:32 +0000

Thanks, Concerned. I am also concerned.

@ Manda, I didn’t find the conversation useless in any way. It certainly caught me off guard, and my discomfort with maintaining a “jokey” tone grew as the conversation progressed. But I mean, don’t promote an “open source” process about contentious issues and then get all shocked that people use it to disagree with you either…

@ Brittney – I just read this now, which means two less days of rehearsal to argue about the relationship between “free will” and socio-economic status.

Comment on Section 98 – Open Source Entry #7 – Harbourfront Centre Tech Day in 2 Minutes or Less by JW

JW — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:42:11 +0000

I do not regularly go to theatrical performances. I’m not sure there is one specific reason why; after all, I actually do enjoy theatre when I’m there.

It may be for the same reason that I don’t go to the cinema, watch television, or go to other performance art events very often: I’m not one for entertainment. The reasons that come to mind: I feel like I should be doing something else, like work (always work); it’s a bit of a luxury that I may not have “earned”; it’s not returnable – if it’s terrible, my time and my money are both gone (yes, rather silly); legal concerns and a lack of physical capability (I’m not particularly big, you see) restrict me from exacting appropriate punishment on other members of the audience who engage in disruptive activities; and, finally, I don’t often find a story that appeals to me.

Comment on Section 98 – Open Source Entry #7 – Harbourfront Centre Tech Day in 2 Minutes or Less by Yev

Yev — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:05:22 +0000

I’ve been out of a job since November. So since then I’ve only seen shows that were free This makes 2 shows I’ve since November – I don’t know if that qualifies as “not going to the theatre regularly”, but I miss it.

Comment on Section 98 – Open Source Entry #6 – A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Harbourfront Centre by Concerned Humanitarian

Concerned Humanitarian — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:51:11 +0000

Everyone seems to be missing some important legal info here. Under the following int’l conventions, all of which Canada is a signatory of, Khadr falls under the category of ‘victim’ as a child soldier:

• International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
• Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
• UN Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty (UN Rules for the
Protection of Juveniles)
• UN Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency (The Riyadh Guidelines)
• UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice (Beijing
Rules)

The disagreement over the YOA is legally irrelevant. Khadr is a victim, not an offender. There was a harrowing article in the Star last month about Al Shabab coercion in Somalia towards the recruitment of child soldiers – a timely reminder of why these covenants are essential in upholding our humanity! http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/757924–al-shabab-s-reign-of-terror-grips-somalia

Comment on Section 98 – Open Source Entry #5 – I believe in the power… of you and I by HATCH-ing, Part One: Tech, triumph, and the traps therein. « bfg: keeping it real.

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:50:24 +0000

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Comment on Section 98 – Open Source Entry #7 – Harbourfront Centre Tech Day in 2 Minutes or Less by Lorina Stephens

Lorina Stephens — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:33:41 +0000

Love theatre. Don’t go. Why? Time, plain and simple. Arthritis, another factor. We’re out in the bucolic boonies, work long hours, and the last thing either of us want to contemplate is a long drive to be entertained, confined to restrictive seating that will be uncomfortable for one, excruciating for the other, and then face another long drive home, late at night, when both of us would rather be snoring in bed.
We don’t even go to cinema anymore. In the winter it’s reading and possibly a DVD. In summer it’s music in the garden and the moon hanging in the willow.

Comment on Section 98 – Open Source Entry #3 – Tim Buck, The Musical! by BFG’s Adventures in SMLand, or I’m lost, get me out of here « bfg: keeping it real.

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:35:16 +0000

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Comment on Section 98 – Open Source Entry #7 – Harbourfront Centre Tech Day in 2 Minutes or Less by Cindy Rozeboom

Cindy Rozeboom — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:32:57 +0000

I would go to the theatre every weekend if I could. But I haven’t been in a really, REALLY long time because babysitters are expensive. I can’t even use a free ticket if you give me one, unless it comes with a capable, free 19 year old willing to take on the kiddlies. (Do you have one of those? I could use one of those.)