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   From:  A Pagan Visitor
   Date:  Tue Aug 21, 2001  12:12 pm
   Subject:  RE: [baltwash-burning] Skyclad question

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   ->  the  dpw  creates  roads...  basically  stamping the dirt down and
   creating
   an
   -> artificial artery to link the city together...
   ->
   -> check the map for more information about that....
   Sigh. Just because we play make-believe, and call something a road,
   that doesn't mean that it actually is one.
   There is no comparison between these fictitious roads, and, say, a
   county road going past. If your camp is facing out on a real public
   road, and you have a mass orgy that is visible from that road, then
   maybe somebody's Aunt Gertrude will be getting an eyeful as she
   drives from Gerlach to somewhere else in Nevada, and maybe she doesn't
   want to deal with that. If she's on a public road, she has a
   reasonable expectation that she will not have to, and so, if you
   hold that orgy in that location, the police are well within their
   rights to come and arrest you.
   On the other hand, if my dad laid out a few dirt roads on his old
   farm, and gave them street names on a whim, it would not follow that
   the Juneau County department of roads would then have the right to
   start inspecting those dusty lanes, or that the sheriff could ticket
   dad for speeding on them. Fantasy does not carry the weight of law.
   The world is a strange place, but it is not that strange.
   Burning Man is a really, really big camp. It may be a well-developed,
   and well-planned camp, but reality check - it is a camp, not a city.
   One is there because one makes a trip to see a festival, at no small
   expense in terms of money and trouble. One isn't transferred there by
   one's company, and one won't stumble into it on the way to buying
   a used car. So, what do you say that we exercise a little common
   sense here, and remember that there is a difference between fantasy
   and reality ? Don't take everything you read, so literally.
   Joe

     Replies Name/Email Yahoo! ID Date Size
   16726 Re: Skyclad question Alex Nicholson   Tue  8/21/2001   4 KB
   16728 Re: Skyclad question K. M. Ellis   Tue  8/21/2001   2 KB
   16729 Re: Skyclad question Dale Ghent   Tue  8/21/2001   2 KB
   16732 Re: Skyclad question Philip W. Darnowsky   Tue  8/21/2001   2 KB
   16742 Re: Skyclad question Magorn   Tue  8/21/2001   3 KB
   16743 WTF is BM Ultra? Magorn   Tue  8/21/2001   2 KB
   16785 Re: Skyclad question Jon Freedlander   Wed  8/22/2001   4 KB
   16736 Eastern Burning Man Roger Paul   Tue  8/21/2001   2 KB
   16738 Re: Eastern Burning Man Leah Marcus   Tue  8/21/2001   3 KB
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