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   From:  Jason Claiborne <jclaiborne@r...>
   Date:  Tue Aug 21, 2001  12:45 pm
   Subject:  RE: [baltwash-burning] Skyclad question

   sigh... it isn't make believe. it's a fact. i'm not believing what i'm
   reading... i witnessed the giving of a ticket for a sex act last year.
   if the LEO's mandate that a dirt area is a street and you're facing it
   doing
   a lewd act, you'll get a ticket. no arguments or clever sohpistry will
   change that.
   do i agree with the policy, no. will i adapt to it, yes.
   overall  what  does it matter? people think that burningman is somehow
   not
   subject  to  the same laws that govern the rest of the country however
   those
   people  are  mistaken. burningman and you are subject to the same laws
   that
   every  municipality  has  from  local/state  and federal LEO's. people
   should
   behave as they would in any city, be discreet when you break the law
   especially  since  you know that in this place there are more cops per
   person
   than almost any other city you care to name.
   clay.
   -----Original Message-----
   From: A Pagan Visitor
   Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 1:13 PM
   To: baltwash-burning@yahoogroups.com
   Subject: RE: [baltwash-burning] Skyclad question
   ->  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
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