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   From:  "Alex Nicholson" <alexnicholson@a...>
   Date:  Tue Aug 21, 2001  12:36 pm
   Subject:  Re: Skyclad question

   you were the dude that told everyone Santa wasn't real, right?
   --- In baltwash-burning@y..., A Pagan Visitor wrote :
   > -> 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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