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   From:  "Dustin" <smittydc@s...>
   Date:  Tue Aug 21, 2001  1:01 pm
   Subject:  Re: [baltwash-burning] Skyclad question

   road: "an open way for vehicles, persons, and animals"
   > Just because we play make-believe, and call something a road,
   > that doesn't mean that it actually is one.
   Yes, it does.
   Sure,  there's  a legal difference between a public road and a private
   road,
   but they're both roads. Do you have another term you'd prefer to use?
   "non-governmentally  maintained  watered  down  dirt walkway you can't
   camp on"
   is too much of a mouthful for me.
   The  BLM  and  other  LEO's have decided to enforce laws as they would
   anywhere
   else.  If  they  see a crime taking place, they will do their duty. It
   gets
   more  complicated  when you get into what rights of search and seizure
   they
   have,  and what level (if any) of probable cause they need to search a
   tent.
   I  think  they  consider camps open to inspection (it IS public land),
   and
   tents  to be more along the lines of cars/homes. To be honest, I'm not
   too
   worried about it because I don't plan on breaking any laws (much), and
   the
   cops will do whatever they want regardless of what my understanding of
   the
   legalities are.
   back to toy-making...
   ----- Original Message -----
   From: A Pagan Visitor
   To: <baltwash-burning@yahoogroups.com>
   Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 1:12 PM
   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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