Message 16737 of 29717 | Previous | Next [ Up Thread ] Message Index Msg # ___ Go From: Dave Diller Date: Tue Aug 21, 2001 1:43 pm Subject: Re: [baltwash-burning] Skyclad question > To compare the Esplanade to the Beltway, in terms of status as > "public places" would be ludicrous. Citations based on taking whimsy > literally, are not things that the authorities should be in the > business of giving out. What's next ? Ticketing tourists in Walt > Disney World if they walk across Mickey Mouse Lane, for jaywalking, because > they didn't go to the corner of Donald Duck Drive ? Come on ! What ever > happened to common sense ? What ever happened to common courtesy and consideration? The city still has standards, loose though they may be. Some still say there are too many, but with 25,000 people you need SOME minimal guidelines. People acting as if they own the place and can do whatever the hell they please and the rest of you be damned are the Problem, not the Participants. And you'll be thrown out of Disney for line breaking, unlike cutting someone off on the Beltway. Different enforcements for different standards of decency. On playa, its a hell of a lot looser than "the real world", but not non-existent. So you don't mind if little kids see you masturbating with your stuffed Minnie Mouse outside of your tent, at the intersection of Hard-on Blvd and Plush Ave? The parents might, even though they might not mind the munchkin seeing nekkid people wandering around. At least, that's my personal parenting philosophy, and I'm pretty sure that holds for most other Burner parents. Or would you rather the parents leave the kids at home, so you can play with yourself in public? Sorry, don't work like dat. Only one aspect... Kid or no kid, I sure as hell don't want to, even if you do call it Art or Participation. When I DO wanna see it, I know where to find it. And it AIN'T at the intersection of Hard-on and Plush. If you wanna go at it with your Disney Bendy Figurines, go join the Twisted Exhibitionist Sex Camp or something, where it is expected and - ahem - normal. It shouldn't be a part of walking down the street and coming upon it unawares. Yes, as shocking as it may be, I expect you to put your p00p in the porta-potties too. I don't wanna see THAT on the "road" either, even if it is just some temporarily walked on dust. You pay your money but that doesn't give you exclusive license to forgot all aspects of civility and - indeed - common sense. That, and after finishing with your hand-puppet-o-love and falling asleep instantly for a couple hours on the astroturf, do you REALLY want to explain for the next week why you have a sunburn shaped like Minnie Mouse's head around your genitalia? Keep it in the tent and no worries ;) -DaveD Replies Name/Email Yahoo! ID Date Size 16751 Re: Skyclad question A Pagan Visitor Tue 8/21/2001 5 KB Message 16737 of 29717 | Previous | Next [ Up Thread ] Message Index Msg # ___ Go Reply | Forward | View Source | Unwrap Lines ______________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 2002 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy - Terms of Service - Guidelines - Help