Stop the New RAVE ACT coming from SF of all places...

On 2011-02-23 20:39, ~Jessica~ wrote:
There is always ways to get around stuff like this. It is however an annoying thing to come across. The rave act in Texas is [pretty much ignored now days but the psychedelic communities never really had an issue with it in the first place. They were after the megarave promoters due to people dying at these events and the government not getting their cut of lOTS of money..

BTW why is this coming up now? Is it because of the HUGE raves that are happening in southern California? I heard about some deaths and edc i think. I also heard about some big lawsuits with the city going on.

On 2011-03-03 18:40, mubali wrote:
There are some important things that need to be addressed about the whole situation. There are organizations that have the money to pull off these "megaraves" and their only concern is their "bottom line". Since they could actually afford to pay the city to use the Cow Palace and the Colliseum, it was supported by the local gov't. However, when dealing with something in that scale (50k ppl+), it's incredibly difficult to actually maintain a sense of order in something like that. I really feel that there is a serious issue here and that's the fact that there are people who have no real understanding of the electronic music culture, and are exploiting it by creating these giant events that have zero to do with supplementing the EDM community, but more to do with making a profit since that's what corporations do. And that's exactly what these Megarave organizers are, corporate entities that are creating unsafe environments to turn a profit. But even then, looking at the wording of Ma's bill, the only people that are gonna be screwed are the people who do underground events. Everyone else will just be able to afford the right permits or will just pay a club to host the event. This is different from the anti-rave act because it's targeting a specific type of music (pre-recorded music)

But there is some change that needs to happen. People who cannot legally be responsible for their own actions shouldn't be able to willingly put themselves in harms way, or at least if they do, their parents don't get the right to file a lawsuit against the city for their own lack of parenting skills. Organizations that have no regard for their patrons shouldn't be allowed to continually create situations that put the entire community at risk. And maybe I'll be the first one that has the balls to say it, but MAYBE, JUST MAYBE, 50k Minors shouldn't go to raves. The only people that attend these megaraves tend to be the ones that haven't been around long enough to understand what the spirit of the scene is, nor understand what the underground is either, let alone responsible consumption. All of these things I learned from watching others at smaller events, not at massives.

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