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| 2007/8/30-9/3 [Politics/Domestic, Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Iraq] UID:47834 Activity:high |
8/30 A Burning Man participant was found dead this morning, hanging
from the inside of a two-story high tent, according to Mark
Pirtle, special agent in charge for the Bureau of Land Managment.
The apparent suicide would be the festival's first in its 21 year
history, Pirtle said.
\_ Am I alone in thinking that Burning Man is retarded?
\_ No.
\_ Definitely not.
\_ Nope.
\_ You are certainly not the only person who has never been there
and knows practically nothing about it who has a very strong
opinion about it.
\_ I'm sure you've been to Guantanamo, Iraq, Darfur, and
a Billy Graham Crusade, right?
\_ I'm sure you've been to Guantanamo, Iraq, Darfur, and a
Billy Graham Crusade, right? Or not, since you deleted
this comment.
\_ How much of my tax payer dollars are being spend on
Burning Man? I think the Billy Graham Crusade is just dandy,
btw. If people want to spend their own time and money doing
things like that, that make them happy, more power to them.
And no *I* did not delete this comment. More than two people
Burning Man? I think the Billy Graham Crusade is just
dandy btw. If people want to spend their own time
and money doing things like that, that make them
happy, more power to them. And no *I* did not delete
this comment. More than two people
use the motd, believe it or not.
\_ How much does it cost to clean up the environment after
they leave? What is the cost to the local communities
to lock up all their stuff and keep their kids inside?
(Yes they steal shit from the locals). Who pays for
the cops and emergency services in the area to work
overtime? Just some good clean fun, kids, all free!
\_ Just like I said, the people who know the least about
what they are talking about, have the strongest
opinions. BLM inspects after the event to make sure
it is totally clean. Dozens of volunteers stay for
months until it is cleaned up. BM LLC pays for every
dollar of police, fire and emergency service time.
Any other misconceptions you want cleared up?
\_ Thousands of people show up in the desert, run around naked,
take a lot of drugs, have sex with random people for a week,
don't bathe, burn a giant 'man', then drive home in their
SUVs leaving behind (literally) tons of garbage in the
environment for the locals and government to deal with.
What was the cool part that I missed?
\_ You dont leave your garbage out there. You take it
with you. so often that means leaving it in a dumpster
in Reno, but you dont leave it out in the desert.
Actually I'm down with you spreading FUD about burning
man that it sucks, it keeps idiots like you from
showing up. please continue!
\_ Don't worry. I won't go. I might work to stop BM,
though! Enjoy it while it lasts!
\_ I don't think a lot of sex goes on at Burning Man.
Maybe you might try it once, then you figure out
that having sex at Burning Man is terrible and should
not be attempted by anyone.
\_ Ok, so thousands of dirty people in the desert naked
taking a lot of drugs, not getting laid, burning the
'man' and leaving a huge mess behind. I'm still
looking for the cool part.
\_ Where can I find pix of naked people in BM?
\_ google. Or just go next year.
\_ Better for people like you to stay away, since you already
know everything anyway. -Been to BM six times
\_ Wow, you are such an expert, glad to know you already
know everything that 45k people do over a weeks time,
even though your only knowledge is through the media.
\_ Don't worry. I won't go. I might work to stop BM,
though! Enjoy it while it lasts!
\_ I've yet to see a single person post anything about
BM being anything more than described: smelly people
taking drugs for a week, leaving a huge mess behind.
If you'd like to correct that 'misunderstanding', please
do. And oh yeah, there's people doing 'art' and
'expressing their freedom'. Sorry, can't forget that.
\_ Nope. No desire to encourage fools to come at all.
Please stay away.
\_ Stupid smelly hippies enjoying Burning Man:
http://www.csua.org/u/jfl
\_ Just because they are old doesn't prove anything. |
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| www.csua.org/u/jfl -> www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/09/03/DDGIRU442.DTL To resolve this issue we have provided you with an alternative "Safari Back" button to help you navigate through our site. We will continue to work toward resolution of the issue and regard this as a "temporary" fix. Another option is to consider use of the Firefox browser which does not experience this issue. entertainment links (09-03) 04:00 PDT Black Rock Desert, Nev. "My mouth dropped," recalled the younger Nellemann, 33, as the two cooled down at the Black Rock Bookmobile, a makeshift library. "I thought of my mom in the desert," said Nellemann, "and all those naked people." If this year's Burning Man theme is green, there's also a touch of gray lining the streets of Black Rock City. In 2004, a Burning Man census showed that only 2 percent of its participants were older than 65. Far from the fast-moving experience of college-aged ravers who tie themselves up in glow sticks at night and jump aboard moving booze cars - large buses with dance floors and liquor bars - the senior citizen experience differs: Avoid the heat at all costs, and move slow, by golf cart if possible. While the oppressive weather, miserable dust storms and miles-wide terrain may conspire against elders, Berit Nellemann said she was determined to experience the art and creative spirit she heard pervades the Black Rock community. "I've wanted to come for years," Nellemann said, as she wiped sweat off her forehead with a bandanna. Tommy Lewis, 70, also joined a Burning Man camp for the first time this year. Lewis was a high school music teacher in Portland and Reno, before retiring in March. "I made a list of all the things I'd like to do now that I have the time," Lewis said after returning from a bicycle trip to purchase ice, his contribution to his camp. Lewis, in the true spirit of Burning Man, took on the nickname Tom Cat. For Les Cole, a white-bearded 82-year-old from Colorado Springs, his trip to the desert came at the request of his daughter, Judi Cole Larson, 59, of Berkeley. Cole Larson had visited for the first time in 2004, when a giant mousetrap installation sat on the dried lakebed. Cole Larson said she immediately began thinking of her father, a Rube Goldberg fan who could appreciate a heavy dose of whimsy. "I felt like, 'Dad should be here to see this,' " she said. This year, she bought her father a ticket for Father's Day and rented an RV with air conditioning. She's part of a theme camp, the Black Rock Bookmobile, which sets up a library just behind Center Camp. Cole, a retired employee from the Colorado Department of Education, said he'd never experienced anything like Burning Man He'd skipped Woodstock, both times, and the only thing he could compare the environment to was his trip to the 1939-40 World's Fair in Flushing Meadows, NY On Friday, Cole was wearing a T-shirt that read, "Sex Meaniac," and cruised among art installations in his golf cart. When Cole arrived at David Best's "Temple of Forgiveness" and used a cane to walk into the enormous plywood structure, the artist guided the octogenarian by the arm and gave him a personal tour. When you see this, at this point in one's life, how can you be anything but inspired?" Back at the library, Berit Nellemann told her daughter she was enjoying herself so much, she wanted to return every year. "When I'm dead, you can come out here and sprinkle my ashes out here." |