”But in the end all of these ideas just manufacture new criminals when the problem isn't a lack of criminals.” -JRB
When it comes to sports events and music festivals, I'd rather watch both on the telly from the comfort of my own home.
Not getting stuck next to the drunk fat sweaty dude continuously screaming 'WOOOOOOOO!' while sloshing overpriced cheap beer on my shoes is just one of many advantages to viewing at home. Or having to wait in line to use the facilities after the Explosive Diarrhea Club.
"You win 100% of the fights you avoid. If you're not there when it happens, you don't lose." - William Aprill
"I've owned a guitar for 31 years and that sure hasn't made me a musician, let alone an expert. It's made me a guy who owns a guitar."- BBI
Heh. Burning Dude as I experienced it:
FWIW, the majority of us were Gen X or late Boomers with a pretty hefty libertarian streak.
"If I ever needed to hunt in a tuxedo, then this would be the rifle I'd take." - okie john
"Not being able to govern events, I govern myself." - Michel De Montaigne
“Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.”
― Theodore Roosevelt
Gen X here.
In 1996 there was a guy who set up "Mc Satans Beastro", where you could get a "burger, a beer and a cigarette for a buck ($1.00)". Some guy showed up with a hand full of crystals trying to exchange them for coffee. The response was:
F*ck that hippie sh!t, this is Burning Man!
"If I ever needed to hunt in a tuxedo, then this would be the rifle I'd take." - okie john
"Not being able to govern events, I govern myself." - Michel De Montaigne
Spoke with said dude tonight. He brewed the beer he was pouring himself in the video, and donated 10 gallons of it for Flash’s “McSatan” prank. That’s the epitome of the thing, really.
"If I ever needed to hunt in a tuxedo, then this would be the rifle I'd take." - okie john
"Not being able to govern events, I govern myself." - Michel De Montaigne
I have no experience with Burning Man, but a good friend of mine went a couple of times before I knew him. He was a hard one libertarian, and his description matches what is described in the OP much more than what was on the news.