I came across at least 3 people who were trying to take photographs of naked, underage girls this year. I guess all you people will try to justify it and explain it away, but personally I think it's a big problem for Burning Man.

Exactly. Let's pretend it doesn't happen.

A booking fee? You mean they don't want to do it for free? Don't you know that only BMORG is allowed to make money off of Burning Man? If you're not careful, we'll have to send you to burner re-education camp.

But if we all pretend it's not there, I'm sure it will go away.

I think it's great that they've convinced all these wide-eyed followers to work for the event for free. That must really increase profit margins.

Don't you think it's time he got a new prop--or a better shtick, for that matter?

Marion: slept with Larry because that was the quickest and easiest way to grab a piece of Burning Man; throttled the spirit of the event in smarmy marketing language and PR flackery; succeeded in turning Burning Man into a plastic, fit-for-family-consumption shadow of itself. Crimson: mindbogglingly...