Call me a bleeding-heart hippie, but if someone's curled up like this (unless it's performance art of course) than someone should be giving him help. Is that punk kid actually flipping off the cameraman? This is one fucked up culture we're in...when violence and pain are acceptable, and making love...

So how many art cars WERE cited for dangerous driving on the playa this year? And how many of them removed? This is actually a really good question that hasn't been aswered yet. It would also be interestiing to find out how many warnings/tickets were handed out for going faster than the 5 mph speed...

stuart wrote:You Can't Handle the TRUTH!

Y'all are hey-larry-ass. I really wish you all the best in your new found land of "rules" and "safety"

EXACTLY the same bullshit attitude of entitlement that I believe many of them were operating under as they selfishly made things difficult for pedestrians, bikers and other art car operators. believe = informed. nice. and, ooooh I love when you talk with all caps. give me a tingle. oh, and of cours...

enjoy your time in europe or brazil CF. I will enjoy mine on the playa. As far as la contessa goes, I think you are on track when you say nothing as beautiful will ever be built. While I would not go quite that far, never say never afterall, I do think it was rather iconic and gorgeous. Still, I wi...

Gizmo wrote:Maybe they could flat-top it and turn it into an aircraft carrier?

I don't think any airplane would be able to land on it since the contessa travels so fast.

Sorry... the lingo's got my baby. I'm still trying to figure out what "apadavids" is. Any resemblance with Eric the Half A Bee? Apadavid - noun 1. A person (usually with the name of David, but not all the time) that has no oppinion of his/her own, but constintly reaffirms everyone else's oppinion w...

Bob wrote:ITYM "direct experience".

wait, you have a direct experience with regaurds to how the contessa crew decided how many people were let onboard?

and what does ITYM mean?
not familar with lingo.

ever stop to think that they were limiting the number people on board for safety reasons? Given the facts Tuba, that's the most disingenuous shit you've muttered to date. With all the other experiences related to the operation of the Contessa I doubt seriously that limiting the number of people on ...

Regarding banning La Contessa: I gotta say, I loved the ship, adore Extra-Action, and am very sorry to see them go (I know Extra Action wasn't banned, but their web page says they'll be skipping the event next year). That being said, they fucked up. A huge vehicle careening around under the control...

I'm confussed. if the purpose of a speed limit is to keep everyone safe. why, then, is everything burnt? isn't that unsafe?

KellY wrote:Hey WSPR/SB, stick to your own goddamn threads. Or is that Dirtytuba in WSPR drag?

Dirty Tuba don't play like that.

Badger wrote:

elite

I get so tingly when I hear/read that word.

tingly can be a response when donning a shoe that fits

BitchyWolverine wrote:bunch of arrogant bastards

oh, I get all tingley when I hear that phrase....

Friends. every last episode.

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Chai Guy wrote: innuendo and vague accusations.

are uncreative too... I guess I should say, good bye. I've turned...d... on myself.

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Isotopia wrote:

The word 'culture' might be appropriately applied to all three examples but 'community' as far as I can tell can only be assigned to one of them.

Nascar isn't community? is that what you are saying?

> who is this deciding factor of Burning man and who lets them make > these decisions, decisions like "Banning Art" like La Contessa. I'm not sure what parallel you're drawing here. Jiffy Lube was asked to take their sign out of view of the general public because it (probably) violated local Nevada...

http://www.burningman.com/blackrockcity_yearround/jrs/extras/jiffylube.html that is a very good example of what I am thinking about. and one of the biggest questions raised by this article is "The question that remains for us to answer is exactly whose standards were violated. Did a twelve foot tal...

I find the simularities between Nascar and Burningman very funny. thousands of people flock to a far off place to camp in MotorHomes and tents, dress funny, decorate their camps and drink/do drugs for a week. The only difference I see is that one embraces the economy of waste and the other shourds i...

[quote="KellY"]When people start acting thoughtlessly, selfishly, and/or spitefullyquote]

but who decides that these people are acting thoughtlessly...?

I think the official phrase you are seeking is "immediate experience" (but I could be wrong). As for art being banned, do you want to talk about a specific example, or is this just a hypothetical future possibility? the example has already happened... no need for specifics, because I want to have a...

What is a "Direct Experience" and how is someone's "Direct Experience" interfered with at burningman?

and what happens to burningman when art projects start getting banned from attending?

KurtRuckus wrote:Does that mean I can hope to see you all at the Guca music festival next year?

this is a destict posiblity. and it looks like I don't have to take a tent.