Robert -
Point well-taken. I used the term "candy kid" in reference to an article I
originally read regarding the incident and the person who suffered with his
15 year-old life. And yes, in my eyes that was the fault of the promoters.
There is such a thing as a responsible party-goer and a responsible promoter
- I happen to be one of them. Safety first, insurance first, education
first. Before you are so quick to fractionalize and stereotype based on one
word which I used to half-heartedly describe someone (everybody knows what a
candy kid is), make certain you understand others' points of view. It is
"we" and pointing fingers is self-destructive - so quit pointing yours and
look at the context in which I used that term. I think you'll find perhaps
you were a bit harsh in your condemnations.
Respect,
J~
quoted 62 lines From: "Robert Vann" <listaroo@licious.net>
>From: "Robert Vann" <listaroo@licious.net>
>Reply-To: <listaroo@licious.net>
>To: "Idm" <idm@hyperreal.org>
>Subject: RE: [idm] USA "rave" promoters Supreme Court Case?
>Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 13:54:13 -0500
>
>http://www.emdef.org ought to have all the info you're looking for. Last I
>heard, though, the N'Awlins/Freebass case had been settled and the courts
>had determined that it wasn't fair of the authorities to consider things
>like chill rooms, readily available water, and glow sticks to be drug
>paraphernalia.
>
>This is in stark contrast to the addendum to the new Methamphetamines
>regulatory act waiting to be reviewed by the House Judiciary Committee
>which
>I'll go ahead and quote here:
>
>SEC. 305. LIABILITY OF PROMOTERS OF DRUG-ORIENTED ENTERTAINMENT.
>
>(a) IN GENERAL.-The Controlled Substances Act is amended by inserting after
>section 416 (21 U.S.C. 856) the following new section:
>
>SEC. 416A. PROMOTERS OF DRUG ORIENTED ENTERTAINMENT.
>"Whoever knowingly promotes any rave, dance, music, or other entertainment
>event, that takes place under circumstances where the promoter knows or
>reasonably ought to know that a controlled substance will be used or
>distributed in violation of Federal law or the law of the place were the
>event is held, shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, or
>imprisoned for not more than 9 years, or both.".
>
>(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.-The table of sections at the beginning of the
>Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 is amended by
>inserting after the item relating to section 416 the following new item:
>"Sec. 416A. Promoters of drug oriented entertainment.".
>
>
>EM:DEF ought to have some information on this piece of legislation as well
>within their Laws/Cases section. I urge those people who view this as an
>attack on constitutional freedoms to write local, state, and federal
>representatives as well as the media so that we can make it a public flop.
>
>Also, there's a need for promoters to standardize security, medical, and
>legal procedures to eliminate a lot of the problems.
>
>
>peace::hoomank (rob vann | ft.worth, tx)
>
>
>PS: There were several overdoses over the course of the first era of
>Freebass parties, and I doubt severely that every single one of them
>involved a 'candykid'. Drug abuse is a problem which spans every genre,
>every form of drug (illegal or not), and most subcultures in America are no
>exception. Perhaps if more time was spent saying "we are fucking up and
>*we* need to fix it" instead of "look at *that* group fucking up...let's
>get
>'em!" the situation wouldn't be quite so precarious.
>
>
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