From Che Sent Thu, Mar 11th 1999, 17:46
From Che Sent Thu, Mar 11th 1999, 17:46
At 03:24 PM 3/11/99 +0200, Irene McC wrote: > Currently very outraged because an independent TV >company filmed footage at the last event and were apparently going >to run a programme on 'the horrors that these irresponsible hippies >on acid were exposing their children to' <not a verbatim quote, but >close>. Ah yes, we've had some of that in the US too, usually involving Deadheads (nomadic followers of the Grateful Dead). What's hilarious is when they interview the cops, and the cops say "they're much better behaved than kids at a rock concert, and they even pick up their litter". It's important to remember that bad news serves an important function - to make advertisements seem like good news. The media need a constant stream of bad news, so they tend to slant things in that direction. Also, by negatively commenting on drugs, they are contributing important propaganda to the ludicrous "War On Drugs". >While I certainly don't classify myself within the above category, I >feel that children can only benefit by being exposed to as wide a >spectrum of our community. Some people believe in teaching their kids to think for themselves. Some people believe in teaching their kids not to think. I'm glad to see you belong to the former, not the latter. Che "Aphex's records are now available via the BMG music club. Time for another "save the underground" revival!" - Zenon M. Feszczak