I like that, “What Would Hunter Do?” I might adopt that.. ;-)

But, all the vitriol and hate (and violent fantasy) aimed at Paul Addis by participants – and more alarmingly by members of the corporation – is very disheartening. The flavor of Burning Man used to be a perfect fit for the playa on which it is situated: harsh but not hateful, free and WILD like the wind that constantly blows out there but with an abundance of warmth and stillness, ugly and gritty but often stunningly beautiful. In that sense Burning Man is clearly “dead”. You can find some and maybe all of those things still, but now with safe and protective packaging around it. It’s now Burning Man Lite. Sorry truly, to those of you who will never know that earlier flavor (just like I wont ever know the even more concentrated pre-’95 flavor)….I never got to taste the coca cola that actually had coke in it either. In this land of the “free” we are always closing our eyes to the ever increasing limitations shackling us in the name of safety.

As to Chris ARSE O NIST, Willa Catheter speaks well and truly, but missed one little point: Chris says in his/her piece, “He’s a pathetic loser obsessed with decrying the state of Burning Man today and yet he won’t just go away.”
This is a terrible statement. I have problems with Burning Man. I have problems with America (where I live). Guess what? Not going anywhere. Live with it all you deluded folks that think dissenters should go away. Have you ever really stopped to consider what you are saying? Even if it’s a losing battle (most probable outcome), I intend to go to Burning Man and continue to stir my particular brand of shit and argue for less rules, more freedom, less reliance, more independence. Now if YOU don’t like that I welcome your input….or you can always just go away.

And yes it is easy to see who has been there and takes what away from the event….some of you talking about burning him, burningman must really mean alot to you. sigh. Get over it and go QQ some more.

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Move over gramps. You have nothing to offer us now.

On Saturday night we all stood around the Man as the anticipation built up. Me and 40K other exuberant folks. People from all over the world, from all walks of life, from all philosophies and religions. There were Dragons.

When the Man fired, that fire raced thru everyone there in a single epiphany. We all began to dance, inspired as one, and march around the bonfire, tornadoes of flame whipping out from the central maelstrom. I felt one with Mankind as I never felt before.

A small ember landed on my husband’s shoulder. He regarded it as a Kiss from the Man. It was the catalist that changed our lives forever. Before Burning Man we wore all black, the typical rocker/gothic/biker types.

Now four years later, we wear bright Parrot Head colors. We have built an art car, and we participate actively in whatever we do.

May the gods curse the small black soul of a 5’3″ hissy little faggot with an axe to grind, who murdered a magical Spirit for so many people. Oh don’t get me wrong. I love Gay People. But you, Paul, have committed rape most foul and you don’t deserve any pudding.

You’re a shallow profiteer, and very much in the spirit of where Burning Man has gone nowadays. Good luck profiting off tragedy for your “beer fund”, capitalist.

Here’s my resposne to your Cafe Press description where you say “the self-appointed culture police should just go away and create their own damn festival where they can burn whatever they want, shoot whomever they want, and act like general dickheads for as long as they like. “

Since when are the ones who want less rules called the “Culture Police”? We did have our “own damn festival where we could burn whatever we want, shoot whatever we want, and act like dickheads”. Then the Culture Police (people like you) came and ruined it. Go found your own damn festival where you can be safe and polite and told what to do for as long as you like, and leave Burning Man alone once and for all.

Please note that NO proceeds from the sale of these items will go to his defense fund! It will all go to my beer fund.

Finally, someone with enough balls to put some anarchy back into Burningman, which, lets face it, has become the annual mating season for ravers and alt-yuppies looking for a good drug binge.

Of course, its a lot of things to a lot of people, and change is inevitable, but I think its pretty awesome that someone finally burned the man early, instead of just talking about it :D

My story about Burning Man never made it through the intellectual gates the BM web masters into where it belonged: in the section on stories by participants.

For a real hot tale, read about the parallels of Burning Man and the Nevada Test Site:

http://www.lovolution.net/MainPages/essays/TwinFlames/TwinFlamesTitle.htm

One of the Druids’ great feasts was the spring festival, celebrated the same night as the Easter Vigil. The day before the feast, people all over the land were ordered to put out their fires. No fire could be lit until the sacred fire blazed up on the Hill of Tara, where all the pagan leaders met to honor their gods.

Patrick had heard the order, but that evening, as soon as it was dark enough, and before the Druids could light their fires, Patrick and his companions began the great Easter Vigil celebration. They had gathered on the Hill of Slane, directly opposite the Hill of Tara. Patrick knew that the Druids would be angry when they saw the Easter fire. He was right! When the Druids saw the fire, they told their king, “Unless we put out that fire at once, this very night, it will blaze forever in this land.” The pagans rushed toward Patrick’s Easter fire and tried to put it out and to kill Patrick. But nothing they did could extinguish the flame, and Patrick was kept from harm.

Burning man has become a burning joke…