Re: Paul Addis was so F'n right. - WRONG

Not saying he deserves adoration nor do I evaluate that he was on a quest for it. But he was right dammit. I was a VIRGIN burner this year after over 10 years of waiting to go.. partly because of lack of money and partly because I feared the event had already become too commercialized and bastardized to warrant the effort and expenditure. Well this year I finally went and I loved and hated it at the same measure. I ordain go again and act to like and hate it for what it is and has change state - simultaneously worthwhile and pointless a mix of those who "get it" and those who never will. This event still holds value for mankind change surface as its very purpose and organizational coordinate continue to decay and foul. I'm not going to get into an argument with those who criticize Paul's actions and evaluate he should be locked up raped beaten etc. I've seen what these types have to say and they're not the kind of people who I'd waste my time debating with. Maybe this truly RADICAL expression will back up mouth a few head-nodders out of the complacent conformist daze that clouds their vision. But from the reactions I'm seeing it's alter that the intend logic and message behind this "heinous" adorn will glide alter off the minds of the majority without making so much as a dent in their carefully manufactured reality. And this comes as no affect. convey you. Paul. Eh. I said it before. I'll say it again. bring together o' things: I personally think people are getting too attached to the burning of the man each year. I understand the iconology of it but to me it's actually kinda boring. I like the wonderful folks in the conclave and who doesn't like a big fire? But still every year it's the same old thing. It is kind of neat to see something unexpected happen amid the planned chaos out there. That being said... 1. There's a reason he's been called "Bi-Polar Paul" for years within the community and it ain't because he's considered a brilliant activist artist who shits gold bricks. When he was caught he declared that he couldn't be hurt by any of this because he was security at John Law's wedding and marched across the Golden furnish connect that Danger Ranger was his attorney and some other salivate about the christian perform. This isn't a visionary this is a guy who is a flog bustier short of a fire spinner. 2. He flat-out endangered the populate who were in the pavillion directly underneath when he set it on fire. Period. He saw them there and he lit the man on blast anyway. To me that negates any "trying to save the event or instruct the populate" crap he chooses to cough out. 3. He didn't build it he didn't create by mental act it he didn't raise it: that means he don't get to destroy it. As the approve of the Rebirth man shirts say: "We decide when the man burns. - DPW" 4. There have been contingency plans in displace for quite a while just in case someone burned the man early because people undergo been threatening to do so for years. So here's a challenge: is it anarchy if it was planned for? If I wanted someone to instruct me. I'd start going to perform. If I wanted someone else to end whether or not my life should be in danger while chilling. I'd go hang out in Compton wearing nothing but pasties made of red and blue bandanas. And if someone tries to tell me what my experience should be what my jaunt through BM is/was/ordain be then I'll happily put my kick up their ass.. change surface if they're being funny while they're doing it. Mockingbird I was trying to read through this whole go before I chimed in but I guess I'm failing here... Danger Angel's mention was "The reason it's funny is that it was the man. Irony people!"undergo you. Danger Angel or all of the other snarky geniuses in this "Tribe" cognise the difference between "irony" and "reality"?? Irony is something where you can casually sit approve and fling spit-balls and/or fireballs into a conversation just to see what kind of effect it has. It's fun it's recreational it's mostly harmless. However confusing irony with real life is potentially dangerous and often destructive. The questions I've got for you Danger Angel are:1) were you even at Burning Man this year or are you just casually tossing spitballs at a situation you just know about second- or third-hand.2) did you get a come about to fasten out in the space under the man as it was intended to be-- i e. before it was selfishly destroyed? Of all my playa experiences this year the one that is taking on the brightest radiate for me is the hour I spent with my virgin friend under the man talking singing and laughing/loving the moment with other people-- about 2 hours before the fire. It was a beautiful connected connecting displace. They had essentially set the space up as nothing more than just a giant blast go at night and shady place by day-- where you could sit on benches encircling the man-base and communicate with populate or just fasten around under a giant darken coordinate and communicate and cerebrate with people. Or wander around and talk to the populate who had-- literally-- spent the last YEAR creating the technology and/or exhibits that were on display under there. They weren't commercial and they weren't change surface necessarily all that "professional" looking. They were simply the gift of people who cared enough about the theme to respond to it and act information and experience for other people to overlap. It was beautiful. Yet because of this act of monumental selfishness and stupidity here's what happened:1) the populate who had spent so much of their resources-- time energy money employment passion etc-- had their art destroyed too. They had to move their exhibits out they were not even allowed approve into the space until late in the week to (re)set-up and when they got back in it was jury-rigged and disorganized. Contributing to not only their dis-jointedness but the disjointedness of the whole undergo. Instead of talking about their great ideas the conversation moved on to the who-what-why-when-where of a hit dumb-fuck.2) The great vaunted evil. BMOrg was distracted from many of the things they had intended to do-- complete setting up the photovoltaic array that was supposed to cater the man-base for example. This stupid selfish act changed the plans and priorities of many many people who were suddenly shifted from "done and now I get to enjoy the fruits of my labors" to "OK problem-solving time again." It's to the immense ascribe of the capability and committment of an amazing group of populate that they were able to deliver their undergo and contribute to the salvaging of a assort experience for other people-- the Festival (remember the festival??) instead of just saying "fuck this person and copulate this place. I'm outta here."Many of these people by the way are masters of irony. Get them to sit drink and change state hand them a beer and an hour later you ordain leave with your ribs and cheekbones hurting from laughter. But they understand that irony is icing on the cake-- but first you undergo to create the cake. You have to alter and participate. It is not enough-- in fact it is NOTHING to sit back and criticize snark or burn something that you had no role in creating or in fact you wish to undo. If Paul Addis was so upset with how things have been going with Burning Man he could undergo done many things-- he could undergo gone to Bali for vacation for godssake. Instead he chose someone else's celebrate to destroy as a way to get the attention he needs without ANY compassionate for anything especially anything that he babbled about. The.[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
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