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Subject: Rave Act Passed in US
Original Message 1/45 11-Apr-03 @ 08:41 PM Edit: 11-Apr-03 | 08:52 PM - Rave Act Passed in US
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Bush To Sign America’s Anti-Nightlife R.A.V.E. Act
America’s nightlife industry faces an uncertain future
this weekend, after Congress voted to approve the
puritanical RAVE act, meaning crack house laws will
now be applied to all concerts, clubs and music
festivals in the US.
“Property owners can be punished for any drug offence
that their customers commit - even if they work hard to
stop such offences,” warned the Drug Policy Alliance
just hours before the Bill was passed.
“This is likely to deter nightclub and stadium owners
from holding events.”
“Every musical style will be affected, including rock and
roll, Hip Hop, country and electronic music,” they
added.
The bill was passed after Senator Joe Biden sneaked it
into an unrelated Child Abduction Prevention Act,
which allowed the RAVE act to become law without any
hearings, debates or even specific votes being taken by
Congress. Its incredibly draconian terms mean that if
just one person is caught smoking a joint at a public
gathering such as a club, party or concert, the
organisers and property owners can be jailed for 20
years.
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emdef.org
(helping to save American club culture)
Message 2/45 11-Apr-03 @ 08:49 PM Edit: 11-Apr-03 | 08:52 PM - RE: Rave Act Passed in US
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scray stuff.
Message 3/45 11-Apr-03 @ 09:50 PM - RE: Rave Act Passed in US
-Craig
Message 4/45 11-Apr-03 @ 10:03 PM - RE: Rave Act Passed in US
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yeah, i'd hope that the supreme court would squash this
but how long will it take them to get it?
i cn't believe they snuck this into the "amber alert" law.
completely unrelated.
bullshit.
Message 5/45 11-Apr-03 @ 10:37 PM - RE: Rave Act Passed in US
Of course, the entire party/club/event scene could be burried for a while. But let's face it, underground warehouse style events have always been more fun! hehehe...
Saw Pongoid at a place in San Francisco that handled the issue quite nicely... called it a private party, asked for doantions, and refused to allow the police on the property.
working around the bullshit is a good promoters greatest skill. This shit won't hurt most of us... and hell, maybe it'll put an end to BIG BUDGET glossy fliers, and glowstick sporting rich suburban kids who have to leave at 1:00 AM!
e
Message 6/45 11-Apr-03 @ 11:25 PM - RE: Rave Act Passed in US
you can do that? no shit?
Message 7/45 11-Apr-03 @ 11:26 PM Edit: 11-Apr-03 | 11:29 PM - RE: Rave Act Passed in US
Not having a go here, but Bush's America is becoming very, very weird.
"which allowed the RAVE act to become law without any hearings, debates or even specific votes being taken by Congress"
I mean S-H-I-T!!! That is bloody scary! Man, we really, really, really need to do something about these damned God-fearing nut cases who are fighting some bizarre imagined religious crusade in our supposed names! I almost feel sick.
Steve.
Message 8/45 12-Apr-03 @ 12:08 AM - RE: Rave Act Passed in US
hey, Steve... Are you an American?
Yeah, not sure of Poli-Sci in other countries, but in the US we have (and have always had) this brilliant thing calle dthe trailer bill. It's when special interests want to get a law passed, they tack it on to popular bills (that would make politicians look bad if they voted no on) and then the whole gets passed as law! It's a sham, and a bitch! And downright undemocratic.
And it's what they've done here!
e
Message 9/45 12-Apr-03 @ 07:28 AM - RE: Rave Act Passed in US
trills
Message 10/45 12-Apr-03 @ 09:08 AM - RE: Rave Act Passed in US
meanwhile here in the uk, they have virtually stopped arresting people for possession of pot.. and the police are very grateful.. it just wastes their time.. and they can concentrate on important stuff like robbery, burglary, murder etc etc
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