On 31 Oct 2003 at 23:35, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: > At 10:02 PM 10/31/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: > > > >On Fri, 31 Oct 2003, Deborah Harrell wrote: > > > > > I came across this quite by accident in a search, but > > > had to check it out from the title: 'Burning Man 2001: > > > Satan's Birthday Party' by James Whisler > > > > > > "For those who are as yet unfamiliar with the Burning > > > Man Festival, it is like nothing you've ever seen (and > > > hopefully never will see). Founded on the Summer > > > Solstice (a witchcraft holiday) in 1986...To me, the > > > Burning Man origins obviously parallels ancient pagan > > > celebrations when Druids burned humans in wicker cages > > > as sacrifices to their gods at least eight times a > > > year, on their eight major holy days, one of those of > > > course being the Summer Solstice or Litha, a Celtic > > > fire festival...In essence, the outline of the city > > > streets forms the Wiccan symbol for the goddess. We > > > find the same symbol used for the trademark of the > > > highly Satanic video game Quake... Some readers may > > > already be familiar with the Luciferian principle > > > whereby it's believed that by creating occultic > > > symbols, they harness powerful energies. The symbols > > > themselves will generate energy after they are formed; > > > this being the precise reason behind the design of the > > > streets in Washington D.C purposefully forming masonic > > > and occultic symbols..." > > > > > > Oh, BTW, "As I was leaving the Burning Man ritual, the > > > Lord impressed upon my heart that this country would > > > be judged for it. In commenting on a 200 point drop in > > > the stock market for the week prior to Labor Day, Lou > > > Dobbs of CNN's Moneyline stated that just about every > > > year at this time, it takes a dive and then quickly > > > recovers shortly after Labor Day..." > > > > > > Man, do some people need to get a life! Or a brain. > > > >That was the general reaction of the part of the Burning Man > >community that I'm in touch with at the time it first came out. > > > >Now, when I'm spending time at a similar event, I see some stuff that > >I'm not comfortable with (more of it having to do with drug use > >because "hey, I use drugs when I come to this thing, but not the rest > >of the time" isn't enough of an excuse IMO), but I know it's there, I > >know how to avoid some of it, and there's enough positive stuff I get > >out of the whole thing that I can ignore the negative stuff, unless > >it's someone acting like a total @#$% with a bullhorn at 5:30 AM. :) > > > > My reaction to such behavior was to inform the offender sweetly that > if he uses that bullhorn one more time while people (like me) are > trying to sleep, he will suddenly find it in such a location that he > will have to eat beans to get any sound out of it in the future . . . > > > Okay It Was Actually A Horn In The Case I Am Thinking Of Maru
My reaction to s similar incident involved the one and only time I used an EMP generating device "in the field". I think there were only two collateral casualties (a cell phone and a pocket TV), both of which belonged to the offender. And no-one else DID work out what happened. Andy Dawn Falcon _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
