Going Green, Or Selling Out?
By: Lonestoner
This year at Burning Man, there was entirely too much controversy over what should have been nothing more than common sense to each and every individual who set foot on the Playa. Anyone not interested in preserving this planet (and especially the Playa!) for future generations has no business calling themself a “Burner” and being there with the rest of us in the first place. No, you don’t have to be a “tree- hugger.” It’s not like the Borg is demanding that everyone immediately go out and buy a hybrid and a houseful of Energy Star® appliances. I attended a panel discussion in the Black Rock commissary on Wednesday, August 29th, along with the usual gang of idiots, and a few honest journalists, among them my colleagues and friends from the Black Rock Beacon. The panel discussion lasted about an hour, and basically consisted of, “Please, tell us more about the same shit you’ve been telling us about for months now!” One of the most interesting questions was posed by me; I asked Larry if he’d ever considered burning a woman in place of or beside the man. He said no, because in 1990, when he drew the plans on which “Bernie” is based, he designed it to be androgynous, neither male nor female. I later learned that some of the DPW and other staff do in fact build and burn a woman, albeit on a much smaller scale than that of the man. One douchebag from the San Francisco Chronicle hadn’t even bothered to read the now infamous ePlaya post by Larry Harvey, in which he responded to the even more infamous Business 2.0 magazine article that started all this HORSESHIT. Hey douchebag, if you can’t do research, you ain’t no reporter! Were companies allowed to display their alternative energy products on the Playa this year? Yes, but ONLY their products, no names or logos! To paraphrase Mr. Harvey, “I challenge you to find corporate sponsorship on the Playa.” Just to put an end to this whole nasty mess, here are a few more quotes from Larry Harvey: - “It’s a natural evolution.” - “We’re growing up.” - “We try to lead by anarchy and example.” - “When we change what we do, we do it year after year, and we’re gonna continue to do it. That’s a promise.” - “If the sixties had been as structured as Burning Man, it might have worked out.” In case you still don’t get it, he was saying that the Borg isn’t trying to cram any beliefs down your throat; it’s merely asking you to GET OFF YOUR DEAD ASSES, JOIN THE FUCKING MOVEMENT, AND HELP US MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE!
That’s not so bad, is it?
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