From sfraves-request@medisg.Stanford.EDU Tue Apr 20 23:37:50 1993 Received: from medisg.Stanford.EDU by soda.berkeley.edu (5.65/KAOS-1) id AA09116; Tue, 20 Apr 93 23:36:34 -0700 Received: by medisg.Stanford.EDU (4.1/1.34) id AA10188; Tue, 20 Apr 93 22:29:32 PDT Received: from sys1.unigate1.unisys.com by medisg.Stanford.EDU (4.1/1.34) id AA10181; Tue, 20 Apr 93 22:28:34 PDT Received: from unislc.slc.unisys.com ([192.60.224.1]) by sys1.unigate1.unisys.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA24975; Wed, 21 Apr 93 05:26:16 GMT Received: by unislc.slc.unisys.com (5.61/1.35) id AA06764; Tue, 20 Apr 93 23:28:11 -0600 From: brians@unislc.slc.unisys.com (Brian Sassone) Message-Id: <9304210528.AA06764@unislc.slc.unisys.com> Subject: Licensing To: sfraves@medisg.Stanford.EDU (Bay Area Ravers) Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 23:28:10 -0600 (MDT) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL21] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 2489 Status: OR >From a leaflet published by The [British] Libertarian Alliance - Paul Staines: Imagine a regime so totalitarian that it will not allow its young citizens to dance when they want. Imagine that this regime introduced a law which banned dance parties unless they were authorised by the state, and even then the parties would only be allowed to be of limited duration and on state-licensed premises. Naturally this regime would, in line with its ideology, only apply these laws to parties held for profit. The populist pro-government newspapers would of course launch a propagnada campaign against what it would call evil dance party organisers. The pro-government press would conduct a hysterical smear campaign, describing the party organisers as criminals. In order to combat the subversive profiteering free market dance party entrepreneurs the state would form Lifestyle Police. ... This is truly a regime of which Stalin or Hilter himself would be proud, implementing socialist policies to protect the citizens from their own moral weakness. ... Sadly, the above is not fantasy, it is based on reality. In Britian in 1990 all this happened ... ... The Lifestyle Police are controlled by members of a powerful but little known clandestine entryist political party known as the Safety Nazis. ... The Safety Nazis want to ban things: video nasties, cigarettes, drink, drugs, loud music, pornography, toy guns, real guns, artificial additives, swear words on TV, fast cars, unusual sexual practices, dancing around Stonehenge on the solstice and Acid House parties. They also make you do things for your own good, like wear a seat belt and watch public information films. ... Britian's archaic licensing laws demand that public entertainments such as nightclubs must be licensed, not just for fire and safety as one might reasonably expect Safety Nazis to demand, but also to serve drink, to play music and to allow dancing. Why do you need a license? Because the Safety Nazis want to make sure that you're safe! ... Civil liberties were crushed in order to stop young people from committing the heinous crime of dancing all night without a license. ... -----------------------===<>===------------------------------------------ -bS "A happy face, brians@ios.convergent.com a funkin' bass, A lowly raver without a glowstick. for a loving race." ------------------------------------------===<>===-----------------------