F.Angel said:
Its illegal to play "amplified music of a repetitive beat" without an entertainment liscence, even if its only your neighbours that can hear you. this means its ok to play classical music loudly, but not trance. This was just to keep the rave culture illegal cos there arent any laws banning raves. A bunch of people playing stuff acoustically isnt against the law, as long as its not trespassing.
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"This was just to keep the rave culture illegal cos there arent any laws banning raves"
maybe because techno based music carries a lot further and is very annoying to people who don't like it. Also, when you have private land and you geta couple of hundred munters breaking your fences and leaving the place strewn with litter it's hardly surprising the authorities take a dim view of it.
I appreciate there are responsible sound systems but their punters in the main are not responsible. Even the rigs with the best intentions still cause environmental damage.
There is also the very real danger of outdoor rave type gatherings that people who take drugs at these events will drive. While it is ok to put yourself at risk taking drugs it is not fair or responsible to risk other peoples lives by being munted at the wheel.
It is also frowned upon because drugs, like it or not are a social ill and for whatever good they do for the user you can be assured somewhere in the supply chain someone is suffering. ie drug mules and prostitution etc. Drugs have always been inextricably linked to organised crime and gang culture.
There is also the school of thought that drugs are aneasthetizing (spell? bugger!) the masses and turning our youth into unemployable morons with the attention span of a haddock. A point not lost on me or my boss!
So, yes, there will always be an amount of oppression where outdoor rave culture raises its head. Especially when half of them will be hippies and only a stones throw away from marxism. Something rather at odds with our own culture. Rightly so IMHO.
However, times have changed in the last decade and the police and the politicians are becoming more tolerant of it. Not because they are all of a sudden enlightened as to the gift of psychotropics and the cultures therein, it is only because they have discovered that drugs keep the kids exactly where they want them... of their faces and out of the way. Complient and controlled.
Ketamine was the biggest gift a totalitarian government could ever have asked for. An addictive drug that makes you stupid that the people actually consume voluntarily.
So I expect that although the government would like to appear to be keeping a lid on it, they really couldn't care less either way so long as Johnny Landowner doesn't come to the police station whining about broken fences, meaning they will have to leave their cosy desks, put the paperwork on hold and actually have to do some police work for a change.
Food for thought.