Originally Posted by
davethedrummer
People dying at festivals is a terrible state of affairs
but Chris Liebings words are just so hollow, I'm sorry,
Lets face it he's played just about every single "brand" event in the world
and he sure ain't gonna stop now.
or is he ?
Unfortunately people will always die at festivals and events
they are impossible things to make safe, it is their nature.
Most of the time they only work because the people themselves are being careful and thoughtful
not because the organizers have done anything special to make them so.
All this kind of comment does is help close more doors,
shut down events and create scapegoats out of people who may well be innocent.
It makes councils and police get even harder on organizers and in return we get super charged security , metal fences , strip searches and everything else I have come to loathe about big festivals
That's not freedom.
Sorry Chris but you aren't making any sense to me.
are you personally going to stop and think ?
change your life and your values ?
do you think we all should too ?
is it suddenly ( conveniently ) everybody's fault too ( we ALL need to change DO WE ) ?
will you start playing smaller cheaper events for underground people to help them get started
rather than just keeping the Status Quo and playing Ibiza every year and god knows what else ?
I don't think so.
My sympathies go out to the families and the people involved.
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