Pubdate: Sun, 11 Nov 2001
Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (WI)
Copyright: 2001 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Contact:  http://www.jsonline.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/265
Author: M Gunderson
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/raves.htm (Raves)
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RAVE SCENE: ADULTS SHOULD LET KIDS HAVE THEIR FUN AT PARTIES

I am not upset that adults are bashing the rave scene; I am upset, however, 
that the "know-it-all" adults are spreading nonsense to the unknowing public.

Of course, adults never liked the things the younger generations did. 
Sorry, but if the Nov. 4 article is just some propaganda to inject the 
public with a syringe full of fear for their children's safety and to get 
the tight-suit lawmakers some public support to ban something they just 
can't understand, the people who do attend raves are not going to grin, 
bear it and resort to sock hops just because they are accepted by adults.

The media must stop pumping the public full of exaggerated hogwash. The 
article made vague references to how to tell if someone is using ecstasy - 
i.e., dilated pupils - and it exaggerated the means of death of a 
16-year-old from Madison.

Give it about eight years, and everyone will be nostalgic for the rave 
scene. I'm 21, and Woodstock looked pretty cool, but I wasn't there. I 
watched a VH1 special on Studio 54; I never got to go there, either.

Let kids have their fun, and let them make their own mistakes to learn 
from. Isn't that the reason for all the adults' knowledge now?

M. Gunderson

Wausau
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MAP posted-by: Beth